The time for needless spending is at hand and today my shifty tricky eyes have landed upon the new tablets coming out from Android. I've been following their products since Froyo, as an alternative for jumping on the iPhone/AT&T bandwagon. For those who don't know, Android names each following product after each letter of the alphabet and the name of a dessert. With Gingerbread out, we have 19 more platforms to go before we see what comes after "Z". But enough about this, let's check it out!
New UI
Take a look at that! Their first UI design meant specifically for larger screened tablets with vibrant colors and 3D experiences. Building upon the idea of Systems Bar from other operating systems, Android decided what works, works. They put in one themselves for notifications, systems status, and soft navigation. The Action Bar, located at the top, is meant for navigation, widgets, and context menus, depending on the app that is opened.
Customizable Home screens are back with more widgets you can shake a stick at. They did offer better visibility with visual cues and drop shadows, but most of it is the same ol' customizations (not necessarily a bad thing mind you) with widgets, apps, and wallpapers. along with a fancy new universal search bar. It will go through all of your apps, contacts, media files, web content, etc.
A nice strength the Android tablets are emphasizing is their multitasking ability. Something similar to the Mac's visual windows of applications running, you can use the Recent Apps list in the System Bar. Good call on their part and definitely useful for when you're trying to do more than one thing at at a time.
That's all I'll get into at the moment, but there definitely are more features such as a redesigned keyboard, improved copy and paste, new connectivity options, and an updated set of standard apps.
Definitely something worth considering for those who have needed to update their laptop for the past five years. I know I've been!
I wish that Motorola wasn't such a stupid trademark that doesn't give us enough updates. I wish I had that honeycomb now.
ReplyDeleteThis is killer!
ReplyDeleteI'm on my Moto Xoom at the moment. Honeycomb got an update a few days ago to 3.1. I was about to bitch out motorola for killing my battery life that day when I saw it was downloading the new OS update. :P
ReplyDeletepretty wicked
ReplyDeleteGood post, always glad to see more android lovers. You may be interest in a post I did about the different Android versions awhile back. Probably could find it up by going to labels and clicking android
ReplyDeletei really want this now!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to get a honeycomb tablet, supposedly amazon is making one.
ReplyDeleteSeems like a cool tablet, Oh and any knowledge of the forbidden letter after Z will drive all who here to to insanity, you can take my word for it =P
ReplyDeletevery informative, maybe i use it :)
ReplyDeleteLove it, this looks pretty awesome. I've been an android user for a year now and I love it.
ReplyDeleteLooks really awesome, now I want one..
ReplyDeleteLooks like another awesome ROM for the android os
ReplyDeleteIt is good news for me, thx for share.
ReplyDeleteVery nice.
ReplyDeleteI dunno, I have to say I would rather have the laptop from five years ago. But that is a personal preference.
ReplyDeleteLooks pretty damn awesome right there. Only issue is cost for me, since it is a new-ish product, thus it is extremely expensive in my mind : -p.
ReplyDeleteLooks awesome!
ReplyDeleteHoney comb looks fantastic
ReplyDeleteI don't think buying a tablet PC right now will be a bargain. All the decent tablets are almost overpriced. Just personal opinion.
ReplyDeleteI need to upgrade now... =[
ReplyDeleteLooks so sweet!
ReplyDeleteWow, Those look amazing.
ReplyDeleteLooks and sounds good, but they need a new name I reckon
ReplyDeleteBeen with Android from the start. Glad to see it is starting to really catch fire! Can't wait to see where it goes!
ReplyDeleteI want it as OS on my PC!
ReplyDeleteI'm sick of Windows.... hopefully the Chrome OS will come out soon.
Looks like they are polishing the looks up a bit. I currently have a Windows Mobile 7 device.
ReplyDeletei think i'm always going to be a huge Android fan.
ReplyDeleteever since the t-mobil G1 came out i've been extremely impressed as to how solid the OS is.
if only I had the money to buy one
ReplyDeleteI really wish I could afford a tablet.
ReplyDeleteGuh, Im trying to stay less wired into the matrix, and they keep coming out with more stuff
ReplyDeleteI have to say I am hooked on my iphone. Don't think I'll be switching anytime soon.
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