Apple iPad and Chrome OS Tablet UI

I'm kind of confused about Apple's iPad and not really sure where it's going to fit in, in gadget world. Too big to be carried in the pocket and whipped out to browse the internet whilst stuck on the train, yet not feature rich enough to have anything meaningful that many smart phones or netbooks don't already have or can do, except the pretty nice bookcase and page turning stuff. To quote Jimmy Carr "It's like somebody inventing the wheel, then a year later saying 'Look! I've invented an even bigger wheel'." Although that chair Steve Jobs sat in whilst announcing it looked quite cool.

Anyways, making the rounds on the internet now is a youtube video of a mock up that has been created of a Chrome OS UI on a tablet from Google. Admittedly it's only a concept from a Chrome designer posted on a third party site probably done in his spare time, but worth keeping an eye on and probably indicating that Apple won't have it all it's own way in tablet world, like it did in the smart phone world.

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Which blog engine?

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