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> However, for the amount of marketing and push that these tablets are getting, there should absolutely be not only a wide range of options, but a clearly delin
by wallflower 15y ago
> However, for the amount of marketing and push that these tablets are getting, there should absolutely be not only a wide range of options, but a clearly delineated path with which to reach them. Android Market has neither. You can search for "tablet", and you hit quite a few things, and you can search for "Honeycomb", and reach some others, but you have things like themes and wallpapers for phones in the Honeycomb style that make their way into your search. Apple has two sides of the App Store - iPhone and iPad - and it's completely obvious where the tablet apps are. I'm an experienced user, so I'm figuring things out, but I can't imagine someone who isn't comfortable with this stuff having much fun doing the same
Yet another example of how Google's Market app is slowly catching up to iTunes. The new market app is a big improvement.
It seems like writing tablet apps for Honeycomb are more an exercise for developers and their teams (I see distinct rivalries between iOS and Android dev teams at the same company) at companies that have Android apps to pad their resume and "feel cool" (look at me, we have a tablet app) than a practical economic market. I know four people who own Honeycombs, all of them were purchased by their employers so their company could get the "Tablet" achievement. As for iPads, I was shocked the other day to see not just one but two iPads being used (the glow is mega massive from the screen) from my nosebleed level cheap seat before an orchestral concert started.
- wccrawford 15y agoWeird. My Asus Transformer has a section in the Market that's specifically for tablets. And the market will only show apps that work on your device... So non-tablets will never see that section. Unless people specify the devices wrong, of course.