If the pricing and other details are true, Google stands to shake up
the Android tablet landscape.
Not exact matches
In
landscape mode, the two stereo speakers are positioned at the top side edges of the
tablet keeping them well away from being cupped and muffled by your hands as can be the case with some
Android tablets we've recently tested.
One large difference from last year's Tab S 10.5 is that the Tab S2 is set in portrait mode instead of
landscape, more closely resembling the iPad Air 2 and other
Android tablets like the Google Nexus 9.
But otherwise, the Galaxy Tab 4 Nook presents little to capture newcomers» attention in such a competitive
tablet landscape, strewn with cheaper 7 - and 8 - inch generic -
Android tablets, as well as aggressively priced Amazon - specific ones.
The built - in email app will get the job done for the basics, but its layout is not especially optimized for
landscape, as you'll find with an
Android 3.x Honeycomb
tablet.
Like the iPad, but unlike many other
Android tablets, the Thrive's front and back - facing cameras are positioned on the short side of the device, which means that if you're gripping the Thrive in
landscape mode, you may find yourself accidentally covering the back - facing camera with your finger.
In
Android mode, the icons and content adapted to the 12.5 - inch,
landscape tablet rather than the vertically - positioned phone in the dock.
Also, on
landscape mode, when activating the on - screen keyboard, it will almost completely cover the display on the
Android tablet, while on the iPad it actually leaves room for other stuff on top.
The
tablet version is limited to
landscape use only and in my testing I had some issues using the app in portrait mode on my phone, illustrating the challenge to create
Android apps that work across the entire range of available devices.
As
Android 3.0
tablet, T - Mobile LG G - Slate
tablet offers multi-tasking, browsing, widgets, access to over 3 million Google eBooks, new 3D - enabled Google Maps 5.0 which does 3D view of buildings and
landscapes, Google Talk with video and voice chat, and access to thousands of apps from
Android Market.
The
tablet seems to switch between 3D and a normal
Android Honeycomb setup via orientation, with portrait keeping things 2D and
landscape for glasses - free 3D media viewing.
As for apps, most of your smartphone
Android apps will work on a Honeycomb
tablet but compared to the iPad there is a dearth of applications actually optimised for a larger, higher - resolution and
landscape - oriented screen.
The Micro Cruz T301
Android Tablet also Built - in Dictionary, Astro, OfficeSuite, Notepad, Calendar, Alarm and a built - in activated accelerometer will flip the page display from portrait to landscape and back when you turn the t
Tablet also Built - in Dictionary, Astro, OfficeSuite, Notepad, Calendar, Alarm and a built - in activated accelerometer will flip the page display from portrait to
landscape and back when you turn the
tablettablet.
I'd consider an
android tablet, but I don't like 16:9 screens on anything that small — it becomes unusable to me in
landscape orientation.
As ever, the critical issue with
Android tablets is still app support, where very few apps — even Google's own — properly support large,
landscape displays.
In
landscape mode, the two stereo speakers are positioned at the top side edges of the
tablet keeping them well away from being cupped and muffled by your hands as can be the case with some
Android tablets we've recently tested.
Combine that with the phone and
tablet software lines being reunited in Ice Cream Sandwich, and you start to see a
landscape in which there's very little separating a large
Android smartphone from a small
Android tablet.
Who should use it: Google Pay sweeps across the entire
Android device
landscape — phones,
tablets and watches.
(In fairness to those developers, Google hasn't made
Android's initial setup screen work in
landscape mode either, which makes for an unpleasant introduction to a new
tablet.)
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