If you thought Apple was going to go soft on Amazon’s Kindle think again (or Think Different…). Despite the fact that no one will get an iPad till March or April they have already started buying keywords like “Kindle” on Google.

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I like it but am wishing that the 64GB memory was the base; 16GB seems too small for a device that does as much as an iPhone and more.

Google Suggest, Google Real-time Search, Google Goggle, Google Music Search … is Microsoft’s Bing or Apple’s iPhone the real competitor here?

I think it depends based on the vertical:

Google VS Apple = phones/pda
(e.g. iPhone vs Droid)

Google VS Apple = Online Music
(e.g. iTunes vs Google linking to music sites)

Google VS MSFT = Search
(e.g. Google vs Bing)

I think as the mobile phone becomes more and more important to the internet (and search) Apple will emerge as the major player for Google to compete with.