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Will HTC make the rumored Verizon Android tablet?

By | May 11, 2010, 11:54pm PDT

Summary: It sounds like a Verizon Android tablet may be under development, but since Google doesn’t actually make Android hardware someone is going to have to manufacture the device. I think HTC is the most likely candidate for this tablet, don’t you?

As Andrew wrote yesterday the Verizon CEO stated they are working with Google on an Android tablet device. We all know that Google doesn’t actually make any hardware though so the first question that popped into my mind after hearing this news was, “Who is going to make this Google Verizon tablet?” Currently Google Android devices in the US are made by Motorola, HTC, and Samsung. It seems pretty clear to me that HTC is the most likely candidate for actually making such a tablet.

There were rumors of an HTC Android tablet at CES 2010, but we never saw a device actually appear. HTC also made the HTC Shift Windows Vista/Windows Mobile device a couple of years ago so they do have experience creating devices with various form factors. I enjoy using my Apple iPad, but would be open to trying out an HTC Google Android tablet. There are now over 50,000 applications in the Android Market so I really don’t think the number and quality of applications is something to be too concerned about. Android is a decent multi-tasking operating system and I am finding that this is something needed on a tablet form factor device.

With this latest news, we could actually see Apple, Google Android, and webOS tablet devices available to choose from this holiday season and the tablet space could soon get very interesting.

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Matthew Miller is an avid mobile device enthusiast who works during the day as a professional naval architect in Seattle.

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Matthew is a professional naval architect by day and a mobile gadget freak at all other times. He purchases most of his devices and then sells them on eBay or Craigslist to buy more. Many other devices are sent for review on a 30-day loaner basis and then returned to the carrier or manufacturer. If any are provided as “keeper” or “long term loaner units” this will be clearly disclosed in his reviews.

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Matthew Miller

Matthew Miller is an avid mobile device enthusiast who works during the day as a professional naval architect in Seattle. He is one of three hosts on the MobileTechRoundup podcast and runs the Nokia Experts website. Matthew started using mobile devices in 1997 with a US Robotics Pilot 1000 and has owned over 90 different devices running Palm, Linux, Symbian, Newton, BlackBerry, Mac OS X (iPhone), Google Android, and Windows Mobile operating systems. His current collection includes a Nokia N85, Nokia E71, Nokia 5800, Nokia N810, Apple iPhone, HTC Advantage, T-Mobile G1, Palm Treo Pro, HTC Fuze, MSI Wind, MacBook Pro, and many more, along with tons of accessories and classic devices like the Apple Newton MessagePad 2100 and Sony CLIE UX50. Matthew co-authored Master Visually Windows Mobile 2003, was a member of the Nokia Nseries Blogger relations program, and is a member of the invite-only Microsoft Mobius mobile device evangelist group. He can be found on various discussion forums under the user name of "palmsolo".

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Why Android?
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The fact of the matter is that I do not want the same apps I run on my phone to run on my tablet. I want touch-enabled desktop apps on a tablet. Chrome OS would be a much better fit because it is designed to leverage the power of existing desktop apps without having to reinvent the wheel.
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