Surface isn't even a thing yet. It's been announced, but I haven't seen any specs on it yet. And as I said in my comment to the post, the only really cool thing it does is the keyboard cover. Everything else has been done. So don't compare that to anything.

And yes, Android tablets aren't in the same league as iPads, but there's a reason for that: Apple's business practices. It may be that no one is able to match the sheer specs of the iPad because Apple flips any profits directly back into R&D. And it doesn't hurt that they have an army of mindless twits that buy whatever new i-Thing Apple parades in front of them. So they have pretty much infinite income.

And the "huge thing" that you missed: Everyone is doing Android tablets. All of the biggest names in consumer electronics are making amazing tablets. The only people making iPads/Surfaces are Apple/MS. So, through sheer numbers, Android is the winner. And hopefully, once ICS becomes the prevailing version, the cries of fragmentation will be a thing of the past (though it's actually not even a problem now).

I like what I've seen of Android's phones, and I like ICS. But unless there's something huge I've missed, their tablets aren't even in the same league as the iPad or Surface. Not yet.

As a big Android proponent, I have a huge problem with that last line.

(Though considering MS has the Xbox, maybe it isn't their highest priority.)

Anyway, the keyboard thing's slick, and it's the first tablet that seems to be a genuine challenger to Apple.