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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2013 22:20:44 GMT -8
Check out this little inside Android speculation... www.androidbeat.com/2013/07/android-chromecast/A Chromecast running Android used to exist, but it got killed, so Andy Rubin left Android Posted by Stefan Constantinescu on Jul 26, 2013 | 1 Comment IÂ’m not one for corporate politics, but get this: According to The Wall Street Journal, Google was showing off an Apple TV like device at the Consumer Electronics Show behind closed doors. This was in January. The device was said to have a video camera and motion sensor, like MicrosoftÂ’s Kinect, it ran Android, and it was more like a mini-computer than anything else. But we all know what happened in March, right? Andy Rubin left the Android team, and the guy in charge of Chrome, Sundar Pichai, took over. Four months after that, Chromecast pops out. No, the report in the WSJ doesnÂ’t connect the dots like I just did above, but something tells me these events are related. If Google did release such a device, theyÂ’d have to publish the source code, which means a ton of clones. With Chromecast, Google hits a lower price point, while also retaining the ability to track each and every thing you stream to your television. Brilliant, no? Googles primary mission is advertising, so it probably makes sense (when viewed through Larry's eyes) to promote a lower cost device rather than trying to make a bigger profit from a premium device that will ship in smaller numbers,
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2013 9:09:53 GMT -8
Government's job is not to pick winners and losers. Because they suck at it, it causes market disruptions, inflates prices, and leads to corruption and cronyism like Solyndra. Here, here. Don't burden the social engineers with facts. It'll spoil their government must be in charge of everything argument.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2013 14:02:31 GMT -8
I actually do hope subsidies get removed from EV sales, then I wouldn't have to listen to people harp on about tesla only selling cars because of subsidies.
Removing EV subsidies and ZEV credits, Tesla got $90,000 ASP per vehicle last quarter from customers.
Does anyone really think people spending that much on a car will all of a sudden stop buying them because of a price rise of $5,000 - $15,000?
These people aren't buying the model S because it's got a subsidy, they are buying them because they have plenty of money and want a great luxury car.
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