Concept Photos of Possible Google Chrome OS Tablet Revealed

Ever since the end of the year 2009, we’ve been hearing of a possible Google Tablet powered by Chrome OS. Rumor actually had it that HTC in partnership with Google would unveil a tablet prototype to an exclusive group of guests in a private session at the Consumer Electronics Show 2010 at the beginning of last month. Later in the month, HTC Australia and New Zealand Sales and Marketing Director Anthony Petts confirmed the rumor, then stated that work on said tablet had been halted completely.

Now, there’s further confirmation that Google is not yet out of the tablet competition. A series of mockups or Chrome OS Tablet concept photos and a video have surfaced on the Official Chromium Project website. While the images and even the video are nothing more than a concept [at least, at this moment], they were all created by Google Chrome’s designer Glen Murphy. This means a Chrome OS Tablet could not look so different from all those photos.

At the beginning of this year, we posted an editorial piece in which we stated that this year [2010] would be the year of the tablet. We noted that there were three major contenders that could dominate the tablet wars. They were Apple with the iPad, Google with an unveiled device, and Microsoft with the Courier. With what we’ve seen so far, Apple can not be expected to compete with iPad, as it is basically a weak device compared to the concepts of the Microsoft and Google tablets. In our humble opinion, that’s what revolutionary devices are supposed to be like.

Check out more Chrome Tablet concept photos in the gallery below.

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[ via TechCrunch ]