http://gigaom.com/2011/02/24/4-signs-of-honeycombs-rush-to-compete-with-apples-ipad/ Fri, 24 May 2013 09:22:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://gigaom.com/2011/02/24/4-signs-of-honeycombs-rush-to-compete-with-apples-ipad/#comment-624555 Mon, 16 May 2011 21:11:21 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=301707#comment-624555 [...] I’ve noted in prior Google tablet reviews, Honeycomb isn’t quite ready for prime-time. Acer included version 3.0.1 on the A500 because Google released Honeycomb 3.1 after the tablet [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/2011/02/24/4-signs-of-honeycombs-rush-to-compete-with-apples-ipad/#comment-620140 Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:20:07 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=301707#comment-620140 [...] Verizon, so I’m not able to test the upgrade. However, on paper, nothing suggests that any of my major dislikes of the tablet or platform are addressed. Honeycomb still doesn’t appear to be ready for prime-time due to application [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/2011/02/24/4-signs-of-honeycombs-rush-to-compete-with-apples-ipad/#comment-618566 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:31:14 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=301707#comment-618566 [...] isn’t the first time I suspected that Honeycomb was still a work in progress. When the Xoom arrived, it felt rushed and incomplete, partially due to some hardware gaps, such as the 4G upgrade and its inability to recognize [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/2011/02/24/4-signs-of-honeycombs-rush-to-compete-with-apples-ipad/#comment-616802 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 21:12:20 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=301707#comment-616802 [...] Unlike Microsoft, Apple recognized that shoehorning a full desktop OS on to a tablet device wasn’t going to work out. It’s an act of compromise, and that’s something that rarely results in quality user experience. Instead, Apple went the route of optimization, and designed a specific version of its mobile OS for a large-screen device. Despite its mobile roots, the iPad version of iOS is very different than its iPhone cousin. The same can’t be said of Android, which was awkwardly ported as a smartphone OS to larger devices, and then rushed as a tablet-specific version to market. [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/2011/02/24/4-signs-of-honeycombs-rush-to-compete-with-apples-ipad/#comment-615949 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:15:51 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=301707#comment-615949 [...] although RIM is leveraging Android software on its PlayBook to make up for an app shortfall. Google’s Honeycomb appears rushed to market and isn’t yet a mature platform, but if the Android smartphone market is any indication, [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/2011/02/24/4-signs-of-honeycombs-rush-to-compete-with-apples-ipad/#comment-615284 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 14:53:01 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=301707#comment-615284 [...] early in the Honeycomb life-cycle, but my own impressions show an operating system that was rushed to market with room for improvement in the experience and available software. The operating system still can’t take advantage of external memory, a [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/2011/02/24/4-signs-of-honeycombs-rush-to-compete-with-apples-ipad/#comment-611658 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 20:46:54 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=301707#comment-611658 [...] from my initial impressions of Motorola’s Xoom tablet, which runs Honeycomb. Last month, I pointed out that I felt Honeycomb was rushed to market, citing a few examples of why: application instability and non-supported hardware features, such as [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/2011/02/24/4-signs-of-honeycombs-rush-to-compete-with-apples-ipad/#comment-610124 Sat, 19 Mar 2011 16:01:13 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=301707#comment-610124 [...] This week also saw the official announcement of Motorola releasing a Wi-Fi only model of its Xoom tablet. The contract-free device arrives later this month at a suggested retail price of $599, although it’s likely that retailers such as Wal-Mart, Target, Costco and others will discount the Android tablet. That may help boost sales of the Motorola Xoom as people are looking for a lower cost device that carriers no ties to 3G network operators. However, the Xoom still lacks in the applications department for tablet optimized software. At launch, only 16 tablet specific titles were available and at last count, that number is only up to 46 applications. For that reason, among others, the Xoom doesn’t yet appear to be a contender against Apple’s new iPad 2. [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/2011/02/24/4-signs-of-honeycombs-rush-to-compete-with-apples-ipad/#comment-609160 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:12:08 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=301707#comment-609160 [...] Now that the Xoom will soon be available in a less expensive, unsubsidized Wi-Fi version — something that 75 percent of our recent poll respondents are looking for in a tablet — will it sell in large numbers? Google’s Honeycomb platform is still, and will be, even at the end of this month, an unproven, immature tablet system. Aside from the core Google apps, there are few software titles that take advantage of the Xoom’s 10.1-inch display, making some apps look almost comical. And too many apps, even Google’s own, still crash too often for my taste. [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/2011/02/24/4-signs-of-honeycombs-rush-to-compete-with-apples-ipad/#comment-607081 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:19:48 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=301707#comment-607081 [...] challenges found by all who are using Google’s Android Honeycomb platform. At the moment, Honeycomb feels a little rushed to market with stability issues, missing hardware support and a lack…. That’s taking what could be a stellar experience on Motorola’s Xoom and turning it [...]

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