Yes, there is a lot of money that can be made by developers in
the Android tablets arena.
A few weeks ago Google released their first entry into the increasingly crowded
Android tablet arena, the Nexus 7.
Not exact matches
Bluefire is the leading provider of licensed, cross-platform solutions in the mobile publishing
arena, and offers the only customizable, full - featured e-reading application on iOS and
Android tablets and phones.
With Google Books, app store and
Android OS platform, the Google Nexus 7
Tablet is set to take a good portion of the market and become Amazon's main competitor in the tablet - eReading
Tablet is set to take a good portion of the market and become Amazon's main competitor in the
tablet - eReading
tablet - eReading
arena.
There is a new twist in the great
Tablet soap opera - a new Samsung tablet running Android has entered the great
Tablet soap opera - a new Samsung
tablet running Android has entered the great
tablet running
Android has entered the great
arena.
Dell has re-entered the
tablet arena with the Venue line, a new duo of Intel Atom - powered
Android slates.
Into that
arena comes Samsung's new Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus, which offers the kind of functionality you've come to expect from Samsung's larger
Android tablets plus a little something extra.
So obviously
Android which has almost no presence in the media player
arena and just entered the
tablet market would be less initially.
Android's share of the
tablet sector remains modest at best, with Apple dominating the
arena (which, lest we forget, it effectively created) comfortably.
Amazon's recent entry into this
arena is therefore likely to prove significant, particularly if — as rumour suggests — it's ultimately supplemented by an
Android - powered Amazon
tablet.
While vendors such as Samsung, Asus, and Lenovo have all been a part of the growth of the
Android operating system in the
tablet arena, much of the heavy lifting has been done by little - known, regional vendors based in China that have blanketed the globe with minimally configured,
Android - based, 7.x - inch
tablets at price points of $ 100 or less.
This isn't to say that
Android will never be able to match up with iOS in the
tablet arena, mind you, but for the time being iOS's ability to perform on
tablets is a known quantity while
Android's is not.
The
Android - based NOOKColor which launched in November 2010 departed from the E-ink display all together, and adopted instead a full color LCD display putting it head - to - head in competition with the emerging
arena of
tablet computers such as the Apple iPad and Samsung Galaxy Tab.
While high - end devices are generally the stars of the
Android world, there is a growing emphasis into quality on a budget, and that's very visible in the
tablet arena.
The commoditization of large smartphones is having a direct impact on
tablet sales, especially in the
Android arena, and while the overall market is growing, it appears that consumers are choosing to buy larger, mid-range smartphones and hold on to their laptops for more comprehensive productive spurts.
While high - end devices are generally the stars of the
Android world, there is a growing emphasis into quality on a budget, and that's very visible in the
tablet arena.