It's the start of yet another week, and that can mean only one thing: It's time for the announcement of yet another iPad "killer." This time around, however, the smack-talk doesn't concern who it is that plans to ply their mojo against Cupertino's world-beating tablet--Instead, the flexing and posing is centred around how it's going to be done.

The announcement that HTC was developing an Android tablet for Google surfaced last week. The news came as no surprise to those in the tech universe, given that the company had produced the Nexus One.  Along the same lines, tech-watchers shouldn't be too shocked to find that HTC, already adept at bending Windows Mobile and Android to their will through the use of some excellent skins and UI modifications, is looking for more innovative ways to utilize Google's Android on their hardware. That, my friends, is where an Israeli company called N-Trig comes in: If you want to differentiate your multitouch user experience from that provided by Apple, they are the company to talk to.

N-Trig's multitouch technology allows for touch, multitouch and pen based computing interfaces to be utilized on the same system. While much of N-Trig's work has been focused on development for Windows 7 based hardware, you can be certain that for the right price, and a reasonable period of time, they'll be able to whip up something topped off with awesome sauce for HTC and Google.

The question is: will it make a difference? With the iPad still rocking the socks off of retailers and showing very little sign of losing momentum as we shuffle into September, it's hard to see anyone being able to take a chunk of Apple's tablet turf without providing a very tasty alternative to their popular product.