Google has tried hardware – even home hardware – before with a smart power meter (shut down in September 2011), the Nexus Q set-top box (never went on sale), and is currently trying to persuade people beyond geek boundaries to try its Google Glass headset.
Robert Florence, games columnist, broadcaster Nintendo is touring the country with demo units so that gamers can try the hardware themselves.
(For a good idea of what is out there, try the hardware section at www.mp3.com, which has information about most MP3 players currently available).
The clerk suggested a mitre-saw; they had none in stock, but he suggested she try the hardware store across the street.
In the end, I decided to try the hardware store one more time and bought some multiuse poisoned bait (it's also available in tamper-proof boxes with a key to protect children and pets).
If Amazon owned a bunch of stores, potential customers could try out hardware before committing to buy it.
Given this, it's not much of a stretch to try the hardware store plastic out.
Great paper can be bought at the local art store (If you're looking for cardboard, try the hardware store).
"Software and services companies that get into hardware and try to sell hardware usually don't end up doing particularly well," he said.
