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Originally Posted by kartaviryarjuna
Thank a lot for the rather lengthly and detailed reply.
I am definitely opting for an Android device. What tablet has a combination of a good battery with a good screen for reading? I heard that Asus Transformer Prime is a good candidate for this. I am pondering over this buy versus a Xoom, as Samsung has proprietary cables and UI (TouchWiz), which I don't find very appealing.
What is your opinion on this?
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For the moment, Asus Transformer Prime has the best specs. But there already are rumors about similar iPad and Samsung specs. And quite frankly, I've never had problems performance-wise with any of my tablets.
Personally, I won't go for the Prime. I've had the Asus EeePad Transformer and
didn't like it at all. It's probably unfair, as there are lots of quite enthusiastic reviews about both Transformer Prime and EeePad Transformer. Still, my unit simply seemed to be 2 steps behind Samsung and the likes.
Lots of reviews had been negative about Xoom's display quality. And most reviews state, display of Xoom 2 would be identical to the one on the first generation. Personally, I don't have any problems with the display, I find it about even with iPad or Samsung Galaxy Tab. But I consider the display of BlackBerry PlayBook best (of my tablets), so I wouldn't call Xoom "benchmark". That's for Xoom 1. I haven't seen Xoom 2 live yet, but I consider it myself because of my great experience with Xoom 1.
Re. "
proprietary cables":
I'd have to think extremely hard, to remember any tablet which has standard ports. But I don't really care, I have to admit.
I prefer, having a Micro SD slot. Nice for adding movies. On the other hand, it can be quite annoying. Samsung units for example, when booting cold, permanently check the expansion cards for changes...
About the cables I don't care at all. Yes, sometimes I have to take 3 adapters and/or cables with me on a trip to charge 3 different tablets. But that's no biggy and I've got backup adapters with me that way. Most people only will buy a single tablet anyway, so it shouldn't really matter.
And I rarely connect any tablet to a PC, so I don't mind about USB-connection.
I don't see much differences in UI on Honeycomb tablets anymore, so I wouldn't make this a criteria. Differences had been way bigger with Gingerbread.
So, what Android tablet to recommend?
Xoom certainly is a great candidate, Xoom 1 still is one of my favorites.
But I wouldn't exclude Samsung. They're getting better and better. Xoom may have some slight advantages because of the close ties between Motorola and Google. But looking at the impressive number of units Samsung has in the pipeline, Motorola probably can't compete over all.
Personally, I'll take a close look at the 7" and 7.7" Samsung tablets. I really like my Samsung Galaxy Note and those 2 tablets seem to have similar display quality.