I love that my Acer Iconia tablet has USB ports and I can very easily open documents from a USB thumb drive. I've also used the port to attach a mouse to my tablet pc, which surprisingly works really well and is actually useful and preferable to use than touching in some cases. Apple have themselves admitted they lost the battle of PC to Microsoft..you wonder why they've been pushing for the post-PC era?
I think Ross is overstating Google's negligence to tablet-ready apps, however. The Android tablet Market does highlight these, it's just not a big enough selection to dedicate an entire app store to them. As the market grows, however, I think you'll see more focus on them. There is a clear incentive for devs to work on them. They are usually 2-3 times more expensive than a regular phone app. I also really like the fact that Android apps scale natively to different screen sizes. iOS does a very clunky job of this.
I think what may happen with is that you will see app categories separate via separate market apps such as the Tegra Zone and the Amazon App Store. Such is the nature of an open-source OS. And, as Ross stated, that means Android tablets will need to be cheaper to compete for the dollars of those willing to forego a more controlled and unified tablet OS experience.
For me on the other hand the iPad is the epitome of mediocrity, being locked in something that's a smartphone OS with the phone parts ripped out, using nothing of the advantages the tablet formfactor brings. Sure, third party Apps do (like Flipboard or Zite), but for me - as owner of a iPad 2 - it was a huge disappointment to see how Apple completly ignores what a tablet pc could do because the OS is so phone-focused and outdated function- and designwise.
I think Ross is overstating Google's negligence to tablet-ready apps, however. The Android tablet Market does highlight these, it's just not a big enough selection to dedicate an entire app store to them. As the market grows, however, I think you'll see more focus on them. There is a clear incentive for devs to work on them. They are usually 2-3 times more expensive than a regular phone app. I also really like the fact that Android apps scale natively to different screen sizes. iOS does a very clunky job of this.
I think what may happen with is that you will see app categories separate via separate market apps such as the Tegra Zone and the Amazon App Store. Such is the nature of an open-source OS. And, as Ross stated, that means Android tablets will need to be cheaper to compete for the dollars of those willing to forego a more controlled and unified tablet OS experience.
For me on the other hand the iPad is the epitome of mediocrity, being locked in something that's a smartphone OS with the phone parts ripped out, using nothing of the advantages the tablet formfactor brings. Sure, third party Apps do (like Flipboard or Zite), but for me - as owner of a iPad 2 - it was a huge disappointment to see how Apple completly ignores what a tablet pc could do because the OS is so phone-focused and outdated function- and designwise.
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