Google Building Its Tablet in 2012: Schmidt

Google Chairman Eric Schmidt told an Italian publication that his company would deliver "a tablet of the highest quality" within the next six months, according to VentureBeat.com.

Schmidt told Carriere Delle Sera that the coming battle for market share on mobile devices will be "brutal."

Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Whatever the device is that Schmidt referenced, it will ship with Android 4.0, or, Ice Cream Sandwich, their newest and slickest operating system.

High-end tablets like Android and Apple have are doing well with consumers, with Android owning 20 percent of the market. However, Amazon's Kindle Fire is priced to move at $200 -- and they claim to be selling more than one million units per week.

With the different price points and feature levels, getting a slick new tablet into that space with haste is probably highest on Schmidt's mind.

Especially with a new iPad rumored for the first quarter of 2012 -- a new iPad with double the resolution, rumor has it.

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