Uh Oh Google...

So apparently, it's not all rosy in Google world, Google land

There's some reports coming out that Google has been cutting back on some of the hardware positions around the development of certain devices

wearing the Google badge. Google hardware and technical program managers rearranged internally into other positions

specifically the product people responsible for the Pixel book and Pixel tablet department

So of course, we're talking about the Pixel Slate was the most recent Google tablet that we saw

And yeah, the Pixel Book, which I used, somewhat extensively, an interesting product

They advertise it a lot. I remember there's a lot of commercials around that particular product

Now this is a different group from the group responsible for the Pixel smartphones

The impression there is that that particular product may be a bit more successful, possibly more competitive

The Pixelbook on the other hand, and the Pixel Slate kind of maybe not received as well

I know in my personal experience with the Slate for example kind of a strange device Where do you put the pen there no will there no magnet right is there anywhere to put the pen didn really meet my criteria for for

something that i would want to carry the pixel book a little bit more so i used it for a period

of time but then again it came with a kind of crazy price tag to match all the way up to like

2 000 bucks for a top spec model when the chromebook positioning in general is all about

inexpensive devices for those that just want a basic setup, something to get online, and so on

That was the premise around Chrome OS, at least for a long time. Now, Google's responsible for

other hardware as well. It's important to note, sometimes you forget, man, they're making a lot

of things right now. Beyond the Pixel phones themselves, there's also all the smart speakers

the Google Home products, the Chromecast, and things like this that are kind of all over your

house and you hardly even notice them anymore. So there's a wide variety of hardware that Google is involved in

Then of course there's also the acquisition or partial acquisition of HTC in Taiwan

Of course that move seems to indicate that Google would tap some of the hardware capabilities of that particular company in order to create some of their products or at least have some sort of influence over their

hardware products. For the most part right now, that's likely filtering into the Pixel smartphone

product rather than these ones that we're talking about here. Now the thing is right now this is

nothing but a report. This is coming from sources inside the company and then speaking to Business

Insider, so you have to take it for what it's worth. This rearrangement could be for other

reasons. It might not spell the end of the Pixelbook or Pixel Slate. But in all honesty

looking at those products, the price points associated with them, I would have to say

in my opinion, those are probably the least competitive products that Google is currently

putting their badge on. And even though I have my own healthy skepticism regarding whether or not

this report is true, the Pixelbook has seen some heavy discounts in recent weeks, months, and so on

especially at the top spec. So as we know from past product experience, typically when you're

seeing products discounted significantly it means one of two things Either that product being liquidated just because there not going to be another version of it and they trying to get rid of it or a new version is on the horizon I not sure what going to happen in this case

I have to say, though, from my perspective, I wouldn't mind if we didn't have to see another version of the Pixel Slate

That was just a bizarre device that I didn't enjoy using all that much. The Pixelbook, on the other hand, maybe a reincarnation in some sort of more budget-friendly device

maybe then you could make the case for it but the idea of a close to two thousand dollar chromebook

or fifteen hundred dollar chromebook i just don't know how appealing that is to the general public

because then you're in windows and mac territory and that's a tougher sales pitch so we'll have to

wait and see what develops of course time will tell as usual but right now based on this report

it's not looking so good for google laptops google chromebooks pixel books and of course

the Pixel Slate, the Google tablet. You let me know what you think down in the comments

Do you think these products are dead? Are they going night-night? Or are we going to see

another version coming up shortly, possibly more competitive? I don't know