Hey guys and welcome to this week's episode of D3Live.
So today we're going to be talking about the best tablets available
right now. So, a lot of you guys are probably a little bit confused
about you hear all about these tablets, there's this, there's that
there's manufacturers, different OSes, there's all kinds of really
confusing things so what I aim to do today is explain a little bit
about the best tablets, the pros and cons and all of that kind of stuff.
So the first one, pretty much the one we've got to start with is
the iPad 2. The iPad 2 and of course the original iPad is arguably
what really kicked off all of these tablets, you know nobody
really ever used tablets or anything, Apple came out with the iPad
all of a sudden everybody you know was just scrambling to get
their own version. Now the iPad 2, I have to say this straight
up front, is the best tablet across the board right now. You know
there are several really good tablets that are out right now but
most of them don't measure up and as far as the future tablets
go we'll have to see about that but as far as if you're just a really
simple user, you don't want to have the crazy stuff, you just want
a nice tablet that works, that gets on the internet, checks your email,
watches movies, all that kind of stuff the iPad 2 is going to be the
way to go. Very thin, now has two cameras admittedly they're
both really pretty bad but it does have cameras and that's better than
not having anything at all and it's really nice and thin and just works.
That's why I really like the iPad 2 and I really do recommend it if
you're a very basic user, you don't really need to be doing crazy
stuff, you just want to have something simple to get on the internet
and all that kind of stuff with. However there are other alternatives
and some of them actually are better than the iPad depending on
who you are. So the first one I want to start out with is the Motorola
XOOM. This is the latest Google tablet, in fact this is the first
official Google tablet that runs the Android operating system. A lot
of you guys might have heard of Android, it's what runs a lot
of phones such as the Droid and a wide wide variety of phones
and it has now been expanded and tweaked to work on a tablet.
Now the official operating system is called Android 3.0 Honeycomb
and it does work really well, it's got a lot of really cool features
and there's a lot of potential there however one of the major
things that kind of hurts the XOOM and indeed lots of other tablets
that will be running the same software is that there is not a whole
lot of apps, the iPad 2 has hundreds of thousands of apps available
whether it's for the iPhone which it does run, of course or for the
iPad itself. However with the XOOM and of course like I said the rest
of the Android tablets it can still run other Android apps for the
phones but as far as tablet specific apps there are very very few
so that's one of the major things, another is the price, the XOOM
is a little bit more expensive and finally what really hurts it in my
opinion for a lot of people is the fact that it's not fully baked. I know
that's going to sound a little bit weird but as far as just the usability,
the overall polish and everything the XOOM is definitely down quite
a bit from the iPad. So those are the two major tablets that are on
sale right now however there are if you're interested in maybe
waiting another couple of months or indeed a couple of weeks
there are going to be many many more tablets, lots of different
choices available. So I'm going to go through these a little bit
quicker obviously they're not out yet, the first one is the BlackBerry
PlayBook. Now I've had a hands on of this earlier this year and
we've been hearing a lot about it and this is BlackBerry's tablet and
it's got a lot of really cool things going for it. So it's got of course
a seven inch display which is a little bit smaller than the iPad and the
XOOM however that does give you some advantages as far as
it being easier to you know carry around and all of that kind of stuff.
It's got a really cool operating system, really nice, smooth and
responsive and I'm definitely really looking forward to taking a
look at the PlayBook which comes out in a little over two weeks so
that's definitely one to keep your eye on. Now there are a couple
of others, HP actually is getting into the tablet market with the HP
TouchPad. This is again going to be a very unique device, it's
going to be about the same size as an iPad but the software is
really solid, runs webOS which you guys might have heard of
it is on a few phones and it also has been expanded out to work
on a tablet. This is going to be coming a little bit later in the summer
but again definitely want to keep an eye on it it's got a lot of really
cool things going for it. Anyway guys that's it for this week's
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