DigiTimes suggests that Google recently contacted its partners with news that engineering samples of Android 3.0 will be ready by December and manufacturers such as Samsung, Motorola, Acer, Asustek Computer and Micro-Star International will have Gingerbread tablets in hand to show off at CES in January, 2011.It also reported that Android 4.0 will launch in the second half of 2011.
The sources also noted that the cost for adopting Windows OS will be around US$50-60, but they only need to pay US$10 for the license of Android. Meanwhile, the price gap of over US$30 between Intel processor and ARM processor is also a factor for players to bid on the Android platform for their tablet PC products.
