This a concept video of how a tablet version of the Chrome OS might work. Obviously, it’s still early days for the OS, and the design looks a little spartan, but it’s clear that multi-tasking is something that Google is investigating.
What’s more interesting to me though, is the timing of this video. An upsurge in interest over tablet devices is hardly surprising in the wake of the iPad, but after Steve Jobs’s pop at Google’s ‘don’t be evil’ philosophy, to release a video that clearly highlights one of the deficiencies in the iPad seems more than just coincidence.
Google is one of the few companies that has the funding and brand recognition to stand against Apple, and like Apple, knows that refining an existing technology can be just as – if not more effective – than developing a new one.
With Apple playing the canary in the tablet race, Google may be able to avoid many of the problems that arise when breaking new ground. It wasn’t the first MP3 player that was the definitive one, and it won’t necessarily be the first tablet either.
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