Google Chrome OS: the biggest threat to Android tablets?

Google Chrome OS could pose a threat to Android upon its release, depending on the decisions of tablet manufacturers. Yesterday we asked if you had the choice between a device running Android and the same device running Google Chrome OS, which one you would pick?

Despite the fact that Google Chrome OS has not yet been officially released, it blew Android out of the water in our poll. 59 per cent of you, almost two thirds of you, voted in favour of Google Chrome OS. In comparison, Android received only 31 per cent of the vote.

What’s making the difference here? Is Google Chrome OS too far away from our prying hands for us to assess properly? Too scant on details? One commenter pointed out that the web-application based Google Chrome OS could intensify issues with data charges and caps, and network issues in the UK if it requires a connection to access any of the apps, saying: “Most of my Android use is on the London Underground, deep below any access to Wi-fi or 3G. I regularly go to remote parts of the French countryside with it. Just imagine the data roaming costs of trying to do that with Chrome.”
Those that voted almost unanimously wanted either Google Chrome OS or an Android OS: less than one per cent said you would choose neither Google Chrome OS or Android. Some of you, nine per cent, were on the fence, perhaps waiting to get a closer look at Google Chrome OS and its data connection requirements, before you decide which you’d prefer.

Link: Jennifer Allan - Electricpig.co.uk
Source: http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2010/09/21/google-chrome-os-the-biggest-threat-to-android-tablets/