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To: sylvester80 who wrote (4881)	5/30/2011 9:16:37 AM
From: pyslent	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32692

"In phones, Android didn't take off till Snapdragon 1GHz and Android 2.1.... in tablets, with Kal-El and Android 3.1 expect the same scenario..." I would point to Android 2.0 and the TI OMAP 3650 as the turning point for Android, actually. That what Verizon and Google unleashed with the original Droid, which was the first successful Android phone. Snapdragon and 2.1 came out with the Nexus One, and Google only sold a few of those. I said it myself that the Xoom was like the G1 of smartphones, except that people already knew they wanted or needed smartphones. No one needs a tablet. Honeycomb's just not ready for prime time. 3.1 is just more of the same, so I expect a similarly chilly reception by the masses. To continue the 2.0 analogy, Google is going to need to come up with something as enticing as Google Navigation was for people to change their mind about an Android tablet.

To: sylvester80 who wrote (4881)	5/30/2011 6:28:19 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 32692

>>In phones, Android didn't take off till Snapdragon 1GHz and Android 2.1.... in tablets, with Kal-El and Android 3.1 expect the same scenario...<< Funny, you were predicting that Android tablet sales would take off with the Samsung Galaxy Tab. Then the Xoom. Then some other thing. Then the upcoming second generation Galaxy Tabs. The real iPad killer is always "coming soon." It worked that way with iPods, too. What I'm saying is that you really don't have much of a track record with your predictions. But don't feel bad. Lots of people have predicted that the iPod/iPhone/iPad killers were just around the corner, and history has proved them wrong. So you're not alone.