Were there Android Tablets at GoogleI/O?

Posted by Charbax – May 21, 2010

I was expecting Google to launch Android Tablet Edition at the recent Google I/O, but watching through the two keynotes videos (1, 2), I can only see lots interesting things about WebM open-source free licence VP8 video codec launch, awesome new Android 2.2 features and Google TV launch, but no mention of them bringing their Android Martketplace to tablets.

NetbookNews.com did find a Nvidia Tegra 2 based new Android tablet showcased, but no talk or confirmation on if it will come with the Google Marketplace officially pre-installed:


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  • Wendell

    In one of the Q&A sessions someone from Google made a comment something like “well Android is running on 2″ screens on phones and 50″ screens on TVs, surely it will work on devices in between those sizes”. When asked about tablets, netbooks, etc…

  • http://twitter.com/turn_self_off turn_self_off

    i was ranting about this on some forum, and had a url pointed out to me:
    http://source.android.com/compatibility/index.html

    basically, this is the requirements google put on device makers to get access to the google apps and android market. probably the most troublesome requirement for non-phone devices is that google considers support for the phone app (dialer and so on) a part of the core support requirements.

    End result, only phones get accepted for android market.

  • Winston

    Pandora OMAP3 and Linux based handheld game unit begins shipping:

    http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/23/pandora-hand…

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