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Old 12-01-2011, 03:15 PM   #1080
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Location: Augsburg (near Munich), Germany
Device: 26 Readers, 44 Tablets
My ranking as of December 1st, 2011

It's been a while, So, for now, my totally subjective ranking.
Starting with my tablets, the rest coming soon:
(It's not easy, what to call "tablet" and what not. Personally, I count Dell Streak and Samsung Galaxy Note as tablets, but iPhone 4 not. May not make sense for some, but that's my personal "gut feeling".)

#1: BlackBerry PlayBook, Sony Tablet P, Samsung Galaxy Note
I really can't say, which actually is #1. Sony and Samsung obviously have the "new" bonus. BlackBerry PlayBook I still find absolutely fantastic.

#4: Motorola Xoom
It's a bit bulky, Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9" certainly is more "stylish". Still, I've really loved it from the very first moment.

#5: Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9"
Very nice. Great size. I'd rather have 16:9 instead of 4:3 (or whatever it has), but it's really a very positive surprise.

#6: iPad 2
Interesting enough, it never made the same (very positive) impression on me as iPad 1. I don't like the curvy edges very much. And frankly, I find iOS a bit dated. The little progress they've made most of the time seems to be "inspired" by other brands.

#7: iPad 1
Still a classic. A bit dated by now. But still one of the most "polished" designs. And obviously the first "real" tablet.

#8: Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1v
Unfortunately, a mixed package. I wanted to have the 10.1v instead of the "stripped down" 10.1. But I didn't find any good cover at all and so, without protection, never was too comfortable with it. On its own, a great tablet, though.

#9: Samsung Galaxy Tab 7"
I really loved it. And I found it very close to iPad 1. But obviously it's dated by now.

#10: HP TouchPad
Very tough to rate. It's a fantastic tablet. Right after BlackBerry PlayBook OS-wise. But way less apps than for PlayBook. And PlayBook opens the door to the Android world. Meaning: I love my TouchPad, but I simply can't do very much with it.

#11: Dell Streak
I liked it. But I never found any real use for it, so it ended up as my business phone.

#12: Acer Iconia
I spontaneously bought it, when I was bored. One of those purchases without need or use. I didn't even play very much around with it the very first day. I've got the Motorola Xoom a few weeks before and Acer Iconia simply didn't match up.

#13: Asus EeePad Transformer
I bought it a few days after Acer Iconia. More or less the same experience = no match for Motorola Xoom. I liked it even less than Acer Iconia. Maybe it was just my unit, but the display was somewhat "sticky", my Samsung pen didn't go as smoothly as usual.

So, what's next?
I'll try to limit the number of my tablets to less than 15. I found, that I simply can't handle more. Whenever I check my shelf, another tablet has run out of battery.
So I'll try to sell about as many as I buy and stick to about the same number of tablets.

I'll definitely go for iPad 3. I guess, they'll implement quite a few features they saw on Android, PlayBook, TouchPad and such. And I think, you can't do much wrong with the iPad series.

I'd obviously go for any successor of BlackBerry PlayBook - should there be any (they should do so, but sales figures still seem to be disastrous).

I'm very interested in the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7" or 7.7". I like the portability and Samsung certainly will have 1 or 2 aces up their sleeve.

I'll take a look at Motorola Xoom 2 as well. Didn't have the time yet, to check out the difference between the 2 versions (standard and "Media Edition", I think).

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