Google Chrome OS was today finally presented, after a year-long wait. The release comes with the Chrome Web Store, which is a marketplace for web applications and browser add-ons. The announcement was made today at a special Chrome event, which has introduced many of Google’s products related to Android, its Chrome web browser and web apps (Google Docs, Gmail, calendar or GChat)to their main business: the search engine.

The Chrome announcement came just after Android’s update news — Gingerbread 2.3 and Honeycomb 3.0 are Google’s next version releases, and devices running these improved systems will likely also tie in Google’s Chrome OS.  It’s a major combo move for Google, and they’re getting serious in their efforts to compete with Microsoft.  So far we know Google plans on focusing on tablets with this combo play.

A handful of manufacturers are already on board for these featured tablets, including Acer and Samsung, which already has seen a successful run with its Galaxy Tab.

In the context of Android tables gaining improvements over the leading competitor, Google’s plans around the Chrome OS can help to speculate the market potential for its stand against the iPad.

It’s a big opportunity for manufacturers, Google and the developer community, with a wealth of possibilities for the advertising sector as well.  As we’ve seen with Android-powered smartphones, the team-up potential for manufacturers has an extensive reach.  Additional opportunities, of course, lie in the mobile apps market, with a lot of development around vertical storefronts that businsses can take advantage of.

John Furrier projected Google’s project perspectives two years ago, at the launch at Google Chrome.  Back then, the vanishing point was the well expected operating system for notebooks and tablet. Now, considering the fact that Google Chrome OS is much faster, straight and simple, it could be considered as a solution for netbooks, leaving tablets to the Android.

Google also highlights the company’s solution for enforcing Adobe platform, which seems to be the target of many viruses and worm, because of its popularity and spread. Therefore, Google Chrome 8 will use the “sandbox” technique in order to give extra protection to prospective attacks.