Last Friday, Best Buy CTO Ralph Stephens tweeted the image of a tablet with Best Buy�s �Rocketfish� branding. CrunchGear remarked how it looked a lot like the HP Slate, and a few readers have asked if I think the tablet would be a Windows device like the Slate was slated to run, or possibly Android.
Android all the way.
Ben Hedrington, a web strategist for Best Buy, tweeted a link in response to that story revealing that we should �be looking for a little green robot on that Best Buy tablet screen� http://bit.ly/aoepgY :) #Android� which is pretty much all the proof you need.
Hedrington also posted a link showing that Best Buy employees have been exchanging ideas on a company-produced tablet since February. Though several people saw it as a communication tool for employees, others pitched this as a consumer device. The status of idea was updated to �coming soon� last month, and Hedrington later tweeted that the tablet is designed for consumers and in-store use.
An official BestBuy tablet makes sense since the retailer is launching its own 4G mobile data service called Best Buy Connect (side note: one BB employee actually pitched the tablet as the �Best Buy Connect�). It�s not a bad idea to have a powerful device ready to run on that new service in conjuction with Clearwire, Sprint�s WiMax partner.
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