Google is pushing progress. We want progress. We want phones that allow us to do new and different stuff. We don’t want phones that do Excel and Outlook but crash all the time, that are locked down by the cellular carriers, that tell us what types of media we can play and what types we can’t, that disallow tethering or flash or whatever. It’s not about the widget – it’s about the ways that the widget enables and empowers the individual to do what he wants to do: the opportunities it enables, the potentials it creates – and how as much as possible it stays out of the way!

Now if they’ll add a Tegra 2 or Snapdragon slate to their lineup, that would be very nice. A ten incher that does webcam chat over wifi please.