Let's go one step further. Instead of interpreting his comments as shots against Android tablets, let's interpret them as shots against rumors of a 7" iPad. By

Let's go one step further. Instead of interpreting his comments as shots against Android tablets, let's interpret them as shots against rumors of a 7" iPad. By speaking out adamantly against 7" tabs, he pushes consumers waiting for that 7" iPad toward the 10" instead. This increases market share (and mind share) in the near-term, so that Apple will further entrench themselves as the tablet leader. Then, next year, Jobs says "you've heard about those 7" tablets...we've figured out a great way to make it work!" at WWDC, and releases a 7" iPad. I don't buy into this idea fully, but it wouldn't be the first time he says one thing and does another (iBooks).