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Originally Posted by AustinChief
This is almost exactly 180 degrees wrong. IF android hadn't hired Duarte then you'd be spot on... go out and look at Honeycomb... it doesn't NEED a skin or add on ... with the NEW Android OS, hardware has become just like the PC market. I can buy any tablet and install new versions of the OS as I see fit.
Take everything you have seen regarding Android phones and throw it out the window... the landscape has changed.
Let's look at the list of manufacturers that will be releasing tablets soon...
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I think you're delusional. I'd bet $100 that a year from today, Samsung, Motorola, and HTC will have tablets out with their skin and bloatware on top. And they'll all be as roughly pathetic with upgrades as they are today.
Most are going with stock honeycomb because for some reason there was this mad rush to the tablet market. Everyone wanted a honeycomb tablet out immediately, so they're taking what Google gave them. I don't believe for a second they were all wowed by the genius of Duarte. It was just new, and they didn't have the time to figure out what to do with it.
But maybe they'll surprise me. Like you said, right now there's only the Xoom. So let's see the market mature before I make assumptions.