Google Confirms Work on iPad-Baiting Android Tablet, Perhaps Made by HTC

According to The New York Times, Google CEO Eric Schmidt confirmed the tablet at a party, saying it would exclusively run Android. Other sources say Google has been covertly meeting with publishers of books and periodicals to provide content for the device in addition to Google's already substantial cache of books in Google Book Search.

Android has been tapped by many hardware manufacturers for future tablets, including the much-buzzed-about Notion Ink Adam (which features a dual-function...