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Android O and iOS 11 are both set to release in a matter of weeks, but I'm sorry to say that only one of these new operating systems seem to give tablet users much reason to get excited.
If you want a tablet that offers PC-like productivity and a thriving app selection that bears more native, made-for-tablet apps than it does upscaled or incompatible phone apps, you're probably going to buy an iPad equipped with iOS 11.
And while Android O in general will bring a slew of tweaks that we're excited about, including some interesting features like picture-in-picture mode and faster boot times (all underlined with a promise to make updating easier in the future), Google hasn't made enough changes to impact tablet users in a comparably meaningful way.
Of course, this isn't to say you can't still purchase a capable Android tablet that will likely serve your desired purpose. And yep, it's certainly possible that Google might have a few tablet-specific tricks up its sleeve for the software down the line. But as it stands, iOS 11 capitalizes on Android O's seeming lack of focus on tablet chops in a few key ways, all of which Google can improve on.
Source: http://www.techradar.com/news/ios-11-versus-android-o-on-a-tablet-its-not-even-close
(Score: 3, Funny) by Sulla on Friday August 18 2017, @06:06AM (2 children)
Always love Apple advertisements, but I felt the summary lacking in showing off the true benefit of iOS compared to its competition. The greatest feature of this is the extra ~500 you get to spend that puts you in a unique club of attractive Apple users that will really put you ahead of the game when writing your book at the local coffee shop.
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(Score: 2) by PiMuNu on Friday August 18 2017, @07:10AM (1 child)
Writing a book on a tablet? *shudders*
(Score: 2) by Pino P on Friday August 18 2017, @04:40PM
What would you find inconvenient about it? For typing more than a paragraph, sure, you'll want to pair an external keyboard to your tablet. And according to the featured article, iOS 11 will address the iPad's longstanding inability to have both the source material and the text you're writing open at the same time, as a writer will be able to "snap" a text editor to the side while reviewing the source material on the rest of the screen.