ipad killers?

stoke1863 · 5 Jul 2010 at 18:48

So is there going to be any decent branded Android of other OS's tablets out in the next few months that could be better than a large ipod touch?

I need a tablet in my life! I dont need or have the use for a laptop with crappy battery but i do have long car journeys when im going to the football for away games. Would be ideal to drop some films and games on. The phone wouldn't last a 4 hour journey each way and after a while the screen size for web browsing gets so frustrating. Also very useful to drop PDF's and Excel sheets on at work for when im away from my PC with store managers, plus just general browsing when i cant be arsed turn the PC on.

Luckily due to Froyo on my nexus i dont need to waist an extra £100 on a 3g ipad as i can tether the phone to it. No flash is no big deal for me at all its almost a non point never used it on my nexus one. I wont be streaming over 3g much and the stuff i would stream would be BCC i player and that supports ipad fine. Multitasking is a slight issue but hopefully IOS4 comes to it. (or jailbreak with backgrounder)

So is there anything with at least as good as screen as the ipad on the horizon? Ims till not convinced android is suited to a tablet just yet.

stoke1863 · 5 Jul 2010 at 18:55

chaparral said:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/05/lg-confirms-android-tablet-for-q4-2010-launch-teases-android-2/

http://www.engadget.com/tag/android,tablet

Looks decent any detials of price?

Also not to sound daft but when is Q4? i don't want to be waiting for ever

stoke1863 · 5 Jul 2010 at 18:59

Paul11 said:
4th quater of the year, so oct, nov, dec

ahh don't really want to wait that long

stoke1863 · 6 Jul 2010 at 21:48

Christo said:
Meego tablet (Nokia/Intel)

That does seem really interesting. really fresh looking home screen. Any details on when its out?

stoke1863 · 6 Jul 2010 at 22:57

I dont see android in its current form being a good enough experience on a tablet. nothing wrong with it but its missing that polish a huge screen deserves.

Looks like nothing that is half decent will be better than ipad for at least a while. IOS is a closed platform but you cant deny that the user experience they MAKE

you have is really well polished.

What would totally rock is webOS on a tablet! If any of you have used webOS by palm is quite a nice UI and handles multitasking with a card system. Shame the hardware wasn't really good enough. Now HP have bought Palm hopefully they get it done.

Looks like for now buying an ipad and then possibly selling it if anything interesting comes out. Apple devices hold value very well