Google Chrome OS not coming to tablets anytime soon

Despite previous reports, it looks like Google Chrome OS will not be heading onto a tablet for a while.  Google has announced that they are “fully focused on notebooks”.  About a month ago, Google made some changes to Chrome OS’ source coding.  With these changes, we saw some hints at touch-screen optimizations when viewing websites.  Google has denied rumors of a near-release of a tablet-Chrome OS from the start, but has now made themselves perfectly clear on the issue.

Does this mean that you should never expect a Chrome OS tablet?  Probably not.  Google will most likely, at one point, come out with a Chrome OS tablet.  However, do we really need a Chrome OS tablet?  The original goal of Chrome OS was to offer a fast internet browsing solution by avoiding the need to load a full operating system just to run a web browser.  Chrome OS is excellent for notebooks, but do tablets need it?  Most tablets (such as tablets running mobile operating systems like Android and iOS) don’t have a need to boot; they offer “sleep” mode to instantly turn the tablet on and start doing whatever you want to do.  Having a Chrome OS tablet would be just that, without offline apps.  That brings me to another point:  Tablets are meant for portability.  They are excellent for working on-the-go, where you will not always have an internet connection.  With Chrome OS, you always need an internet connection since the entire operating system is one big web browser.  This eliminates the option of offline working.  For now, I think Google should stick to Android for tablets (Honeycomb).