Sentences with phrase «android tablet effort»

For context, consider that the original 7 - inch Samsung Galaxy Tab kicked off the Android tablet effort nearly two years back.

Not exact matches

But Lollipop is Google's strongest effort yet to ensure that Android devices have the same singular experience whether phone, tablet, or television — at least with regard to its own Nexus line.

This development has only added a few more creases on the foreheads of digital publishers, since instead of releasing content for just one tablet, the iPad running iOS, the publishers will now have to replicate their efforts on a plethora of tablet devices running Android.

In an effort to cause mass confusion, Pandigital has quietly released yet another variation of an Android tablet / ereader to go along with their two 9 ″ models, the white Novel, the black Novel, and the multi-colored versions, each with their own subtle differences, positives, and negatives.

Like a lot of Android device vendors, HTC's efforts in the tablet market haven't gained much traction.

The Folio 100 will also perhaps be the first serious tablet effort in the 10 inch segment running the Android operating system.

Market share is increasing for Android overall, with tablet efforts moving them from 46 % to 62 % worldwide.

What also makes Samsung's first effort in the tablet segment special is the fact that the Galaxy Pad is perhaps the first Android tablet that hold real promise, one that can ultimately bring the iPad's stronghold over the tablet sphere.

Thankfully, the Nook Color continues to be in the reckoning thanks to the efforts of Nookies Devs, who have been able to run Android 4.2 on the Nook tablet.

The Vivo Tab RT is definitely Transformer - inspired, but I like the Transformers better — from the bezels to the overall build quality, Asus's Android tablets are just slightly better hardware than its first Windows 8 effort.

Things have recently improved, as it's now possible for a developer to port the Android apps to the Playbook tablet with little effort.

Prior to Android 4.0, large Google tablets ran on version 3 of Android, called Honeycomb, but the overall effort seemed rushed and incomplete.

In an effort to un-fork the Android OS, which currently operates three builds (phone / tablet / TV), Google is bringing Honeycomb 3.1 to Google TV through an OTA update to existing devices this summer.

«We've been keeping our eyes on Motorola's plans to sink its claws into the enterprise market for at least the past couple of months, and it looks like the company is ramping up its efforts with a rugged Android tablet fit for the workplace.»

As for Google's efforts so far in the field of tablet OS, while Dell stopped shy of dismissing Android altogether as a failure so far, it however did voice concerns about the impact that the Android OS may have in the immediate future.

Archos has decided to help a new education effort in France with a selection of Android tablets and Chromebooks that it will offer to schools in its native country at special prices.

That's right, the company has decided to focus on just the one Android tablet for now and has spent considerable time and effort getting it right for just Amazon's device.

Their effort to jump into the digital realm themselves, first with the Nook e-reader and then Android - powered Nook tablets, did well for a while and has since floundered.

7.85 - inch display and Android 4.2.2 in this latest effort HP has quietly released another mid-range Android tablet — that's actually on sale now — that like previous efforts fails somewhat to capture our imagination.

With its retina - searing 600nits brightness this is also one of the few tablets that's actually usable in sunlight, and regardless of the kind of content you're consuming, Asus» latest Android effort makes it all look vibrant and almost three - dimensional.

Amazon launched its Appstore for Android and the effort may hint at a bigger strategy for tablets.

;) webOS on the Android tablet is wishful thinking IMO; why would Amazon have invested time, effort and money in Amazon apps for cloud streaming and a separate app store for Android software?

Kobo's latest Android tablet is a marked step up from previous efforts, but does it make for a compelling purchase in an increasingly crowded space?

It's head and shoulders above the Tablet S, Sony's last 10 - inch Android outing, and it's by far its best effort so far.

There's been a lot of efforts from the Android team to get this tablet OS just right with all sorts of good looking desktop - type apps such as Gmail and Mapping and everything else you might want.

It was one of the first tablets to get Android 5.0 since Nvidia is spending a lot of effort on being up to date all the time.

Research in Motion, the maker of the BlackBerry smartphones and tablet, said Monday that it will cut its workforce by about 2,000 jobs and move some executives into new roles in an effort to battle the continued growth of Google's Android and Apple's iPhone.

«The surge in non-iPad shipments in the fourth quarter was achieved at considerable financial cost, with sharp price reductions across most of the competing Android tablets and actual product giveaways from a number of vendors as part of promotional efforts for other electronic products,» Alexander noted.

The effort gives schools a discount on the Xperia Tablet S, but that's just the start: they have access to Education Ambassador, an online resource for incorporating Android tablets into the classroom, as well as 50 GB of free Box storage and a year's worth of Kaspersky security services.

It also happens to have the best touchscreen to grace an Android tablet so far, which will be big news for fans of Google's OS who may well have been disappointed with the efforts so far.

While the iPad 2 display easily outperformed all of the previous Android Tablets, with the new Galaxy Tab 10.1, Samsung has delivered the first Android Tablet with an impressive, potentially outstanding display, but then ruined it by turning up the color level to obnoxious levels — apparently in an effort to overcompensate and blatantly standout from the other mobile LCD displays that have subdued color.

Developers are now putting more effort into making higher quality tablet apps for Android.

The move is an effort to turn around sluggish sales of tablet computers powered by Google's Android software.

Word is that it's possible this eReader / Android tablet hybrid will encompass the entirety of Amazon.com's cloud computing efforts, this leaving Barnes & Noble perhaps looking to amp themselves up for the Nook Color 2 as well.

I mean, we've already seen the best effort from the rest so obviously Amazon is the last great hope Android tablets.

A total of 4 million Windows tablets were sold in 2013, indicating that Microsoft's Surface efforts, as well as tablets from Microsoft's hardware partners, are still struggling against the two - headed juggernaut of Android and iOS.

The Android Ice Cream Sandwich operating system is Google's best effort yet, and with the new iteration we're seeing Android tablets become smoother and easier to navigate.

The updated platform supports select Android apps, and efforts have been underway for some time figuring out which of the popular titles for Google's platform will also play nicely on RIM's tablet.

In any case, it makes more sense now than ever why Google chose to go with two Nexus smartphones, and focus their tablet efforts to produce the Pixel C. By all accounts, this is going to be a powerful tablet that is quite possibly going to be unmatched in the Android tablet space, at least, not easily.

A total of 4 million Windows tablets were sold in 2013, indicating that Microsoft's Surface efforts, as well as tablets from Microsoft's hardware partners, are still struggling against the two - headed juggernaut of Android and iOS.

At one time, Google had put its energy and resources into ensuring that Android was a great tablet operating system, but the effort failed.

Google has updated their Slides app for Android recently to include support for controlling presentations using an Android Wear smartwatch, meaning you'd be able to navigate through your presentation with little effort and simply by using your wrist, instead of having to scroll through each slide using your smartphone or tablet.

There was a time when Google devoted a lot of effort to ensure that Android was a great tablet operating system to the extent that Android 3.0 Honeycomb was developed purely for tablets.

Often those machines have been convertible notebooks, and this new Acer tablet is arguably the next logical step, especially after Google's efforts of putting Android on tablets have failed to compete against the Apple iPad.

It doesn't work with every Android app out there, but it's a valiant effort from Samsung to make Android smartphones and tablets more flexible and powerful devices.

The latest in a long line of Samsung tablets, the Tab S2 builds on the Korean giant's 2014 efforts with high - end Android slates positioned at two key screen sizes — 8.0 and 9.7 inches.

While Samsung, Motorola, ASUS, Lenovo, Acer, LG, and practically every other Android manufacturer imaginable were off, slaving away over making the next so - called «iPad killer,» HTC seemingly halted all of its efforts in the tablet space.

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Microsoft's efforts into the smartphone world are clearly not to compete with Google's Android and Apple's iOS, rather, the Windows 10 OS maker is after bridging the gap between mobile phones, tablets and personal computers.

The newest tablet from Google and Samsung's joint efforts, Nexus 10, is a powerful device that marries Samsung's best - in - class hardware, the latest version of Android — 4.2 Jelly Bean, and the best of Google.