Aug 27, 2010 09:51 GMT  ·  By

With more and more mobile phone makers interested in delivering to the market tablet PCs so as to compete against Apple's iPad, is was only a matter of time before the first news on these devices landing on wireless carriers around the world emerged. Orange is one of these wireless services providers that should add tablets to its offering before the end of the ongoing year, and rumors has it that it would plan the release of no less than three slates in 2010.

The news comes from a French report in Les Echos (via 9to5mac), which claims that one of these devices should be the Apple iPad, while another one would be a slate powered by Google's Android operating system.

For the time being, it seems that there are no specific details available on this device, though the report claims it would come from an Asian maker.

If this be true, then there are only a few possibilities that can be included into this equation, such as a tablet PC from Samsung or LG, or another company, including Acer, which is already known to plan an Android-based tablet for this year.

Of course, the list might be longer than that, but, since these makers already confirmed plans to release slates running under Google's Android platform during the ongoing year, they are the first to come to our mind at the moment.

As previously reported, Samsung is gearing up for the release of its first Android-based Tablet PC, the Galaxy Tab, a 7'' device with 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity, which is powered by a 1GHz processor.

At the same time, we should note that LG announced previously plans to launch an Android slate in its Optimus series of devices, though no specific pieces of info on its were unveiled until now.

Acer's tablet PC was rumored not too long ago to be headed to the market with Google's Android 3.0 platform on board, but nothing was confirmed for the time being.

However, nothing is certain for the time being, and there are great chances that the carrier won't bring all of these devices to its shelves before year's end.