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Android Tablets � a developer�s view

[ Thanks to Linux User &
Developer magazine
for this link. ]

“The success of the Apple iPad has prompted other
manufacturers to launch their own tablet devices, mainly based on
the Android platform. But can Android have the same impact as it
has done in the smartphone market? As well as putting together an
excellent insight into the Android Tablet scene with his recent
feature ‘iPad Killers?’, and weighing up features of the Samsung
Galaxy Tab versus the iPad, Phil King also talked briefly to Tommy
Forslund, producer at Swedish mobile developer Polarbit, to see
what front-line developers make of the transition…

“Will Android tablets be able to mount a serious challenge to
the iPad?

“They stand a good chance to. Android has shown itself able to
compete with Apple in the smartphone sector, and I see no reason
why the same shouldn’t be true for tablets. Apple has an advantage
in their nicely integrated media services, like iBookstore and
iTunes. Android will be getting their music store soon though, and
there’s nothing to stop first-generation Android tablet users from
installing Spotify and Kindle for Android and get music and eBooks
through those services.”


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