As several smartphone makers are working aggressively to form cooperation agreements with Google for an Android 3.0 tablet PC, Motorola is currently the company's priority choice, according to Digitimes Research senior analyst Mingchi Kuo citing upstream component makers.
Kuo pointed out that cooperation will be similar as Google's G1 smartphone, under which 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 Tegra 2 platform from Nvidia 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.
