Google Tablet In 2012 – Eric Schmidt
Google Tablet ( Eric Schmidt )
Google’s Eric Schmidt was out having interviews with an Italian newspaper recently, and one of the things he brought up was something of a surprise to the tech world. Specifically, he brought up the idea of a Google tablet, and even went so far as to put a tentative date on the release: the first half of 2012.
Speaking to Corriere della Sera, an Italian newspaper which will require some translation to read, Schmidt remarked that, in the next six months, Google is planning to market a tablet. Given that that’s translated, and paraphrased, from the original Italian, there is some wiggle room in there.
Some have taken Schmidt’s remarks to mean that a marketing push is being planned for the various Android tablets out there–and there are plenty of those–or Google is contemplating a line of tablets similar in nature to the Nexus phone line.
Considering Google’s recent Motorola dealings, it’s not out of line to suggest a full-on Google tablet, likely packing in top-end hardware specs and almost certainly Ice Cream Sandwich. And considering what the Nexus line of devices has looked like so far, a Nexus tablet, or even a Nexus-style tablet, would likely be a pretty nice piece of hardware indeed.
Naturally, there aren’t any specs or anything available on this one just yet, as it is pretty much still in the concept stage of things, but I’m personally rather hopeful for this one.
Between what we already know could be done, like the Nvidia Kal-El processor, and what may well be done before too much longer like the Android version of Siri, a Google tablet could have a pretty big case to make. And if it’s priced comparably to the iPad 2, or hopefully the upcoming iPad 3, then that may mean a serious battle to follow in the tablet marketplace.
But what do you guys think about all this?