So an OS that was originally intended for netbooks, before it's even released, has switched targets to the newly formed iPad-like tablet market? Suspect, but not unbelievable.<p>On another note, It still impresses me just how quickly the market was anticipating, repulsed, and then rapidly copying the iPad. I genuinely wonder if Google had targeted the iPad form factor first (with Android or Chrome OS) if they would have a fraction of the same success in bringing tablets to the masses.
Total evidence offered for YAGTR (Yet another Google tablet rumour): 0. Plus given that Google just got <i>out</i> of the phone handset to consumer business (because, frankly, they suck at any product that might require end user support), how likely are try to jump into another end user hardware sale/support setup?
Note the author of the article states in the comments:<p>> <i>Hardware is pure speculation -- my source didn't have any details for me. Launch date and carrier he did have</i><p>So don't get too excited about the specs, they are plucked from the ether.
The best part of the article for me is the fact that that picture <i>is</i> the iPad, down to the little x at the top right corner of the keyboard window.<p>And yet it can't be that far off. ChromeOS is basically a browser with a kernel. Done right, I bet a product like that could be as viable, if not more so, than the iPad. And along the way, Apple might actually be out-minimized.
> Expect it to be every bit as geek-tastic as the Nexus One -- Google won't want to disappoint its early adopters.<p>I've got a G1 matey, so I'll be skipping this tablet after being lumbered with Android 1.6 until I get a new phone.