Android isn't being used by Google itself on any tablets.

Google's director of mobile products Hugo Barra confirms the platform is not yet optimised for iPad rivals.

Samsung's Galaxy Tab runs on Android, as do devices demonstrated at IFA 2010.

However Barra describes the Galaxy Tab as a larger phone rather than a tablet.

This announcement suggests the first breed of Android devices may yield to another ready to take on Apple's tablet.

Go Android not yet optimised for tablets

Google's Android-based tablets will have a new competitor: it's Google. Tablets running Google's Chrome OS are coming, making multiple Google brands in mobile OS.

Google says Chrome and Android will have distinct jobs, and that the two OS won't overlap in the consumer market: "Google's Chrome won't squeeze out Android, according to …there are different problems to be solved in different categories of consumer products…But that doesn't mean that … one wins and one doesn't win. You need differ Continue reading...

Apple will still have more than 60% of the tablet market in 2012, says iSuppli despite Acer's chairman prediction that Apple will shrink to 20% when market stabilizes.

Certainly all the big guns will aim at iPad: vendors working on tablets include Acer, Dell, HP, LG, Motorola, Blackberry and Samsung.

But that list lulls distracts from the real deluge that will come from Asian OEMs using any OS they can bend to the task (think Android, Chrome, MeeGo, Brew, Windows7 etc) and any form of channel Continue reading...

RIM enters the tablet game with the Blackberry Playbook - its first device of the sort.

The announcement follows news of rival tablet devices such as Samsung's Android powered Galaxy Pad.

With a 7" screen, dual core processor and dual cameras it's described as a 'professional-grade' tablet aimed at business executives.

A slick video presentation highlights the tablet's strengths against the iPad, including multitasking, tabbed web browsing, and Flash 10 and HTML 5 support. It also shows Continue reading...