Google will sell tablets via online store

According to the Wall Street Journal, Google plans to sell Android tablets directly through its own online store. This step will be taken to increase sales of Android tablets, which are still very far from the level of sales of the iPad.



According to WSJ, the tablets will be made by Asus and Samsung, but there is a possibility of releasing branded tablets from Google itself.



Pricing information is not yet available, but Google can subsidize tablet prices, which will also give them the opportunity to compete with the android Kindle Fire from Amazon and Nook Tablet from Barnes & Noble, costing $ 199 each.

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Google has already tried this approach with smartphones when selling the Google Nexus phone through its own online store, but refused it after disappointing sales.



The latter fact alone makes it unlikely that Google will use the same approach again, but recent rumors that Google is working on a cheap tablet make the WSJ message believable. If the sources of the publication are correct, then Google will open the store this year.



via Mashable