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Rumor: Chrome OS on a Google Tablet?
As most of you know, a few months ago Google came out and said that Chrome would soon become a full blown OS centered around the web browser. At the time netbooks seemed to be the logical place to take it, since their hardware is light and they'd be the easiest to implement Chrome OS in to. However, as 2010 has rapidly become the unofficial year of the tablet computer I doubt Google would just want to sit this one out - not when it's become their bread and butter to get into other markets and offer cheap alternatives.
Earlier in the year there was a rumor spread around the blogosphere that HTC and Google (dual makers of the Nexus One) would be joining force yet again, to do what? What else besides cook up a direct rival to the Apple's, then unannounced, iPad.
TechRadar recalls that at an event they attended earlier in the week, Anders Sandholm, an important guy in Google's web of employees, seemed more than uneasy when answering a question that pertained to touch being capable within the Chrome OS:
"I can't... I mean... right now we are targeting netbooks, that's what we're focused on, but I expect it to work well... we expect it to target everything up to desktop computers... Chrome OS will be built for a specific hardware setup."
- Anders Sandholm, Google Senior Product Manager of Search
It's an understatement to say that there were only a couple of people disappointed in the iPad, so I'm positive there are those clinging onto every word of an alternative to the oversized iPod Touch.
Google you have our attention...
Ricardo Trejo
Gizmodo posted a concept video of what the Google Chrome OS would look like on a tablet.
Note: this only what the OS might operate on ANY tablet. But it's still interested to see that Google is thinking about the options.
