I think this is confusing two issues. Firstly, no matter how much various techies might desire Android to be similar to the iPhone ecosystem and the way Apple

I think this is confusing two issues. Firstly, no matter how much various techies might desire Android to be similar to the iPhone ecosystem and the way Apple updates it's products, it isn't going to happen because handset manufacturers can't recoup the cost of maintenance in the same way Apple does (via services - the AppStore / iTunes etc). Secondly, where there is a hint of reality in the article, Google are freaked out by the relative success of Amazon with it's tablet offering vs the piss poor generic Android tablet sales. Amazon and Google are in competition with each other much more than Google is with the handset vendors so I could understand a pure play Google tablet to compete on the basis of it's services vs Amazon.