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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Oh, no question: there's a *lot* of areas where Android can be improved for tablets without porking it up. But the "responsiveness" issue you see brought up in many reviews is a function of the touchscreen more often than not.
Basically it boils down to the fact that resistive touchscreens were designed for tapping more than swiping and styli more than fingers.
Capacitance touch screens are a whole decade newer tech, and inherently more responsive but they also add cost. Probably not the whole extra $100 difference you see between the IQ and VM T301, but a good chunk of it.
If you look at the recent CES coverage, you'll see a whole bunch of upcoming Android slates coming with capacitance screens. All priced north of US$300.
I like the IQ and I'm getting a lot of use out of it both reading and surfing despite its Android 2.0 limitations. But if it were priced like the NookColor I wouldn't have it, capacitance screen or not. Not with Android 2.x.
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Ah understood, I personally don't see the touchscreen as a 'problem' not perfect but considering what I get for the price I don't mind. I'll probably try some rubber tipped implement as a stylus to stop smudging up the screen with my fingers which bugs me more than any missed swipe/icon push.
But like you I'm enjoying reading and using wifi for surfing on a small device, it also looks good, for me at least, to view/read PDF's which was something I was hoping it could do to avoid me looking into getting a bigger device.