Actually, I’m not even sure I should call it an Alpha. The folks at Adobe basically hacked together this device to run android so that they can show Air displaying a magazine. Now.. WHY would someone take a CLEARLY hacked device to a show? Perhaps because they are so pissed at Apple they were willing to do anything to show Flash running on a tablet? I would think so.
And it was running. Its was buggy as all get out, but most of the fail was around the digitizer and display. I pulled up this website and it rendered fine, including the flash ads. So my impressions? Ignoring the alpha state of it, I can see the value just as I would with the iPad. Size is everything. Having a nice large display that I can directly interact with is a big plus. And since Android is basically the iPhone / iPad open source, I would expect the same trade offs. More flexibility in exchange for a smoother user experience.
The fun bit was just how hacked this thing was. Have a look at the images below.
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adobe, Android tablet
Wow. Just read in Techcrunch, ( ta for the tip @thekenyeung ) that HP is killing the slate. At least in its current format. There is a possibility it can come back running WebOS. But till we know for sure, its dead.
So who is left? Google. I have not heard much on the gSlate, but as far as I know its still in development. I can understand HP killing the tablet since its really not an appliance like the iPad is, but I guess they decided there was not enough market between the current tablet market (which is small) and the appliance market that the iPad owns.
So now what? I decided not to buy the iPad because I wanted to see what HP does. I guess I could wait for the Google tablet, but from what I understand, and TC also comments, that the Google tablets is suppose to be stripped down and cheap. If that is the case, the touch screen may not be good enough for high fidelity pen input. Well… I was planning on getting an iPad when the price comes down, so unless Google really surprises me, I guess I will get the iPad. Oh and the JooJoo? Ha! no.
HP Slate, iPad, tablet war
