Android-Started-As-A-Smartphone-Operating-System,-24

Android started as a Smartphone operating
system, but has now become a dual-purpose
operating system for mobile phones and
tablet computers. The latest incarnation of
Android - known as Android 3.0 or Android
Honeycomb - is specifically designed for
tablets.Whilst slate PCs running Android 2 or
Android 1 operating systems are available to
buy, before you choose to go for one of
these, you need to understand that these are
limited versions of Android not specifically
designed for a large screen tablet PC.There
has been a large development team working
on Android 3.0 at Google to really establish it
as a competitor to iOS on the iPad and this
means it's now a highly polished operating
system with an application, video, music and
games eco-system to support it.Android is an
'Open' operating system which means any
manufacturer, developer or even user can
customise the code that it's written in. This

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gives great flexibility and a huge range of
hardware devices to choose from, but does
mean that there are many versions of
Android.You can get lots of apps for Android
but if you want to future proof your purchase,
it's advisable to buy an Android 3.0 tablet as
all the latest apps will run on it.Android has its
own app market called the Android Market.
The latest tablets have direct access to
Android Market from the tablet user
interface.If your tablet doesn't have the
Android Market available, you can still
side-load apps onto the device but you'll need
to get instructions from the open source
community or side load them on
manually.Make sure you check the
specification details and user reviews before
selecting your Android slate PC as the actual
experience can be inconsistent across
models. An advantage of Android tablet PCs
over the iPad is that they run Flash web
video, but different models handle it better
than others.Upgrades usually become
available as new versions of Android become
available but you usually have to wait for the
manufacturers to release an update specific
for the tablet.The success of Android will be
dependent on developers building apps and
games for these devices. There are a huge
number of Android Smartphone apps that
work on a tablet but only around a thousand

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Android apps specifically designed for a slate
PC - expect this to change over the coming
years.Android on tablets will continue to
evolve and become more and more polished.
It already is the closest challenger to iOS (the
iPad operating system) and will continue to
grow stronger.
Android apps for tablets

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Android apps for tablets

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