Google has quietly crept out of the tablet business, removing the "tablets" heading from its Android page. Perhaps it hoped no one would notice on a Friday and by Monday it would be old news, but Android Police caught them in the act. It was there yesterday, but it's gone today.
[...] Google in particular has struggled to make Android a convincing alternative to iOS in the tablet realm, and with this move has clearly indicated its preference for the Chrome OS side of things, where it has inherited the questionable (but lucrative) legacy of netbooks. They've also been working on broadening Android compatibility with that OS. So it shouldn't come as much surprise that the company is bowing out.
[...] Google's exit doesn't mean Android tablets are done for, of course. They'll still get made, primarily by Samsung, Amazon and a couple of others, and there will probably even be some nice ones. But if Google isn't selling them, it probably isn't prioritizing them as far as features and support.
Also at 9to5Google.
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(Score: 2) by black6host on Sunday June 03 2018, @03:39AM (2 children)
Yeah, I had a Nexus 7 and 10. Loved them. Then got a Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 with S Pen. Wow, a real stylus, like a pen. When you're old and your fingers are fat it's a damned godsend! :) And, you can get the older S Notes for it which, for some, is superior to Samsung Notes.
(I'd post a link to Samsung's site about it but they insist on permissions I won't allow. Won't subject you all to that as well. Amazon had a good price going on a month ago...)
(Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Sunday June 03 2018, @05:56PM (1 child)
I like my Samsung tablet, with accurate stylus. I watch anime from Crunchyroll and read comics on it. But I read the agreement that they wanted me to agree to to use Samsung's app and consequently never installed them.
(Score: 2) by black6host on Sunday June 03 2018, @06:48PM
Search the net for S Note if you like. There's an apk out there that is standalone. Not sure what EULA might be there during installation.