Google shows off Android 3.0 - the 'Entirely for Tablet' Honeycomb

snapdragon said:
got a friend going over to the states in May, whats the best thing she can pick up over there tab/pad wise ?

also a general Q

if you bought a wifi only tab could you add a 3g dongle to it and use it ? sorry possibly a very dumb Q but I know nothing about em at all
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iPad 2 or Motorola Xoom.

To answer your 2nd question, afaik you cant add a dongle. You either choose 3g+Wifi or just the wifi version (depending on the device you choose)
 
snapdragon said:
got a friend going over to the states in May, whats the best thing she can pick up over there tab/pad wise ?

also a general Q

if you bought a wifi only tab could you add a 3g dongle to it and use it ? sorry possibly a very dumb Q but I know nothing about em at all
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Depending on what phone you have it could be possible to tether the tablet onto your phones 3G connection.
 
I played with a Xoom today. Its one of a few tablets we got in (Xoom, Playbook, Samsung Tab and Toshiba jobby).

5 second review...

Honeycomb is quite nice, very responsive. The large shiny glass gets smudged so easily I can picture needing to carry round a cloth just to use it. The device is well made, IMO its not too heavy.

One thing that bothered me is the screen res/aspect ratio - which I think is a standard size for honeycomb unfortunately. I felt it was just too thin for good portrait use, I was constantly side scrolling when browsing even basic websites and I think when reading a book its will feel a little weird.

Other than those tiny niggles it was a pleasure to use, quality fast device.
 
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Lord_Kokain said:
As we know the preorder price to be at 599 pounds, would that justify the pen input availability or there is something else thats special about the Flyer?
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Really there is only the pen as a selling point. It has a single core processor as opposed to a dual core on other tablets and it only has Gingerbread and not Honeycomb. They’ve priced it as a “large” Smartphone and at that price I can’t see it competing with other tablets.
 
well thats a bummer for a tablet that isnt getting released around now. Mind you, this pen thing has the potential to be huge as it finally may add something to turn the tablet into a physical notebook but Im personally always careful with the first device to carry new piece of technology(as they may not be polished yet).
 
^ I like the look of the Lenovo ThinkPad "Think Slate" (Transformer type device designed for the Enterprise market)

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teaboy5 said:
Anyone using the ASUS transformer? And what do you think of it.
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Yes I'm using one, love it, wifi version 16gb, put a 16gb sd-card in it to take it up to 32gb, works really well.

It tethers to my desire hd flawlessly, no problems using transformer on the move.

I have paid Asus direct for the keyboard, should be here mid-may time from what I hear.

Honeycomb is nice, some apps force close, or the orientation is wrong as most apps have not been optimized for honeycomb, that's what I have been hearing, so some work is to be done to get some nice tablet apps developed.
 
Interesting dual screen clam design, the screens look good too, OLED? :)

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Shame it's tegra 2, fine for a £200-£400 tablet but the more expensive ones need faster SoCs :( (NGP is still the one for me :p)
 
~Thread revival~

The first Honeycomb tablet running a dual core snapdragon. (more powerful than tegra 2)


(Would link to the Intel based tablets but they suck big time :p)
 
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