The latest tirades from Steve Jobs in defense of iPad's less than stellar performance has set off an intensified tablet war between Apple, Google, Research in Motion (RIM), and Samsung.

In Apple's revenue call, Steve Jobs took on Google's open-source rhetoric. Jobs called the open-source vs. walled-garden strategy as being about integrated vs. fragmented.

Jobs further bashed Google by stating that Apple activates an average of 275,000 iOS devices each day, including iPhones, iPads and iPod touch. His statment discounts Google's claim of activating 200,000 Android devices each day. (See full report by Carl Bagh here: Steve Jobs turns earnings call into Google-bashing).

Andy Rubin, Google's Vice President (Engineering) responded with a tweet, implying that Android is synonymous to open system which contradicted Job's assertion of Android's fragmentation.

Twitter came into the picture when Jobs cited the problems Twitter encountered when it was launched for Android as Twitter had to contend with 244 different Android-handsets and multiple Android versions, underscoring Android's fragmentation.

But TweetDeck founder and CEO Iain Dodsworth did not support Job's analysis, saying via Twitter that "Did we at any point say it was a nightmare developing on Android? Errr nope, no we didn't. It wasn't."

Maker of Blackberry Playbook RIM fired back (through Jim Balsillie) at Steve Jobs in an official statement, :

"We know that while Apple's attempt to control the ecosystem and maintain a closed platform may be good for Apple, developers want more options and customers want to fully access the overwhelming majority of web sites that use Flash.

"We think many customers are getting tired of being told what to think by Apple."

Samsung was taciturn on its reply. It simply stated that Galaxy Tab is coming to the market soon, refusing to further comment on the matter in a tweet.

Now, we like to ask our readers: Who do you think will win in the end of the Tablet Wars, at least for the immediate future, as companies' CEO engage in a press release/statement/tweet tussle? Share this to your fellow tech-savvy friends, and let us know what you think of this latest development in the Tablet Wars.