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How interested are you in an Android tablet? [POLL]
May 12, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
Android Devices
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Let’s say I had an official tablet built by Google (or a partner), running Android, and on one of the nation’s largest mobile networks for data. Is that something you’d be interested in?
Well, that’s precisely what will happen based on a Wall Street Journal article suggesting that Google is going to deliver an Android-based tablet that gets data from Verizon. Details are otherwise scarce on the rumored device, but it obviously has folks talking in light of recent news that said Google would begin selling eBooks.
Do you want an Android tablet?
I was going to write a post about 5 reasons I don’t want one, key among the reasons being that I don’t need a fourth device, reading e-ink is said to be better on the eyes, and previous Android tablets have either been poorly implemented or heavily delayed. However, I quit writing that post because I believe someone will get it right eventually and make a tablet worth having.
Now I’d like to hear from you.
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cool poll, but you are polling an ANDROID website… would be interested to see what a more diverse population would say…
its awesome and all. however, notion ink is supposed to be able to run chrome os and ubuntu as well if the user wants
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I have a space and weight budget. I can only carry so many devices at once, so any device has to earn its keep. I have a phone already, and I have a small laptop. A tablet would not do anything a combination of those two do not already, and would not be a replacement for either of them. I can't make phone calls on a tablet, and can't keep it in a pocket on one end. I can't write or do software development or any of my work on a tablet on the other. If I can't bring a laptop, I can't bring a tablet – of the same size and weight – either. It'd be superfluous. My recent post Improved Campaign Laws
None of the questions are phrased the way I could answer them correctly. Mostly I don't want a tablet or a netbook, I would rather have a laptop. The only tablet I would be interested in is one sized like the Dell Mini 5/Streak. The reasons I would like the Streak, is because it would fit in my purse, be large enough to see while using for GPS Navigation, and for reading on the internet, and would also be capable of making phone calls. It would be very portable and easy to take anywhere. If I buy a larger device, I want it to be a real computer that can do anything that my desktop is capable of doing.
Before my 5 defective Nexus One I would have lined up to buy one. Now, not so much!
I love the *concept* of the iPad, just not the way it works. I've been SO happy with my Nexus 1 that I am really looking forward to an ebook reader / tablet from Google. No limitations, and all the fun.
yes waiting to see the android tablet, esp waiting to see if they can be mounted in a car, if there were "gpad? holders" in the rear of the front seats or one up front in the center dash they could be clipped in and used by passengers or the drive when appropriate
yes I think there is a place for an android tablet, the 7" screens are fine for viewing large blocks of data, ebooks and video and its way more portable than an ipad. Yes, I'll still have my Hero and laptop but seeing the seamless interaction of Google apps on phone and laptop has impressed me and I'm hankering for a tablet. So much so I have ordered one, hope it lives up to expectations