MAR 13, 2014 TALK: ANDROID TABLET COMPARISONS - UPDATE
Bring/show your favorite tablets. (Lou Medici - 10 inch Harris); Steve Miller (7 inch Nexus; 7 inch RCA/Walmart)
Particularly would like SAMSUNG TABLET OWNERS to exhibit!
1. TABLET UPDATE:
- 7 and 8 inch Tablet Comparisons: ConsumerReports (as of Mar 13); Steve Miller's comparison to low-end.doc (pdf); Steve's review of rca/walmart tablet
- a 10 month old child (my grandson) can start to use touch-screens (expects ALL screens to be touch-sensitive)
- PC sales will continue retreating
- Android infections rising. Important to run an anti-virus app. (WinXP is losing support 4/2014; I wonder if hackers will exploit new-found WinXP bugs - and hack mobile devices on the local network?
- Android powers 62% of 2013 tablets (esp low-end tablets)
- 16 Walmart 7in tablets REVIEWS (8 models are priced $59 to $79); compare reviews of "RCA" to "Nexus"
- 10 most popular android apps from Google Play
- ALTERNATIVE OS:
- Jolla (100 former Nokia employees) open-source alternative (runs Android apps)
- Chinese Linus- based OS (COS)
- Mozilla (OS for low-cost phones)
- Tizen (Samsung & Intel) open-source OS
- FreeBSD: Linux-like OS for desktop & server
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