Google goes up against Amazon, Apple with Nexus tablet

If the Google tablet functions no better than the Nexus S phone, then this will be a money pit for Google.

Yey, no HDMI out and no SD card slot…This is not a tablet, it is Google made Kindle thingy, with very limited functionality for $200. Besides, streaming to a TV will require the just announced Nexus Q streamer for another $300…
From a marketing prospective, it is DOA device…which I just confirmed with my several friends Android developers.

“But it has struggled to compete with Apple’s iPad in the market for tablets, largely because it lags far behind Apple and Amazon in terms of available content and tablet-specific applications, such as games.”

And also because the Android OS is a mess. I own both Apple and Android tablets and Android is basically a ramped-up, pre-touchscreen phone OS. It feels like Java. Is it Java? It feels like it. Clunky, slow and geek-oriented.

The problem for Android is the dearth of good applications. The simple truth is the iPad is supported with really good apps, and Android apps on tablets are primitive save very few exceptions.

iPad WiFi support is also far superior to that on Android. And just as Android launched its last OS, a new one has been announced … while hardware manufacturers are 2 to 3 generations behind. The present advantage in Android comes through the provision of a native browser app that runs Flash, poorly.

One can only imagine what buyers of Win8 tablets can expect.