B&N started with the Nook
tablet as a viable alternative to the Amazon Kindle Fire or the Kobo tablet line up, primarily built as a means to draw consumers to the B&N online book store.
The iPad sold more than 3 million units in its first three weeks, cementing
the tablet as a viable alternative for or addition to PCs and laptops among consumers.
Not exact matches
Chuwi has consistently produced decent budget
tablet PCs
as a
viable alternative for those who wish to own Surface - like devices, but yet can not fork out an incredibly high price for it.
If you prefer Android to iOS then it's a bit of a no - brainer, especially
as the Android
tablet sector isn't quite
as vibrant
as it once was and
viable alternatives are a little thin on the ground.
The report identifies Amazon's Kindle Fire
as the only
viable alternative to the iPad, while devices from Google and Research In Motion are said to be failing to keep pace with Apple's
tablet.
The quality of apps still isn't
as good
as what you'd get on iOS, but the gap has closed over the past few years to the point where Android
tablets can be a
viable (and often cheaper)
alternative to an iPad.
Android 5.0 includes a new Priority Mode that is able to block all notifications on a user's smartphone or
tablet, but users accustomed to enabling Silent Mode with the phone's volume button don't see Priority Mode
as a
viable alternative.