Google working with Motorola on Android Gingerbread based Tablet

Tablets unleashed had reported earlier about Motorola planning an Android 3.0 Gingerbread based Tablet PC and had agressive schedules with a Oct-Nov 2010 launch, while the Gingerbread Android ver 3.0 itself was scheduled to release around end of the year, with exact timelines unknown.

A little contradicting, did you wonder ? Well, wonder no more – we now have confirmation from Digitimes senior analyst, Mingchi Kuo, citing upstream sources, that while ”Several smartphone makers are working aggressively to form cooperation agreements with Google for an Android 3.0 based tablet PC, Motorola is currently the company’s priority choice”.

Kuo pointed out that under this agreement the two firms and their telecom partners will all have the rights to label their names on the device. Verizon is expected to be the distributor of the device in the telecoms channel.

Motorola’s tablet PC will feature the Nvidia Tegra 2 platform and a 10.1-inch panel supplied by Sharp. The panel has a lower brightness than that of Apple’s iPad, but is thinner in size. The tablet PC will be manufactured by Motorola and is set for mass production by the end of 2010, Kuo noted.

Google is also said to have been heavily involved in setting the specifications of the Android 3.0 tablet, including its user interface to ensure a good user experience, and the device is expected to ship over two million units in 2011, Kuo added.

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