Google Chairman Eric Schmidt, in an interview with Corriere Della Sera. Android tablets have seen little success against Apple’s iPad, but Google may try to reverse its fortunes by working closely on hardware and software with a single device maker, as it does with its “Nexus” smartphones. (The quote in Corriere Della Sera was published in Italian, but presumably spoken in English, making this a double translation–appropriately, we used Google Translate.)