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kleykenb · 04-30-2011, 05:01 PM

It's pretty clear from all the reviews on the multitude of Honeycomb run Tablets that this new Android OS version was brought to market a tad early, so maybe that's what you are experiencing.
The iPad has a more stable OS but would advice against it for the simple reson that Apple has made it easy to get their own payable content on the device but a lot more cumbersome to get non-Apple content on it.
It's said that this is the year of the Tablet... it is the hype that everybody wants one but that demand from the market has only created a frenzy amongst manufacturers to get to market with their Tablet first. With predictable results.

I've heard that there will also be a Iconia W500 which is same hardware but with a 'regular' Windows OS. Maybe that's something to inquire into. Windows has a good PDF reader so it's bound to be a good tablet-fit for you. I think Asus and others also have tablets with Windows coming. Biggest disadvantage of these devices is ussually that they run out of battery sooner than iOs or Android OSes and that Windows is less User Friendly. That said, when push comes to shove it turns out that the Windows software does the job better than the iOs and Android software, no suprise for it's been around longer too.

04-30-2011, 05:01 PM	#4
kleykenb Groupie Posts: 156 Karma: 99 Join Date: Jul 2007 Device: DR1kS/Cy3	It's pretty clear from all the reviews on the multitude of Honeycomb run Tablets that this new Android OS version was brought to market a tad early, so maybe that's what you are experiencing. The iPad has a more stable OS but would advice against it for the simple reson that Apple has made it easy to get their own payable content on the device but a lot more cumbersome to get non-Apple content on it. It's said that this is the year of the Tablet... it is the hype that everybody wants one but that demand from the market has only created a frenzy amongst manufacturers to get to market with their Tablet first. With predictable results. I've heard that there will also be a Iconia W500 which is same hardware but with a 'regular' Windows OS. Maybe that's something to inquire into. Windows has a good PDF reader so it's bound to be a good tablet-fit for you. I think Asus and others also have tablets with Windows coming. Biggest disadvantage of these devices is ussually that they run out of battery sooner than iOs or Android OSes and that Windows is less User Friendly. That said, when push comes to shove it turns out that the Windows software does the job better than the iOs and Android software, no suprise for it's been around longer too. Last edited by kleykenb; 04-30-2011 at 05:10 PM.