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I believe that is exactly the idea. Google as the ecosystem provider (ChromeOS) does not really want to compete with the companies that are intended to use the

I believe that is exactly the idea. Google as the ecosystem provider (ChromeOS) does not really want to compete with the companies that are intended to use the OS. Google does not want to compete with Dell, HP, Lenovo or Acer, but to convince them to use ChromeOS. Google creates hardware as a reference for others to follow. This is very important, as there is a before an after the release of the Nexus phone. Google releases high quality hardware with their OS to prove that a good machine could be make with it, but at a price that does not compete with others.

mbillie1 12y ago
> Google releases high quality hardware with their OS to prove that a good machine could be make with it, but at a price that does not compete with others. That is a very interesting notion that I had not considered at all, but can that be entirely true? It must cost a small fortune to get a device like this ready for public consumption, even if they don't sell very many of them.
- AndyJ1972 12y ago
  Like Apple, Google just want you in the ecosystem. The money is really in the "App Stores" as such.
  - IkmoIkmo 12y ago
    Vendor lockin is certainly huge (especially data for Google to drive their main ad business), but Apple's app store is a fraction (something like 15b/180b. I'd say vendor lockin is still much, much more important to drive their hardware sales, despite making very big steps in earning from software (app stores) in the past decade.