Which Tablet?

Danger Phoenix · 21 Jan 2011 at 08:02

Following CES 2011 there is a lot of hype about the best tablet coming out this year. Which one is everyone looking forward to?

I have decided I want to buy one sometime in Q1, but haven't fully decided which one. I am currently leaning towards the Motorola Xoom

alfalavala · 21 Jan 2011 at 15:09

IF you can may be better off waiting until Q2 when several are out and people have been using them etc. There are a lot expected and it seems hard to know how to choose between them all. I assume you've ruled out Apple or not?

DVD Cinema · 21 Jan 2011 at 15:22

Archos 70 or 101.

Danger Phoenix · 21 Jan 2011 at 18:44

alfalavala said:
IF you can may be better off waiting until Q2 when several are out and people have been using them etc. There are a lot expected and it seems hard to know how to choose between them all. I assume you've ruled out Apple or not?

Definitely not Apple... I quite like Android and its only going to get better

Cosimo · 21 Jan 2011 at 19:20

Danger Phoenix said:
I quite like Android and its only going to get better

We are about to witness the tablet explosion. There have been a large number of product announcements before and just now at CES, some of them look very promising. Most of the Andriod ones should be running Honeycomb. So I would wait until the beginning of quarter two before buying one and I would also wait for reviews. If you are desperate you may want to look and see if the ASUS Eee Pads are available soon.

tempac · 21 Jan 2011 at 21:01

Danger Phoenix said:
Following CES 2011 there is a lot of hype about the best tablet coming out this year. Which one is everyone looking forward to?

I have decided I want to buy one sometime in Q1, but haven't fully decided which one. I am currently leaning towards the Motorola Xoom

The Adam springs to mind, seen here: http://notionink.wordpress.com/ that or the ubiquitous Ipad2 of course, or the Blackberry Gamebook or whatever they call it. It depends upon the feature-set and what they have to back them up, for instance I wish to have 'handwriting recognition' so I can write something down and have it ordered and retained I may wish to 'draw' or create a diagram and have that retained. It's ok wanting to purchase a tablet, but what do you want from it is the question you should ask yourself and decide upon which offers those features.

HTH

Super Tigers · 21 Jan 2011 at 23:18

I want dual core cpu, Android 3.0, wifi & 3G connection and 7in capacitive screen. The first company to bring this to the market will get my money.

Danger Phoenix · 21 Jan 2011 at 23:46

The Xoom just looks more elegant than the Adam... I guess we will see when they all come out

kona786 · 22 Jan 2011 at 00:42

im definitely in the market for a tablet. blackberry's playbook is enticing me...android makes sense due to its apps and great browser...its all a waiting game.

lsg1r · 22 Jan 2011 at 01:00

I liked the asus transformer (the one with the detachable keyboard) although that might only come with android 2.3 so if the motorola xoom comes with an open bootloader (they warming to dev community supposedly) that will be my direction most likely unless htc bring out something special, they are doing a slate. Hopefully they will release stock android 3 and it will be updated easily and quickly when it's time....

I was originally looking at the asus ep121 but then they screwed up the design but not having the keyboard dock like the concept (this went on the android transformer) as this was best of both worlds but it's now likely to be laptop AND slate which will likely cost me more

I don't mind the blackberry playbook either but like Palm (well HP) who have a slate announcement feb 7th iirc I'm not sure there will be the app support like android.

Internaut · 23 Jan 2011 at 17:52

Oh man I wrote a detailed reply and the interwebs swallowed it into oblivion :|

Here is the tl;dr version

iphone 4 is excellent because of nice hardware and extra potential with applications - apple user interface is also simple and intuitive
iPad could have been good but is restricted without multi-tasking support - when it matures like the iphone then it will be a good option

Danger Phoenix · 14 Feb 2011 at 04:50

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is looking like a serious contender

Tomsk · 14 Feb 2011 at 17:06

I'm waiting for Acers 7" 1280x800 Android 3.0 tablet.

opstrat · 14 Feb 2011 at 17:25

was going to buy a galaxy tab, but then saw that the new one will be out in march. but now im thinking that the 1st one will be a lot cheaper.

Cosimo · 15 Feb 2011 at 14:29

Danger Phoenix said:
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is looking like a serious contender

The LG Optimus Pad has now become one as well.

Danger Phoenix · 16 Feb 2011 at 12:14

simulatorman said:
The LG Optimus Pad has now become one as well.

What is so good about this one, other than the 3D capture?

Danger Phoenix · 16 Feb 2011 at 17:31

This could be helpful:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/16/motorola-xoom-vs-samsung-galaxy-tab-10-1-vs-lg-g-slate-batt/

Ben Cole · 18 Feb 2011 at 10:25

kona786 said:
...android makes sense due to its apps and great browser...

Which browser would that be? I'm still struggling to find the best browser to use on my Galaxy Tab. At the moment I have installed the native app, Opera mobile and Mini, Dolphin and Dolphin HD, Miren, Skyfire.

Just about to try the beta of Mozilla Fennec.

Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

Danger Phoenix · 21 Feb 2011 at 13:57

Xoom won't have flash support initially... expected Spring 2011

Mr Paul · 21 Feb 2011 at 15:17

Advent Vega, cheap at £245, but excellent value once you've flashed on a modded ROM