Android 3.0 codenamed Honeycomb is a tablet-only operating system (OS) and a recent report by DigiTimes suggests that according to “sources from upstream touch panel players” its unstable performance may benefit Apple’s iPad 2 and other tablet PC vendors. Due to Android 3.0 currently still having several issues that are unable to be resolved immediately and which are causing unstable … Read More
Fragmentation A Matter of Concern for Android Developers
As Google’s Android OS continues to grow in market share, it appears to show growing concerns among majority of the developers who participated in a survey conducted by analyst William Powers of Baird Research. According to the survey results reported by Fortune, 87% of Android developers view fragmentation as a growing concern for the mobile platform. It’s no secret that … Read More
Steve Jobs Talks About iPad’s Success & Domination at Today’s Keynote
If you’ve been following our coverage of Apple’s keynote this morning, you’ll already know that rumors Steve Jobs would present the event are true. And the first thing on Steve’s agenda, as is common at these events, is to talk about Apple’s success, noting that its iPad has over 90% of the market share and has generated $9.5 billion in … Read More
Android 3.0 ‘Entirely for Tablet’ Honeycomb [Video]
Last year’s CES was dubbed the ‘CES of the tablet’ by many, and with so many being shown off this week, 2011 doesn’t look to be any different. The most interesting to many including yours truly is a video showing off Google’s upcoming tablet-specific version of Android dubbed Honeycomb. Pushing Android to the lofty heights of version 3.0, Honeycomb is … Read More
Motorola Dubs iPad a “Giant iPhone” in Video for New Tablet
In a teaser trailer for its upcoming tablet, Motorola brandishes Apple iPad “like a giant iPhone,” as if that’s some kind of insult to Apple’s hugely successful tablet. The video, titled ‘Tablet Evolution,’ also pokes fun at the Samsung Galaxy Tab for running a version of Android designed “for a phone.” The video is admittedly rather clever, and a little … Read More
Google Demos Motorola’s Android Tablet Prototype [Honeycomb]
Andy Rubin, the man behind Google’s Android OS, demoed an early prototype of a tablet from Motorola which runs Android OS. The actual version of Android that the new tablet was running is called “Honeycomb” and is optimised for tablets. This particular tablet sports a “dual core 3D processor”, which is said to come from NVIDIA. Details other than that were … Read More