Tribune’s Reported Android Tablet Plan A Head-Scratcher

It’s not clear why a publishing company like Tribune would think it has a chance to build an iPad competitor when companies that live and breathe consumer electronics have been having so much trouble accomplishing that themselves. But for some reason Tribune executives are working on a free or low-cost Android tablet that would be distributed along with subscriptions to its newspapers, according to a report. CNN wrote that the tablet is more of a concept than an actual product at this point, but it’s believed to be a serious project. The idea would be to partner with a wireless carrier on a data plan and try to court new subscribers or re-up existing subscribers by giving away the tablet.