No fuss, no hype, and certainly no iconic elderly man onstage making a presentation. The coming of the Google Android tablet to the media was simple and quiet, just appearing humbly without any prior notice at the Web 2.0 Expo. The good thing is that the line of people checking out the device was still pretty scant for the earlier periods before the word spread that the new tablet allowed you to view YouTube videos directly from the website.
Oh yes, Google and Adobe’s recent team up has already produced an early result: the Google tablet was tuned into Wired magazine which makes use of Adobe AIR technology. There were also people who directly went to the YouTube page to see FLV videos (that was redundant) loading without the need for any unique apps or whatever.
So far, initial reactions about the tablet are about how it actually runs Flash in the first place. This is a good thing since the device functions so well, so smoothly, that there is nothing bad or annoying that people notice. Indeed, people will rarely point out that it runs smooth or that the touch screen is responsive –these things are expected, and the tablet is fast and responsive
Speaking of which, Google has been pretty quiet about the hardware in the device. While some assumed that the tablet is running on a 1 GHz processor, it has been let on that NVIDIA had a hand in the production in the device, which heavily hints at the possibility that underneath this brand new gear is an even newer GPU.
Of course, the real test of Google tablet is if they can get their growing community of app developers to create apps solely for the tablet. Of course, being the device that comes second after the iPad, many are hoping that the new tablet from Google would have all the intrinsic features of Apple’s device (eBook reading, media playback, long battery life, etc).
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