Interface and Functionality:
Seeing that the foursome are at the cutting edge of technology, it’s rather not surprising to find all of them packing along speedy 1GHz dual-core processors under their carriage. Even though the dual-core NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor of the G-Slate and XOOM work smoothly in various operations, there’s still a little bit of lag associated with its execution – and it’s most evident when using them in portrait. Oppositely, the iPad 2 and PlayBook deliver an immersive and responsive performance with their near instant tendencies. In fact, it’s almost unbelievable to see the high rate of performance exhibited by the two, but the iPad 2 manages to edge out the PlayBook slightly. Nonetheless, they’re all graceful with their navigation and execution, but the iPad 2’s wickedly fast movements in just about every aspect are just blatantly impressive.
We’ve gone through the intricacies of each respective platform already, but it ultimately comes down to personal preference with this one amongst people. Flaunting a straightforward and uncomplicated platform experience, the learning curves associated with the iPad 2 and PlayBook are naturally low, but they sorely lack a meaningful amount of personalization. On the other hand, the Android 3.0 Honeycomb powered tablets offer a rich set of personalization features that beautify and enhance the overall experience – like their useful widgets and gorgeous looking live wallpapers.
Speedy typers will enjoy the performance dished up by each tablet, thanks to their fast processors in tow, but it’s once again size that comes into play with this one. Besides the PlayBook, the layout of the landscape style keyboard of each tablet is generally sufficient in size, and its operation is easy to handle. However, we like how the PlayBook will actually distinguish the buttons that are pressed as it supersizes each one as we type. But in portrait use, it’s clear that both the G-Slate and PlayBook have the upper hand since they’re narrow enough to allow most thumbs to encompass the entire layout of their keyboards. As for the iPad 2 and XOOM, their wide figures make it nearly impossible to input text at a moderate rate seeing that there’s a lot of travel required with your thumbs.
Unless you can tether the PlayBook with a BlackBerry smartphone to unlock its email client, the tablet is almost rendered useless for emailing – that’s unless you can deal with using the web browser instead. Fortunately though, the other three tablets are exceptionally adept at handling your email needs, but seeing that we’re presented with the multitude of Gmail features available with the two Android tablets, they’re by far the most satisfying in handling our email needs.
Even to this day, we still despise the obtrusive notifications system in use with the iPad 2, which hasn’t changed one bit since the first day iOS rolled along. Offering a more suitable experience, the XOOM and G-Slate intricately level all notifications in one central hub for you to look at any time. Lastly, the PlayBook might not receive that many notifications unless you have BlackBerry Bridge activated, but when it is, you’ll find them popping up at the top bar of its home panel, which is not as useful as in Honeycomb, but still a decent solution.
Internet:
Alright, it’s very hard to find any fault with any of the respective WebKit based web browsers of each tablet, especially when the end results are truly satisfying. Safari on the iPad 2 is absolutely the most responsive when it comes to kinetic scrolling and pinch zooming, so its buttery fluid movement gives you plenty of control in terms of navigation. And even though the PlayBook, G-Slate, and XOOM offer a desktop like experience with their support for Flash, the PlayBook is by far the most captivating in this category seeing that it doesn’t falter in the face of heavy Flash content. At the same time, the PlayBook still provides a reasonable level of responsiveness with its movement when navigating around a web site. Surprising to say the least considering that the PlayBook is one of the newer tablets on the scene with its QNX based platform, it combines a host of elements to supremely provide a well-balanced web browsing experience that sets the bar amongst all others.
In case what you desire is super-fast cellular connectivity though, the LTE-equipped XOOM seems like the most viable option. However, keep in mind that Motorola is yet to start activating those radios, which will be a process that will involve shipping your device to the manufacturer for a week.
Seeing that the foursome are at the cutting edge of technology, it’s rather not surprising to find all of them packing along speedy 1GHz dual-core processors under their carriage. Even though the dual-core NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor of the G-Slate and XOOM work smoothly in various operations, there’s still a little bit of lag associated with its execution – and it’s most evident when using them in portrait. Oppositely, the iPad 2 and PlayBook deliver an immersive and responsive performance with their near instant tendencies. In fact, it’s almost unbelievable to see the high rate of performance exhibited by the two, but the iPad 2 manages to edge out the PlayBook slightly. Nonetheless, they’re all graceful with their navigation and execution, but the iPad 2’s wickedly fast movements in just about every aspect are just blatantly impressive.
We’ve gone through the intricacies of each respective platform already, but it ultimately comes down to personal preference with this one amongst people. Flaunting a straightforward and uncomplicated platform experience, the learning curves associated with the iPad 2 and PlayBook are naturally low, but they sorely lack a meaningful amount of personalization. On the other hand, the Android 3.0 Honeycomb powered tablets offer a rich set of personalization features that beautify and enhance the overall experience – like their useful widgets and gorgeous looking live wallpapers.
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Apple iPad 2 | RIM BlackBerry PlayBook | Motorola XOOM | T-Mobile G-Slate |
Interfaces | |||
Speedy typers will enjoy the performance dished up by each tablet, thanks to their fast processors in tow, but it’s once again size that comes into play with this one. Besides the PlayBook, the layout of the landscape style keyboard of each tablet is generally sufficient in size, and its operation is easy to handle. However, we like how the PlayBook will actually distinguish the buttons that are pressed as it supersizes each one as we type. But in portrait use, it’s clear that both the G-Slate and PlayBook have the upper hand since they’re narrow enough to allow most thumbs to encompass the entire layout of their keyboards. As for the iPad 2 and XOOM, their wide figures make it nearly impossible to input text at a moderate rate seeing that there’s a lot of travel required with your thumbs.
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Apple iPad 2 | RIM BlackBerry PlayBook | Motorola XOOM |
On-screen keyboards | ||
Unless you can tether the PlayBook with a BlackBerry smartphone to unlock its email client, the tablet is almost rendered useless for emailing – that’s unless you can deal with using the web browser instead. Fortunately though, the other three tablets are exceptionally adept at handling your email needs, but seeing that we’re presented with the multitude of Gmail features available with the two Android tablets, they’re by far the most satisfying in handling our email needs.
Even to this day, we still despise the obtrusive notifications system in use with the iPad 2, which hasn’t changed one bit since the first day iOS rolled along. Offering a more suitable experience, the XOOM and G-Slate intricately level all notifications in one central hub for you to look at any time. Lastly, the PlayBook might not receive that many notifications unless you have BlackBerry Bridge activated, but when it is, you’ll find them popping up at the top bar of its home panel, which is not as useful as in Honeycomb, but still a decent solution.
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Apple iPad 2 | RIM BlackBerry PlayBook | Motorola XOOM |
Notifications systems | ||
Internet:
Alright, it’s very hard to find any fault with any of the respective WebKit based web browsers of each tablet, especially when the end results are truly satisfying. Safari on the iPad 2 is absolutely the most responsive when it comes to kinetic scrolling and pinch zooming, so its buttery fluid movement gives you plenty of control in terms of navigation. And even though the PlayBook, G-Slate, and XOOM offer a desktop like experience with their support for Flash, the PlayBook is by far the most captivating in this category seeing that it doesn’t falter in the face of heavy Flash content. At the same time, the PlayBook still provides a reasonable level of responsiveness with its movement when navigating around a web site. Surprising to say the least considering that the PlayBook is one of the newer tablets on the scene with its QNX based platform, it combines a host of elements to supremely provide a well-balanced web browsing experience that sets the bar amongst all others.
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Apple iPad 2 | RIM BlackBerry PlayBook | Motorola XOOM | T-Mobile G-Slate |
Web browsers | |||
In case what you desire is super-fast cellular connectivity though, the LTE-equipped XOOM seems like the most viable option. However, keep in mind that Motorola is yet to start activating those radios, which will be a process that will involve shipping your device to the manufacturer for a week.
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