Even as Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is hard at work on tidying up Honeycomb prior to releasing its source code, the company has admitted that it is also working to build a tablet version of its Chrome OS. 

Honeycomb is the company's tablet-friendly version of its Android OS, while Chrome OS is Google's much-delayed  browser-centric operating system. As reported by CNET News, the company acknowledged in a statement that "We are engaging in early open-source work for the tablet form factor, but we have nothing new to announce at this time."

Google won't go into details, though it did affirm that the company is targeting the "notebook form factor" as the initial release. 

The revelation came about after updates to the source code for Chrome and Chrome OS revealed the presence of a user-agent string with the term "CrOS Touch" and not just "CrOS" as was previously the case.  Google says "CrOS Touch" was implemented so that websites that are customized for tablet users are able to identify them. 

In addition, some other changes to make Chrome OS touch-friendly include a revamped new-tab page that is optimized for touch, and the implementation of a virtual keyboard in SVG for display in browsers.

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