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I never understood why ChromeOS is on the laptops, and Android is on smartphones/tablets. It would make much more sense the other way around -- ChromeOS is hap
by derekp7 13y ago
I never understood why ChromeOS is on the laptops, and Android is on smartphones/tablets. It would make much more sense the other way around -- ChromeOS is happier on an always connected device, and a phone is mostly useless if it isn't connected -- a match made in Heaven. Android only needs connectivity for specific applications, otherwise can run stand-alone for the most part. Perfect for a laptop environment.
- cwyers 13y agoCellular data is often metered and frequently unreliable, making it a bad fit for always-on connectivity. The original ChromeOS plan was a variety of form factors: http://dev.chromium.org/chromium-os/user-experience/form-factors http://dev.chromium.org/chromium-os/user-experience/form-fac... Which is why Android (or rather Google Play and its attendant apps) were kept off tablets for the longest time -- Google wanted ChromeOS to be its tablet OS. Android tablets were a reaction to the iPad's success and players like Amazon and B&N making successful inroads into the tablet markets using their own spins on Android. Google seems to rather consistently give off the impression that Android is viewed as a strategic detour away from their long-term ChromeOS plans, though, not as their future.