Google: Don't Get Excited About Android Tablets... Yet - Polidicks

[QUOTE][B]Google needs to rework Android's interface so it takes advantage of the extra screen real estate on a tablet, just as Apple did with the iPad. [/B] [IMG]http://images.pcworld.com/news/graphics/205266-androidwrench_original.jpg[/IMG] Can Google's Android power tablet computers that make sense as serious iPad rivals? Sure-but it'll take more than slapping the OS on a device with a big touchscreen. Google-or somebody-will need to seriously rework Android's interface so it takes advantage of the extra pixels and real estate on a tablet, just as Apple did when it put the iPhone's iOS on the iPad. Two upcoming versions of Android, [URL="http://www.mobileburn.com/news.jsp?Id=10630"]Gingerbread and Honeycomb[/URL], will apparently be built with tablets in mind. For now, the best a hardware manufacturer can do is to put Android 2.2 Froyo on a tablet and tweak it to deal with the new form factor. But Google doesn't seem to think that's a good idea: Techradar is quoting Google mobile honcho Hugo Barra, and his implied message seems to be [URL="http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/google-android-not-optimised-for-tablets--715550"]to hold off on buying an Android tablet for now[/URL]. "If you want Android market on that platform, the apps just wouldn't run, [Froyo] is just not designed for that form factor," Barra said. In fact, Google prohibits the use of its Android Market app store on tablets at the moment-[URL="http://technologizer.com/2010/09/02/samsung-galaxy-tab-hands-on/"]Samsung's Galaxy Tab[/URL] apparently gets around this restriction by being, technically, a giant phone rather than a tablet. The Galaxy Tab will likely be the first semi-plausible iPad alternative-at least in Europe, where it's scheduled to show up next month. (Samsung hasn't announced a release date for the U.S.) Samsung seems to have reworked built-in Android apps such as e-mail and the calendar on its own. But Barra is right. The gadget will be hamstrung by the fact that third-party Android apps are designed for undersized smartphone screens, not the Tab's far roomier 7-incher. For all the [URL="http://technologizer.com/2010/08/12/ipad-alternatives/"]iPadversaries[/URL] that have already been released or announced, the category is still in a sort of dress rehearsal stage. I'm excited about the potential of a tablet-friendly version of Android, as well as [URL="http://technologizer.com/2010/08/12/ipad-alternatives/"]HP's upcoming WebOS tablet[/URL]. But we still haven't seen any concrete proof that any software company except Apple has figured this stuff out. [/QUOTE]Source : [URL]http://www.pcworld.com/article/205266/google_dont_get_excited_about_android_tabletsyet.html?tk=hp_new[/URL]

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do androids dream of electric pads?

[QUOTE=wheresmyfish;24878595]do androids dream of electric pads?[/QUOTE] Nope, electric tampons.

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Still not buying one until Microsoft stops making money off of it.

the android interface is superior and made by magic i bet the iphone cant get an app that says fuck you in 10+ different languages

[QUOTE=brianosaur;24880607]the android interface is superior and made by magic i bet the iphone cant get an app that says fuck you in 10+ different languages[/QUOTE] iphone has an app for everything.

I can't wait for tablets running apple's mobile OS. I just prefer Apple because it works and it's simple. The others just make it overly complicated and act all elitist about it because they spent the whole day reading a manual and figuring it out.

[QUOTE=Notnotprobydoby;24886994]I can't wait for tablets running apple's mobile OS. I just prefer Apple because it works and it's simple. The others just make it overly complicated and act all elitist about it because they spent the whole day reading a manual and figuring it out.[/QUOTE] :rolleyes: