Google's Android Tablet problem-- It's Going to Need Content Porting Tools to Succeed Against Apple or Others.

Over at Churbuck.com there’s a thoughtful short post on Chinese-manufactured slate computers that are being selectively shown now and a potential problem Google faces in the tablet market. The point of Mr. Churbuck’s post is that small foot print Google operating systems represent a good choice for content consumption computers—an argument I completely agree with.

What makes the post at Churbuck.com particularly worth recommending is the author’s former position with a Chinese portable maker and his involvement in an ultraportable cloud-centric computer that was shown at CES but which has since been withdrawn.

As I read the piece I realized that this was the first time I’ve critically considered operating systems in portable computers.

I don’t really care if it’s an Apple or a Microsoft product, I just want it to help me get my job done and to run properly and efficiently each and every time I boot up my computer. With its institutional emphasis on cloud computing, I suspect Google, not Microsoft or Apple can be the real winner in any contest for future portables that are designed from the outset for cloud-based SAAP institutional deployment

Mr. Churbuck asks a rhetorical question in his post that’s very important. Can Google attract content providers by providing tools that simplify content delivery for forthcoming ndroid-based tablets?

While I do not yet own a slate computer, I’ll expect to make that leap of faith in the coming nine months.

But go ahead and read Dave Churbuck’s well-reasoned pos. it’s right here.

Comments

[Ryan]

Which business model do you think will work? Those that offer free access or those that offer free to premium (freemiums)?
Microsoft should be getting worried about Google’s free stuff:
http://bit.ly/bc6FBW

[Jordan 1]

You have inspired me to adapt this project for my high school level design class.

[Jim Forbes]

I honestly believe SAAP will win and that this poresents a huge problem for MSFT> I also think third-parties will be able to mak moneyhere with paid add-ons-- just like they did when Lotus opened up 1-2-3 and Symantec's Turner Hall division created a revenue stream with ad-ons. thanks for reading and commenting.-- Jim Forbes