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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: -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.