Apple’s iPad is a hit, and it seems that it may be the first drop in a deluge of tablet style computers. For one, rival Google is apparently working in secret on a tablet computer of their own that will be part of a larger push by the company into new areas.
“Eric E. Schmidt, chief executive of Google, told friends at a recent party in Los Angeles about the new device, which would exclusively run the Android operating system,” writes Ashlee Vance. “People with direct knowledge of the project who did not want to be named because they said they were unauthorized to speak publicly about the device said the company had been experimenting in ‘stealth mode’ with a few publishers to explore delivery of books, magazines and other content on a tablet.”
Source New York Times
