Here’s a video from Google’s Android Honeycomb presser. Honeycomb is the first version of Google Android that was designed for tablet use. I wasn’t expecting much going into the press conference, so I was surprised by how excited Honeycomb made me. The widget, notification, and Gmail features have me curious about future Android tablets…which has left me with a bit of a conundrum.
You see, I was dead set on going with an Android phone and an iPad 2 in 2011. I need to use both operating systems so that I can write about them and play games on both platforms. Prior to yesterday’s presser, I was completely uninterested in Android tablets. Unfairly, I think my disinterest was derived from being mostly unimpressed with the Samsung Galaxy Tab Android tablet (which uses a version of Android that Google admits was never designed for tablet use).
My genuine interest in Honeycomb has me thinking about going with an iPhone 4/5 and an Android Honeycomb tablet. This annoys me because I had a nice plan in my head and Google threw a wrench in it. I’ll wait until Apple’s iPad 2 press conference — which should happen this month — before I make any decisions.
If you have a chance, check out the Honeycomb presser and let me know if there are any features that interest you.
Automagically is a reference back to Apple, yes?
Of course it is. :P
I was at Bestbuy earlier trying to break their iPad and found it hard to do. The iPad just says f you and goes back to the home screen. I couldn't even get it to play youtube videos. The Samsung tablet across from it, ran smoothly and actually played videos via youtube. The iPad would only play iTunes :/
@Sandrock
Ha, funny. Over a month ago I could not get any of the Android tablets to simply open a web page or scroll between screens correctly.
Maybe we innate deficiencies stemming from our preferences? lol
lol the phone rep had to show me where the browser was because I kept expecting it to be called Chrome. That's what I get for playing with the iPad first.
I will be checking this out tomorrow, but even without seeing this yet I have been excited to hear good news about android tablets. The android tablets are the only ones that have me interested in tablets at all, so I am interested in seeing what these will have to offer. Now if only they come out with a good tablet for a reasonable price I might be set.
i'd have to test them both but the way honeycomb looks it might steer me way from the iPad 2.
@rpad
hey did you see that Marvel has a app now for chrome?
I did not see that. Is it much of an app? Or is it just a bookmark like so many Chrome apps?
@rpad
you know what i didn't look into since i can't use Chrome at work. I saw it on the Marvel website when i was looking at the new books for the week.