Last month, Motorola’s Xoom tablet launched on the Verizon Wireless network. Soon after, complaints began to surface that the tablet’s operating system — designed by Google — was prone to crashes when running third party applications. Experts say that while Google’s typical strategy of launching new products, and then perfecting them according to user feedback, might work for Gmail and other online products, it doesn’t translate well to hardware-based devices like smartphones. In fact, this “perpetual beta” mode, they say, might become a handicap as the search giant moves into new markets.…Read More