What's probably really happened is the hardware manufacturers said:


"Waghhh! Cheap chinese manufacturers are using Android on cheap hardware devices and we cannot compete with that.

Waghhh! The android phone marketplace is too competitive and we're having trouble maintaining our hardware sales

Waghhh! We don't want that situation again with the growing tablet market"

Hardware manufacturers wipes snot from noses and then says:

"Wagggh! If you (google) don't do something about it we will take our hardware and go elsewhere"

Google cuddles hardware manufacturers and says:

"There, there. Mummy kiss it better. We will keep the source of the tablet platform to ourselves and you can then play as much as you want.

We'll keep those nasty-wasty cheap hardware manufacturers away form your playpit. If they don't like it they can make their own"



Enter Meego......