Google adds 'touchscreen-friendly' to their Chrome OS

When Google previewed their Chrome OS and the CR-48 laptop, there's talk of it being optimized for tablets too. But when Honeycomb came out, it changed the thinking of the public, that Google might not optimize Chrome OS for keyboard-less machines. But that's not true.

CNET has been doing some snooping in and around the latest iterations of Chrome OS, where it's discovered numerous pieces of circumstantial evidence, such as a new onscreen keyboard, suggesting tablets are still very much on the menu. Chrome OS kicked off life on the development device known as Cr-48 and will resume availability this summer courtesy of Acer and Samsung, though I think Google might still stick to netbooks and ultralow voltage laptops for the moment.

Mountain View has responded to CNET's queries with a pretty inconclusive statement, saying only that “We are engaging in early open-source work for the tablet form factor, but we have nothing new to announce at this time.”

Well, time will tell, but I think Google is gearing up their Android for smartphone and tablet sector, while their Chrome OS will more likely be contending with Windows and Mac OS.

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