Chrome OS coming soon on a tablet?

The news is old - as in, two days or so - but Google's somewhat confirmed that there's a tablet coming out soon.  Of course, some people think that it would be a bad idea, specifically because of the anticipation of a need to be always connected to the web in order to access services.  But I think they have it wrong.

Google's got an app developer website set up, specifically for ChromeOS.  In it - at least for now - it specifically indicates that developers have the option to create either one of two types of apps: hosted and packaged.    Specifically, a packaged app is:

"A web app that's bundled up, so that the user downloads all its content."

It seems like Google's ChromeOS could in fact be a transitional platform for packaged apps to the eventual hosted apps, which I think is a great idea.  Nothing against Android, but every time I've seen  any implementation of Android on a larger screen, it looks out of place.

Which is better, Android on a large screen?

Or Chrome OS?

I think ChromeOS will be a better sell for a simple UI, without some pull-down/out app tab, and I think it'll be very popular. I'm not sure that Google will make a lot of money from it at this point, but it's not about today...it's about 5 years from now.