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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, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 18 2017, @07:56AM (5 children)
Why do we have an Apple ad barely disguised as a story on Soylent?
PC-like productivity means tons of third party software, not being locked into a single app store, not needing a developer account to develop software, and having a keyboard and mouse, NOT a touch screen.
If I can get ANY of that in an iPad, Apple has done the biggest 180 since the time they offered MacOS to third party hardware builders (and that quickly became a 360).
FFS, the PlayStation 3 originally provided more PC-like productivity than any iPad/iPhone/iPod ever has. Until Sony removed the OtherOS functionality anyway.
(Score: 5, Informative) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday August 18 2017, @10:42AM (4 children)
Two reasons:
1) An "Apple is Awesome" story is always going to generate some fun discussion.
2) The submissions queue was almost entirely full of political bullshit.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 18 2017, @02:45PM (3 children)
AKA Stories that highlight things your personally disagree with.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday August 18 2017, @03:05PM (2 children)
Show of hands here: Who all wants SN to turn into an all politics all the time bitchfest?
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 3, Funny) by bob_super on Friday August 18 2017, @06:58PM (1 child)
Agreed, we need to occasionally relax from the politics by having rational tech discussions about Emacs and Vi, Apple and MS, systemd, and the ratio of gender-specific bathrooms in LEO vs Mars space stations.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday August 18 2017, @07:40PM
Exactly.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.