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How Google Can Make Android Truly Tablet-Worthy

Posted by timothy on from the is-tablet-worthy-a-high-goal-or-low? dept.

With an Android armada on the horizon (or at least expected), reader androidtablet plugs this piece on ways Android could be truly tablet-friendly. Armchair engineering may be easy to knock, but I like the ideas presented here, such as aggressively using the inactive (locked) screen state to display useful information.

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  1. Re:I'm bemused by tsa · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Apple has a very dedicated herd of followers who buy everything Apple throws at them. Now they all have an iPad it's time for the next iPhone to be bought by them and crank Apple's stock up some more. After the iPhone there will be new Macs the herd will absolutely need, and after that it will be the next iPod versions. And so the game goes on.

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    -- Cheers!

  2. Shouldn't the higher priority be by ClosedSource · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    to make the iPad Truly Tablet-Worthy?

  3. Re:for some sense of "right" by BasilBrush · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It also comes when companies engage in censorship and anti-competitive behavior.

    Bullshit. It's far harder to get an app on an Xbox, Wii or PS3. The public in general couldn't give a damn. They still rather use them than an "open" PC. Same goes for the iPhone, open source nerds on Slashdot complain. Normal users are more than happy that Apple keeps the worst of the crap out of their store, and have no interest in getting software from anywhere else. Apple makes it so easy.

    Oh, come on, do you get paid for marketing Apple products?

    What a stupid question. Do you get paid to trash them? You spend more time doing that. It's really not so hard to find people that appreciate Apple products. People like you that salivate over Linux are far fewer.

    I've been an Apple customer for 25 years

    You're convincing no one with your pretence to be a disillusioned Apple customer, rather than Linux using Apple hater. Your posting record is clear. Why not stick with the facts rather than accusing me of being a shill whilst trying to deceive people about who you are.