Should Google Get Into the Hardware Game?
By Harry McCracken | Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 11:22 am
With the exception of a search appliance for internal use by businesses, Google has stayed out of the hardware business. Now rumor has it that we may see a Google-branded phone shortly, and maybe even a Google netbook late next year. My friend Jason Hiner says that Google needs to be cautious if it plans to go into the physical-object biz in a big way.
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December 17th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
I just hope Google’s hardware division doesn’t turn out more ho-hum products.
December 17th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
I just hope that they dont put a BETA tag on the hardware that they sell. Better still they can give the Google Netbook ‘BETA’ for free