At Las Vegas the 10" tablet Xoom by Motorola received much of the
spotlight. So far, I've resisted in wast^H^H^H^Hinvesting money for
buying an Android tablet such as the Galaxy - I don't personally need
it, but I professionally need it to understand the application model,
etc... Of course, I can only afford buying one and my residual doubts
are about the form factor. The Xoom is just like the iPad, thus a
segment whose success is sure; but maybe smaller form factors have a
meaning too. What do you think? Apple is supposed to release the iPad II
in a matter of weeks and if only another 10" is released, this should
remove any residual doubt IMO.
PS The Xoom is supposed to hit the shelves in Q1 2011, but at Las Vegas
Motorola only "demonstrated" a mock
(http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/01/motorola-announces.ars).
PS2 Reading around, I'm a bit worried again about fragmentation. Xoom
will run on Android 3, but will it be possible to keep a single
application that is still backward compatible (say, with 1.5) on regular
phones and at the same time take advantage of the Android 3 features
required for a tablet?
--
Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager
Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere."
java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici - www.tidalwave.it/people
[email protected]
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java
Posse" group.
To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
[email protected].
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
