I Can See the ‘Mountain View, Start Your Photocopiers’ Banner Hanging at WWDC Now

Ashlee Vance and Nick Bilton, reporting for the NYT:

But Google is going one step further, exploring the idea of building its own slate, an e-reader that would function like a computer.

Eric E. Schmidt, chief executive of Google, told friends at a recent party in Los Angeles about the new device, which would exclusively run the Android operating system. People with direct knowledge of the project — who did not want to be named because they said they were unauthorized to speak publicly about the device — said the company had been experimenting in “stealth mode” with a few publishers to explore delivery of books, magazines and other content on a tablet.

★ Monday, 12 April 2010