"Google has never, not once, in its history, had a successful launch of a hardware product"
Sure, Apple brought us the iPad Mini because the Nexus 7 failed so hard. The Nexus 4 and 10 are also known as big failures that customers hate.
Sure, Apple brought us the iPad Mini because the Nexus 7 failed so hard. The Nexus 4 and 10 are also known as big failures that customers hate.
Google has never had a successful launch of a hardware product, not even once.
[1] http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/23/apple13q1-iphone-ipad-ipod/
[2] http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/19/analyst-estimates-peg-total...
It was nevertheless a successful hardware product because users and reviewers loved the Nexus devices and they sold everything they produced.
Regardless, it's hardly clear why a community of people intent on founding new businesses would consider a history of successful product launches all that important.