I beg to differ on that last part... I think Android (with froyo's glaze) can challenge the iPad, especially due to its 'better' multitasking and generally more open design (memory card friendly, less restrictions on the apps, etc) and a competitive finger friendly ui. I think finger friendly is key. I don't care if it's capacitive or resistive, as long as it works as well as the current capacitive and does not require you to take out and sheath a pointy apparatus everytime you need to interact with the slate.
They're maemo and MeeGo... "Meamo!" sounds like what Zorro would say to catherine zeta jones... after she slaps him for looking at her dirtily...