Phones and
tablets work pretty much the same way no matter who makes them, and it's not good for consumers
Not exact matches
Going back to Windows 10, Facebook has built a
pretty - solid Messenger app that
works pretty well on both
tablets and laptops.
At the moment, quite a number of features aren't
working properly i.e. touchscreen, and you'll lose your integrated Amazon features if you install the ROM, but important features like WiFi are available, which should make the
tablet pretty usable.
The Nook
Tablet has a SERIOUS lack of apps, but it
works MUCH better than the Kindle Fire for reading books, magazines, or
pretty much anything.
Despite some of its flaws, the application still
works pretty well on your Windows 8 - powered computer and
tablet PC.
For the Apple lover, the iPad is
pretty much a no - brainer — it'll
work seamlessly with iPhones and Macs alike, and offers a smoother software and app experience than Android can on
tablets.
The Bean 1038 is still a prototype, but with a little bit of
work, it could be a
pretty good
tablet.
The keyboard is something android needs to
work on for
tablets, it wasn't very nice at all, I am
pretty sure I have said that with most
tablets I have reviewed.
Tablet - optimized apps
work well and, like on most 7 inchers, phone apps look
pretty good too.
It will
work on 10 ″
tablets too and
pretty much any Android device running Android 2.1 and higher.
The problem is most PDF apps
work pretty poorly on E Ink since they're designed for
tablets.
The Asus Transformer Prime might seem
pretty decent on paper, but when you chip away at it, you would realize by now that this
tablet comes with a flawed GPS as well as in select cases, Wi - Fi that does not
work as intended.
A full
working day from a
tablet with a colour screen is easily achievable — and at a
pretty decent price.
But the app
works pretty well on the Barnes & Noble NOOK
Tablet.
All
work pretty much flawlessly on Tesco's affordable
tablet, too.
Like
pretty much every other company on the face of the earth, Cisco is
working on a
tablet.
For a company that's all about selling content, building a device that consumers want to use to consume that content (i.e. a
tablet) is a logical move, and the strategy has
worked pretty well so far.
In this case it's
pretty safe to assume that ASUS is
working on Android 4.2 updates for at least some of its devices, though, so we'll take their word for it and keep our fingers crossed that a majority of its
tablets will get it.
And some of these free apps are
pretty cool, like TextMe, which turns your
tablet into a
working smartphone over Wi - Fi.
A
tablet without internet access is
pretty useless when away from the house, and hunting for unsecured Wi - Fi hotspots that actually
work can get very frustrating — not to mention the security issues.
Videos
work pretty good and we even got a 720p clip running on the
tablet.
Sony's doing the same thing with the PSVita, and I'm
pretty sure they have something in the
works for the iPad and other
tablets.
Since we're building Windows 10 to be the same core platform for PCs,
tablets and phones, it should be no surprise that participating in the program for phones will
work pretty much the same way it has been
working for PCs.
An optional and
pretty expensive Apple Smart keyboard - plus - case sets up the
tablet for
work.
It is a
pretty lightweight 8 - inch
tablet, so it'll
work well as a replacement for your Kindle e-reader.
Huawei has a speaker grille on either side of the
tablet on the back, so the speakers are actually firing away from you, but it still
works pretty well.
The little puck from LG is easy to use,
works pretty well for just about everyone, but it has a pair of ultra-brite LED lamps that can get really annoying if you want to charge your phone or
tablet overnight in a dark room.