Disqus
AllThingsD recently reports that Andy Rubin has denied the rumors of Google potentially opening its own retail stores.
The quote came from a roundtable, with Rubin, the ‘father of Android’, saying the following:
“Google has no plans and we have nothing to announce,”
While this doesn’t mean that Google won’t end up opening retail stores eventually, it’s a bit of a bummer. Many people were excited to see such retail stores open to showcase Google’s Nexus, Chrome, and Google TV products.
Rubin also claims that people no longer need to physically touch a product before they buy it today, which is essentially true. Those interested in a device likely do a hefty amount of research before they choose to purchase it, but having the option to physically handle a device before you throw hundreds of dollars at it certainly doesn’t hurt. That said, ‘having the option’ likely isn’t enough to warrant a retail store for the search giant. However, if the rumor of multiple Nexus phones did pan out, that would increase our desire to see such a store. That’s for sure.
We’re sure that Google has some big plans to put its Nexus and Chrome OS products, but it doesn’t look like a retail store is in the cards. For now, at least.
Sure, we all want to see a physical Google Play store, but do you believe it’s completely necessary?
[Via: AllThingsD]
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Blake Stimac
Blake was born in Beaumont, Texas, about 100 miles away from Houston. Even as a youngster, technology came to him very naturally, tinkering with anything he could. His passion of technology grew with mobile phones when he dreamed that the capabilities of phones would eventually make one's life much easier. Since then it's been his mission to advocate the push of mobile technology to anyone who will listen.
