iPad killer only down the corner
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Also, before making statements like "Apple will be dead in the water soon" you kind of have to put the relative success of the two companies in perspective. Apple is making billions from iPhone/ iPad. By the end of the year, I wouldn't be surprised if that revenue is slightly more than what they make off their sales of desktop computers and laptops.
Google is making billions too...from the core business they've relied in all along, search advertising. They are not turning a profit from Android yet that I am aware of. Nor will they probably be, anytime soon, from tablets or Google TV.
I think the success of the the iPad sort of took them by surprise, hence the switch to a touchscreen format at the last minute. Their goal all along has been to compete with Microsoft, not Apple, which I'd argue are better suited for. That's why Chrome OS was originally planned to launch on Netbook style laptop.
At its heart Chrome OS was always about this fairly radical idea of an OS that is completely browser based, with all your data stored online, and desktop apps replaced by HTML5 web apps. That is Google's ace in the hole because it would allow them to usurp Microsoft's dominance of business software.