Google Slams iPad, then Makes Pad of Its Own

I still dont see how google are being hypocrites, as far as I remember there were roomers long ago before ipad was even known to put android OS onto netbooks and other devices... maybe it was apple who took that idea and ran with it first obviously, but I could be mistaken

The difference will be that Android can be customized for a tablet experience by tablet manufacturers if they desire while Apple just stuck the regular iTouch OS on there. Android is a far more capable OS.

I never knocked the iPad for being a large iPod Touch. I knocked the iPad for being another over-hyped, under functioning locked down Apple device. All of the above is still true, and an Android tablet doesn't suffer from any of that.

I'll definitely be getting an Android tablet.

Yeh, What hypocrites!

Slamming a competitor's product and makeing a better one, who does that!!>>?!>?!

/Sarcasm

I love seeing tech companies fight. It's so humorous.

Makes you wonder, had the iPad tanked, would google be releasing this? Here is my take on this:

1.) Apple announces the iPad.
2.) Google conceives a competing product, but waits to finalize design, development and production until they have an idea of the level of interest/reception of the product.
3.) Apple ships iPad, and consequently sells, what was it, 2.5 million units?
4.) Schmidt: "Quick! Scramble the android tablet!!"


Regarding the cry of: "Google are hypocrites, it's just a big Nexus one that can't make calls!", I think this one is too early to call. We have no info on hardware specs. The only thing we know for sure that the Google tablet has in common with the Nexus one is the android OS. I hold out hope that Google will use the increase in form factor to increase the performance potential. I think we should withhold judgement until the hardware specs are revealed. Only then will we know whether Google is following Apple's methodology of "make it bigger using the exact same hardware platform, clocked slightly higher".

Paragraphs 4 and 5 state the same information, and make the article feel 'fluffed'.

LINUX PAD! F YEAH!

Uh, Apple has sold about 450,000 iPads so far. Nowhere near 2.5 million.

Hmm... Flash support? Check. Customizable OS? Check Multitasking? Check. One standard OS for all the updates? Check. Better specs? Likely. Cheaper? Likely.

With a 9-10" screen it will rape the iPad. With a 7" screen it will actually be useful.

But still, give me the Dell Mini 5 (streak) or Viliv N5 already and lets see how long people care about uselss 7+" screen tablets.

"Google Slams iPad, then Makes Pad of Its Own"
It should be: "Google Slams iPad, then Makes Tablet of Its Own"
All iPads are tablets, but not all tablets are iPads.

Yes, if Google's Android Tablet has support for Flash, and the hardware is similar to the new Sprint EVO Android with USB and HDMI ports, along with full Amazon media support (MP3, ebook, audio book, and video-on-demand downloading via WiFi) similar to the Dell Mini 5, then the Android Tablet will be better than Apple's iPad out of the gate. Not only will it get "the full Internet", it will be a stand-alone device, unlike the iPad's need to sync with a PC or Mac.

Android is open, and it supports open hardware, unlike the iPhone OS, and it will therefore win, even if it takes a couple years. Just like Microsoft beat Apple in the 90s. Steve Jobs did not fully learn his lesson.

ipad has the app store. win. i love how all of you back the google tablet when you were bashing the ipad. f-ing fanboys.

man, I can't wait for the launch week, when we'll see about 10 articles / day about this thing...
oh, wait, that won't happen here... unless Apple buys this thing and releases it under the iPad 2 name.

Thanks apple for encouraging Google to make Android phones that mimic iPhone, as well as coming out with the iPad so google can come out with the gPad

Good maybe we can get an os that is customizable. Or hell maybe even a usb port or two. Or better yet maybe Google wont tell me I cant look at scantily clad women because it will compromize the morals that Apple thinks I should have. You know what would make a best selling tablet. Make one that you can subscribe to a porn channel or two. You know like amazon marketplace but for porn. You would outsell the 1984ish ipad on the first day.

Tablet with Open OS like Android = Worth a look

Tablet with Open OS + webcam = Sold

I never knocked the iPad for being a large iPod Touch. I knocked the iPad for being another over-hyped, under functioning locked down Apple device. All of the above is still true, and an Android tablet doesn't suffer from any of that.

I'll definitely be getting an Android tablet.

Yes and you will be subject to 10 times the Viruses and it will weigh 3.5 times more than the Ipad and it's battery life will be less than 4 HRS. So you can have it, i'm buying an Ipad.

Wasn't the Chrome web browser the only browser to not be hacked just recently? So if Google uses the Chrome Browser it will still be more virus free then the Ipad..

Why is everyone so anti Apple? My challenge to you is to actually use an iPhone for a week. Or an iPad. For a week. Just use it as you would use any product. Or are you afraid that the simple interface and usability might actually become attractive to you and you'll realize that 90% of your complaints about the device aren't really valid?

I hope the Google tablet is a comparable product. I hope it gets manufactured. I hope it becomes available to purchase in a store that I can walk into. I hope that it provides competition to the iPad because I think that the iPad could come down in price $100 across the product line. But that's not going to happen until a competitive product enters the market.