We’ve been asking where the iPad competition has been for a while now, and it seems like it’s slowly starting to pick up with LG, Palm, and Google/Verizon hitting the news this week.
We’ll take a look at a few of them, after the break.
Palm, recently acquired by HP, is full steam ahead on a webOS tablet, which may just be the best OS from a UI standpoint to compete with iOS:
In their earnings call today, HP responded to a question about whether or not tablets (read: iPad) were hurting netbook sales. In reponse, HP publicly confirmed that a webOS Tablet is coming in the timeline we were expecting, saying they will release “a webOS-based product in Early 2011.” [PreCentral.net]
Verizon, who’s had great success with the Android-powered Droid smartphone brand looks to be turning towards Google’s other OS, Chrome, for their tablet (DroidPad?):
Yes, our source tells us that Google is building a Chrome OS tablet. It’s real, and it’s being built by HTC. No surprise there, since HTC churned out the Nexus One for Google.
Yes, they plan to offer it in conjunction with Verizon — which probably doesn’t come as a shock to anybody at this point. The two recently tag-teamed that Net Neutrality proposal and they’ve had plenty of discussions in the past about cooperating in some capacity. [Download Squad]
LG, who makes the terrific LED IPS panels for the current iPhone 4 and iPad, says they’re going to focus on content creation as a way to compete, and that their tablet will “be better than the iPad”:
The tablet will include content focused on creation such as writing documents, editing video and creating programs. It will also have “high-end features and new benefits,” many of which will focus on productivity, Mr. Ma said.
“It’s going to be surprisingly productive,” he said. [WSJ]
Think any of these will put a dent in iPad sales this holiday season?
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