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posted by Fnord666 on Friday August 18 2017, @05:42AM   Printer-friendly
from the One-OS’s-loss-is-another’s-gain dept.

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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


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  • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Friday August 18 2017, @10:47AM (1 child)

    by kaszz (4211) on Friday August 18 2017, @10:47AM (#555824) Journal

    Unless the device features a unlocked bootloader to make it possible to install a real OS [soylentnews.org] then don't buy these shit products. They just spy and break on you.

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  • (Score: 2) by Pino P on Friday August 18 2017, @04:51PM

    by Pino P (4721) on Friday August 18 2017, @04:51PM (#555970) Journal

    I agree with you that one ought to avoid computing devices with Restricted Boot where possible [fsf.org].

    But technically, you don't even need an unlocked bootloader to get a real OS. The GNURoot Debian and XSDL apps [xda-developers.com] turn even an unrooted Android tablet into a GNU/Linux tablet. Still, you do need more capability than Apple's iOS Developer Program allows.