&#62; How come there hasn't been any excitement about the potential of Android-based tablets?<p>In the propaganda video Apple has on their site there is a brief talk by the tech guy. Incidentally he is the only guy in the video who doesn't come across to me as a total douche-bag when talking about the iPad.<p>He mentions that Apple owns the hardware and the software. Usually that is just Apple marketing BS but in this case I think it actually really applies. There is a tight integration between all of the hardware, software and even the uni-body aluminum casing. The decisions they've made for everything (from chip design to UI design) is with the entire device in mind.<p>Android, not so much. It must necessarily be a more generalized framework. There are some reasons that is a benefit but for this type of device I wager it is actually a detriment.<p>The main positive the media is taking away from the iPad is its speed. I was impressed by the claimed battery life. I don't believe any Android tablet will be capable of delivering a similar level of performance on these two key factors.