MSI waiting on Intel Oak Trail for Win 7 tablet, Android version will hit before end of the year

Remember MSI’s Windows 7 WindPad that we went hands-on with back in June at Computex? Obviously you do. Well even supposing it’s been given a bit Photoshop polish lately, MSI isn’t planning on launching it until Intel releases its Oak Trail Atom platform for tablets and netbooks at CES 2011. MSI’s Andy Tung told us that the current Atom platform just doesn’t provide adequate battery life and gear for the form factor, and that it’s finding the Oak Trail platform to be significantly better in all areas with the Windows 7 OS. Tung also said it’s still experimenting with the dualscreen Win 7 tablet, but similarly needs a wiser hardware platform. Oh don’t worry, there’s still some tablet love to come back from MSI this year — the company still plans to release its Tegra 2-powered, Android 2.2 WindPad 110 tablet in time for the holiday season. MSI is working with Google, and we were told that the Android tablet will need to have access to a few style of app store. It’s clearly got the tablet bug, and Tung even told us that the company is minimizing the number of netbooks it has in its lineup. That sure seems a common trend in recent times.