Android Tablets...why no access to the Android Market?
I am really disappointed in the Android Tablets that I have found for sale/pre-order. Most of them, if not all, do not include access to the Android Market. The Market is the primary reason I am looking for an Android OS device. Is it just a screen size incompatibility thing or does it go deeper than that.
FYI, I'm a developer but not an Android developer.
FYI, I'm a developer but not an Android developer.
Lee W, MVP
I could be mistaken, but I believe most if not all are not running google sanctioned versions of Android so they do not get access to Google's android Marketplace
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I meant screen size. My apologies. The issue is that the apps run in the center of the screen. If you read Walt Mossberg's review of the dell streak, he describes the problem eloquently.
--Sam
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I was going to get an Archos 5 (maybe a 7) but they both have resistive screens. Now I am leaning towards a Cruz Tablet. www.cruztablet.com. Should be out next month.
There is a Samsung that I was told about and watch a flash promo on that will be released in Germany next month. It looks interesting and capable also.
There is a Samsung that I was told about and watch a flash promo on that will be released in Germany next month. It looks interesting and capable also.
The Samsung tablet sounds awesome. They just talked about it on tech news today episode for august 26,2010. (www.twit.tv/tnt)
LG is also making noises about an android tablet. You will have options.
--Sam
LG is also making noises about an android tablet. You will have options.
--Sam
I just wanted to say that this issue has been covered in the tech press very well in the past couple days, and it boils down to the following:
* Android Froyo (2.2) is not well-suited or designed for tablets. The marketplace won't run on most of these devices, with the exceptions of ones that have phones and are designed to run in portrait (whether or not it has a SIM card in).
* Samsung says it's next generation tablet after the Samsung Galaxy Tab (an enlarged smartphone) will be running Gingerbread which Google hints will have tablet support, although they have a slight conflict of interest as they are also pushing the Google Chrome OS. (which is a web-based OS and doesn't have native apps, although it will have offline apps and native hardware acceleration for web-based apps.)
--Sam
* Android Froyo (2.2) is not well-suited or designed for tablets. The marketplace won't run on most of these devices, with the exceptions of ones that have phones and are designed to run in portrait (whether or not it has a SIM card in).
* Samsung says it's next generation tablet after the Samsung Galaxy Tab (an enlarged smartphone) will be running Gingerbread which Google hints will have tablet support, although they have a slight conflict of interest as they are also pushing the Google Chrome OS. (which is a web-based OS and doesn't have native apps, although it will have offline apps and native hardware acceleration for web-based apps.)
--Sam