Yeah, the Tab is an addicting device. It's that device that you always have around. Very special indeed.
The reader's hub interface is quite cool. The Bell Canada Tab's interface looks far better than this -- very slick. Perhaps someone will post the APK for installation at some point.
I just checked out Tapatalk, and it seems really cool for avid forum-ers.
Do you notice a constant stutter when scrolling (maybe 2 stutters per second), or was this only on the unit I tested? I'm thinking that it may have been a background process stealing cycles every now and then.
Definitely no such stutter here, silky smooth even on a site like Engadget.
(Plus my homescreens are relatively heavy duty widget wise, although I do keep my number of open tasks under control.)
Definitely no such stutter here, silky smooth even on a site like Engadget.
(Plus my homescreens are relatively heavy duty widget wise, although I do keep my number of open tasks under control.)
That's really good to know! It was happening for me with Opera, so it was probably some rogue process stealing cycles on the down low disrupting an otherwise a perfect browsing experience.
The buttery browser scrolling really is wondrous to behold. It alone raises the Tab experience up a solid notch as browsing is a major use case. Now, if there was a way to set the user agent in the opera browser, all would be right with the world! It may call for some APK hacking, or even some hex-editing to the browser executable. Anyone feeling adventurous?
I'm looking forward to Opera adding Flash support. The way that the stock browser handles flash is disgraceful. There is no plausible reason why scrolling should start to stutter with flash content on screen. And you can see the de-synchronization of the flash content with the page positioning implying a bad drawing routine. It's funny but the Frash port for the iPad still has silky smooth scrolling despite onscreen content which indicates that it's a software thing. I expect the opera crew to reach this level of usability and keep scrolling smooth and page-loading fast even with visible flash content.
Woah, Android is doing well. According to Gartner, worldwide Android (25.5% marketshare) is second only to Symbian (36.6% marketshare), and that gap is closing quickly. http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1466313
In one short year, the marketshare leapt from 3.5% to 25.5%. It just goes to show how volatile the market is and how quickly things can change. In another year, Windows Phone 7 could be the new leader -- but I doubt that very much .
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