07-05-2011, 09:25 PM | #31 |
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07-05-2011, 09:30 PM | #32 | |
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07-05-2011, 09:36 PM | #33 |
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IMHO if you own a 7" device, you don't really need native tablet apps. In fact, I don't think you even need Honeycomb. For example, 2.3 (Gingerbread) runs great on the Samsung Galaxy Tab and Nook Color.
Now, if you have a 10" device, it seems like a waste if the apps don't take advantage of the screen real estate. If there truly are only 232 android tablet apps, that's a huge problem. If HP can launch with 300, then there's no excuse for android. It's a shame really, because there are three excellent large screen android tablets on the market now (Asus Transformer, Galaxy Tab 10.1, and Toshiba Thrive). |
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And Acer Iconia and Xoom and .... Every app I want to use runs just fine on my Xoom as well as my DroidX, including numerous ebook reader apps, browsers, email clients etc. All full screen. |
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Still, while android phone apps may work perfectly fine on tablets (as opposed to iphone apps) I think it's hard to argue that apps that do more with the large screen wouldn't be better. |
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07-05-2011, 10:17 PM | #36 |
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscente...t_to_work.html
A tablet is no longer a toy. More and more, users are ditching their laptops in favor of carrying nothing more than a tablet--not just for a trip to grandma's house, but for honest-to-goodness work. This decision, however, is not one to undertake lightly: Tablets have numerous weaknesses--from the lack of a physical keyboard to muddy file management--that you need to address before you traipse out the door with your iPad or Android slate in hand. Here's what you need to think about before you make the switch.... |
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Not quite.
From a site called Android Police - Looking After All Things Android: Quote:
It's a really good site to follow if you want a daily fix of whats going on in the Android world. Not fanboyish at all. My recommendation to anyone who is on the fence about getting an Android tablet is that they should wait to see if this situation improves with the next Android version (Ice Cream Sandwich) or they should get the real McCoy. |
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Froyo (Android 2.2) is still the king of the hill where stats are concerned, claiming 59.4% of users. It's important to note, however, that its numbers, too, are dropping (just last month, it accounted for 64.6% of Android devices). That's because of the Gingerbread updates that many manufacturers have begun pushing out - and it shows in Gingerbread's latest statistics. When all four versions of 2.3 are taken into account (2.3, 2.3.2, 2.3.3, and the most recent 2.3.4, which added support for video chat), the OS version is now installed on 18.6% of Android phones - a figure that's more than double what it was in June. Quote:
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