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I'm not sure whom you're classifying as off-brand vs. not, but Asus has arguably the best Android tablet hardware out there and a good track record on software.
by jsnell 14y ago
I'm not sure whom you're classifying as off-brand vs. not, but Asus has arguably the best Android tablet hardware out there and a good track record on software.
They release updates monthly, got ICS an update for old tables out fairly quickly, and don't add any intrusive changes on top. There's a small number of extra apps, but they're filling in real holes in the functionality rather than overlapping with stock apps. The amount of custom theming seems to be limited to adding a few live wallpapers and replacing the awful stock butts for the back/home/recent apps/menu buttons.
Of course they still don't have a 7" tablet out, which is a shame.
- nicholassmith 14y agoTried a few 'no-nameish' brands from friends, in Maplins etc, I didn't come across one of the Asus ones unfortunately but my entire Android Tablet experience wasn't as rock steady as I'd have liked to be able to live with it for day after day. But it's a YMMV situation I think!
- jsight 14y agoI have an Asus TF101, and I completely disagree. ICS has been awful, and the forums are full of complaints. The earlier builds crashed ~1 per day. Often you'd turn pick up the tablet only to see it in a boot loop, consuming battery at a high rate. They've fixed most of those issues, but they've left massive OpenGL renderer memory leaks. Gmail becomes unusable after a few hours of use requiring a reboot, for example. Just look at the xda forums for plenty of other people who are still having these issues after months of updates. Each one was supposed to solve all of the issues, but none have.