http://www.geardiary.com/2010/04/28/what-is-googles-tablet-strategy/ Everyone can understand technology; sometimes it just takes a little translating. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.geardiary.com/2010/04/28/what-is-googles-tablet-strategy/#comment-78868 Apple Craze Thu, 29 Apr 2010 04:15:43 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=90494#comment-78868 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">What Is Google's Tablet Strategy? | Gear Diary: Apparently Google is offering a sly wink to Archos 5 Interne... http://tinyurl.com/32sa2or</span></span> What Is Google's Tablet Strategy? | Gear Diary: Apparently Google is offering a sly wink to Archos 5 Interne… http://tinyurl.com/32sa2or

]]> http://www.geardiary.com/2010/04/28/what-is-googles-tablet-strategy/#comment-78794 SamP Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:33:52 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=90494#comment-78794 I haven't investigated it, but perhaps the paid apps thing has to do with having an ID mechanism in hardware. GSM SIMs have an ID embedded in them, and I believe that is used to identify you in normal phone uses of Android, and is probably why you usually can't get paid apps without a SIM installed. If Archos included an alternate ID mechanism in their hardware... I haven’t investigated it, but perhaps the paid apps thing has to do with having an ID mechanism in hardware. GSM SIMs have an ID embedded in them, and I believe that is used to identify you in normal phone uses of Android, and is probably why you usually can’t get paid apps without a SIM installed. If Archos included an alternate ID mechanism in their hardware…

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