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Android 2.2 tablets will not have access to the Market?
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article published on 12 September, 2010
Google has noted today that current versions of Android are not suitable for tablets, and devices released now will likely not be able to compete with the popular Apple iPad.
One of the main reasons it will not be able to compete is the fact that the Android Market will not work well on tablets.
Says Hugo Barra, director of products for mobile at Google: "Android is an open platform. ... [ read the full article ]
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biglo30
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12. September 2010 @ 19:41 |
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Well it looks like android tablet owners will just be stuck 1.6 or 2.1 until gingerbeard is released.
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DoomLight
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12. September 2010 @ 21:37 |
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and u can sideload apps if need be. only a few will give u a pain to install.
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12. September 2010 @ 21:54 |
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google going apple? Is proven that the market works if you have the patient to make it work, sounds familiar? Flash do work on "I" devices... Is google trying to kill android moment for chrome tablet? I will wait to get a tablet when prices are below 200 for a 7" with working market, dual core and nice graphics... Not in a rush. No necessary tech can wait
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ddp
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12. September 2010 @ 22:34 |
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i1der, edit your sig to conform to forum specs ASAP. yours is 237,533 bytes.
2. An image-only signature should be less than 50kb in size, and be at most 500 pixels wide and 200 pixels tall.
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12. September 2010 @ 23:43 |
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I just can't understand it...it is like google wants android to die. Without froyo, those 2GHZ processors are only as fast as a 550mhz droid with froyo. Their market has been ****'d for a long time...just about every device has apps that works just fine when sideloaded, yet don't appear in the market...still others have apps blocked simply because they changed networks or did an automatic firmware update...and purchased apps seem to disappear from the market permanently as soon as you buy them!
So what does google do?
Do they fix the market, so that their existing customers get what they are promised? No.
Do they fix the market so that it works with tablets? No.
Do they release a press release specifically designed to kill the future of their product? Yes.
I think google wants to be like apple just a little too much. The problem is that apple can always rely on an army of mindless sheep...and google's users are happy to jump ship whenever something better comes along (that is how they got to android in the first place). Hopefully we will have some better alternatives soon...Apple can't make a device when they try, Google refuses to try, Blackberry only makes a facade of an attempt, and Microsoft only tries to make things worse...we need a company with the ability and desire to make things better, not worse. Oh, almost forgot palm...but palm is now owned by HP, so we can all forget about them soon.
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DoomLight
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13. September 2010 @ 09:23 |
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Originally posted by KillerBug:
I just can't understand it...it is like google wants android to die. Without froyo, those 2GHZ processors are only as fast as a 550mhz droid with froyo. Their market has been ****'d for a long time...just about every device has apps that works just fine when sideloaded, yet don't appear in the market...still others have apps blocked simply because they changed networks or did an automatic firmware update...and purchased apps seem to disappear from the market permanently as soon as you buy them!
So what does google do?
Do they fix the market, so that their existing customers get what they are promised? No.
Do they fix the market so that it works with tablets? No.
Do they release a press release specifically designed to kill the future of their product? Yes.
I think google wants to be like apple just a little too much. The problem is that apple can always rely on an army of mindless sheep...and google's users are happy to jump ship whenever something better comes along (that is how they got to android in the first place). Hopefully we will have some better alternatives soon...Apple can't make a device when they try, Google refuses to try, Blackberry only makes a facade of an attempt, and Microsoft only tries to make things worse...we need a company with the ability and desire to make things better, not worse. Oh, almost forgot palm...but palm is now owned by HP, so we can all forget about them soon.
Testify!
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plazma247
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14. September 2010 @ 06:02 |
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Originally posted by Frank001:
yes,i think you are right!
Surely all a tablet has is double the resolution ?? so if the apps store wont work on higher res devices how the hell do the apps work on a variaty of other resolution devices now?
Ummm ok some tablets wont have gsm or cdma but still ... ?
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