The one I’m looking forward to isn’t on the list above which is MSI’s tablet.
Unfortunately even though the iPad is crap the average consumer will probably choose it over any of these because they don’t understand technically what they’re “NOT” getting. They’ll choose it because it “looks” sexier to them than Android and other non-Apple tablets.
As technical people we know that Android and other “FULL” OS devices are far superior to iPhoneOS devices. But as much as we love our devices and their UIs they aren’t as sexy as Apple’s (at least to laypeople in general). I’ll give Apple that much, they have the user experience nailed (most of the time).
However, IMHO, for any of the Android tablet devices to seriously compete in the market with Apple we need to up our game. There needs to be a humanized UI layered over the core Android UI that’s simple, non-complex, intuitive, sleek, and sexy, that appeals to mass market like Apple’s does yet at the same time blowing Apple’s UI out the water. It’s the reason I chose the Eris over the Droid – the UI just felt smoother. Sure Sense UI drains my battery a little faster but I love it and will probably never turn it off.
Apple may have a lot of patents on things but they damn well don’t own all the best UI designers out there. I think what happens is the ones out there get so caught up in trying to be better yet different than Apple they end up over complicating the UI.
Bottom line, they’re taking a lot of heat for the iPad, let’s knock em on their asses while they’re still reeling. We got a superior OS, I say dress her up nice and make the boys at Cupertino drool
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