Still, "those guys would be gateway mt6456 keyboard, gateway mt6728 keyboard commoditized if I forced them to all look the same," Rubin said. One of the reasons Android has done as well as it has is because carriers and handset makers want an alternative to Apple's iPhone or Research In Motion's BlackBerry, but they don't want to turn into the HP, Dell, and Acer of the tablet PC world, beholden to Microsoft and Intel for innovation and left with no other way to distinguish themselves from the competition other than price.
Despite the rancor that often characterizes the once-close relationship between Google and Apple, Rubin took time to praise Apple for what he said Apple has done right, namely services like the App Store, and even going so far as to acknowledge that its developer program is relatively "open," a word that Google's Vic Gundotra and CEO Eric Schmidt never use in referring to Apple in its approach toward third-party software development. A true Googler, Rubin went on to point out that Google is more "open" in its approach to how it allows outsiders to review the source code of Android Tablet in addition to unrestricted development. Still, it was a bit surprising to hear a senior Google executive use the word "open" with respect to Apple.
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Rubin was very coy about discussions that Google may or may not have had with Nokia about the possibility of the world's largest smartphone vendor adopting Android under its new leadership, after an outgoing Nokia executive compared the strategy of using Android to that of young boys urinating in their pants to stay warm in cold weather. When pressed, Rubin declined to comment on any specific negotiations in either Finland or Mountain View, refusing to confirm or deny that talks had been held.
Later, Rubin admitted that Android could do a better job when it comes to usability, lending weight to the notion that Android is an engineer's operating system as opposed to one designed for tech novices. He promised that future releases such as Honeycomb would do a better job of exposing vital functions to users without requiring them to navigate through a sea of menus.
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