The iPad 2 came out in February - and it was beautiful (it still is). This year has seen tablets take off, however, and I am now sitting on quite an interesting fence. Here is the full story:
Last November I bought my Droid Incredible and became a fan of Android. The platform is of decent quality, easy to customize, and highly tweakable for a geek like me. It is certainly buggy, however, and the app platform for it is hit-or-miss and sorely lacking quality games. Even so, Android can only get better with time, so I am sticking by the platform for my phone needs.
I would like to see how Android extends to the world of tablets. I have yet to play with with a Honeycomb tablet, but I have not been too impressed by what I have seen yet, and again, the tablet-specific app market is pathetic. So why not pick up my iPad 2 already? Two words: Amazon Kindle.
With dozens of rumors of Amazon releasing a 7-to-10-inch iPad-competing Android tablet this year, I am holding out. I am a huge fan of Amazon's online offerings (Cloud Player especially), and with their quality ecosystem of music and movies, I feel that an Amazon tablet could be the first Android tablet to capture my interests.
And so it goes: I am waiting to see what Amazon offers the world. If their tablet (most likely part of the Kindle namesake) is what I hope it to be - a decently-prized (sub-$400) high-quality Android tablet with plenty of baked-in hooks to Amazon's services - then I will be there on day one. If not, it looks like I will be picking up an iPad to satisfy my tablet cravings. This will be an interesting fall season.
B3 out.
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