Reports from a Taiwanese product supply chain are suggesting that Google is hurrying along the development of Android 5.0 (Jellybean), bringing the date forward in order to forge a partnership with Microsoft. Can the two of them make tablets with enough pull to tackle the iPad? Read on for the details.

The uptake of Android 4.0 hasn’t been quite as fast and strong as Google might have hoped, and tablet options are still lacking. Google’s aim now is to get Jellybean turned around in time for the summer and have it geared more towards tablet computing.

This’ll include things like a fuller version of Google Chrome and, crucially, the ability to dual-boot. What this means is that manufacturers will be able to make tablets that can switch between Android 5.0 and Windows 8 at the flick of a switch without having to turn the machine off.

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Google’s probably pinning a lot on this. Windows 8, as we know, has been designed with touchscreen control in mind, and therefore poses as a threat to Android.

Getting Microsoft on side could prove to be a master stroke – the lure of a device with a full gamut of Android apps and proper PC functionality to boot could be enough to swindle the upcoming iPad 3 out of sales.

We’ve seen Android/Windows dual-boot tablets before, but if this proves to be true then it’ll be a world away from the Android 2.2 and Windows 7 nonsense of yore.

Via DigiTimes

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  • http://www.facebook.com/nickthomas125 Nick Thomas

    Why does the Android 5.0 link take you to a headphones review?

  • http://www.facebook.com/nickthomas125 Nick Thomas

    Why does the Android 5.0 link take you to a headphones review?

  • http://www.dgrape.com/aboutus.html market entry strategy support

    Google and Microsoft better pull something special out the hat to beat the iPad, but if they get it right they could get some valuable market share. As a gmail and PC user this tablet would interest me as Android apps continue to increase.

  • http://www.dgrape.com/aboutus.html market entry strategy support

    Google and Microsoft better pull something special out the hat to beat the iPad, but if they get it right they could get some valuable market share. As a gmail and PC user this tablet would interest me as Android apps continue to increase.

  • http://binaryoptionsdominator.com/ Binary Options

    As it looks now, they better come up with something really special. Apple also has a cool factor that Microsoft sure doesn’t.

    • Phill

      Being cool is irrelevant, esp as Google has all the cool the two could need if this happened. Lots of people are Windows die hards for various reasons, the unwillingness to change being one of the biggest. Windows 8 dual booting with Android 5 in a Tranformer style device at a <£500 price point would absolutely tear a hole in the iPad's marketshare.

      It would also send a huge warning shot across Acer's bow as they are still banking on netbooks for some reason forcing them to adapt to include touch screens thus diversifying the market in a slightly different direction sacrificing portability for battery life.To be perfectly honest im not even convinced windows 8 will work as it has the makings of a huge flop but Apple's big problem is they are Goliath fighting lots of Davids who between them can make many mistakes but try new ideas hoping eventually to find one that works however Apple only needs to make one to have huge problems with them relying on the iPad and iPhone for 72% of revenue.

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