Stories
Slash Boxes
Comments

SoylentNews is people

posted by martyb on Friday June 21 2019, @03:54PM   Printer-friendly
from the tabled-tablets dept.

Google says it's done making tablets and cancels two unreleased products

Google will not be launching a sequel to last year's Pixel Slate tablet, according to Business Insider and Computer World, and will instead focus its Chrome OS hardware efforts on traditional laptop devices like the Pixelbook. "For Google's first-party hardware efforts, we'll be focusing on Chrome OS laptops and will continue to support Pixel Slate," a spokesperson told Business Insider.

[...] Google went so far as to reveal that it has axed two in-development tablet products, moving the employees who had been working on them to other areas of the company. (Most have apparently joined the Pixelbook team.) The tablets were both smaller in size than the Pixel Slate and were planned for release "sometime after 2019." But disappointing quality assurance testing results led Google to completely abandon both devices. Google informed employees of its decision on Wednesday.

Also at TechCrunch.

Previously: Google Neglecting or Exiting the Android Tablet Business?
Google Hardware Makes Cuts to Laptop and Tablet Development, Cancels Products
Google Pixelbook Tablets and Laptops: Not Dead


Original Submission

 
This discussion has been archived. No new comments can be posted.
Display Options Threshold/Breakthrough Mark All as Read Mark All as Unread
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.
  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by JoeMerchant on Friday June 21 2019, @05:26PM

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Friday June 21 2019, @05:26PM (#858615)

    I've been looking for a good Android tablet for a long time, and reluctant to pay $1000 for it.

    The new 6+" phones (sub $300) are better tablets than anything I've ever seen on the tablet market. I suppose if you just have to have a 10" screen, they don't get it, but at 6.2", I think I'm just fine with a $160 tablet that can also be a phone if I want to activate a SIM card for it.

    --
    🌻🌻 [google.com]
    Starting Score:    1  point
    Moderation   +2  
       Insightful=1, Interesting=1, Total=2
    Extra 'Interesting' Modifier   0  
    Karma-Bonus Modifier   +1  

    Total Score:   4