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Google Unveils Android 'Honeycomb' Tablet
adeelarshad82 writes "Google Mobile Platform VP Andy Rubin unveiled the very first Android 'Honeycomb' tablet. While very few specs were released about the device, it is said to be a sleek, black, Motorola tablet that is roughly 10" and runs a NVidia dual core CPU. The device has a very clean homepage and the app page looked almost Apple iPad-like. In fact, the Gmail app looked almost exactly like Gmail on the iPad. According to Andy Rubin, Honeycomb should release some time next year, and most major OEMs planning on building Android tablets have expressed interest in using this version of the Android platform."
but the app page looked almost Apple iPad-like. Plus, when Rubin brought up the Gmail app, it looked almost exactly like Gmail on the iPad.
Seriously? Gmail app looked a lot like a Gmail app - but on the iPad?
Wow! How does that compare to the likeness to say... Gmail?
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Except for the fact that netbooks are cheap and not limited. While undoubtedly you are going to be able to do more with the Honeycomb tablet than an iPad and it will be cheaper, netbooks still are the way to go for laptop replacements. I can buy a netbook for a bit less than $300 that can do most of the things a tablet can do for a lot cheaper.
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Also, a WiFi only version so it doesn't cost $500.
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For $450 you can buy a decent convertible netbook/tablet that does both.
yes, it does both less well than either of each. Convertibles give you all the bulk and weight of a laptop, combined with an OS that wasn't designed for tablet use. What's not to love?
After you spent even more money to get accessories that are already present on every other device in the market. Slashdotters aren't happy with the device because it adds completely unnecessary hurdles to use, a USB port with USB host on it would solve the vast majority of complaints. Of course this is why competitors advertise the fact that they have USB so you can hook any old USB keyboard without the need to buy unnecessary adapters. I give Apple credit for creating an accessory industry out of nothing. Why people keep buying Apple products and the proprietary connectors they use I'll never fully understand when the Archos or APad are far more useful, cost less, and come in a variety of sizes. When the iPad first came out I could understand it, but these day? Hell no
It's not about GNU Hurd, or the latest kernel or old Amiga software. I have no use for those on my tablet.
However, when I buy a piece of hardware .. i'm not buying a lifestyle, or an experience or a free pass into all the latest fashion events.
I'm buying hardware. Just that.
I don't want to change my life to work around this hardware's limitation. I don't want to do things the "apple way". I want to do things just the way I LIKE to do things.
Currently, apple doesn't give me this freedom of choice.
For me, buying an Apple product is just like using GNU Gnome. They might think they know what's good for me, but they don't really.
Regardless, i'm disgusted by the greediness and the closed nature of the company. The hardware and software are brilliant, but they could be so much more had they been open and let users do whatever they want. They could easily take over the market had the iPhone been an open platform that users can change and tweak every aspect of. Wait, you're a granny who doesn't care about these things and want you stuff to "just work"? then don't change them! But give me the choice, because I DO want to customize things!
It all comes down to choice. I like making my choices. You prefer apple to make them for you.
Sigs are for the weak.