The Best Android Tablets. 5

The Best Android Tablets. 5
Ever since Google released its tablet-specific operating system, Android 3.1 (Honeycomb) earlier this year, cheap tablets for salewe've finally seen a steady flow of high-quality Android tablets. (Pre-Honeycomb Android tablets were another story.) android 2.3 tabletsThis is a good thing, since they provide viable alternatives to the Apple iPad, which has dominated the tablet market since its first release in early 2010. One of the major benefits of Android over the iPad, Cube K8GTthe HP TouchPad, or the BlackBerry PlayBook, is that instead of a single hardware choice, you can access the OS on a number of different table.Overall, the Android 3.1 tablet experience is a very good one. Ramos W16But not all is perfect in the land of Honeycomb: The biggest problem with the platform is a serious lack of third-party apps. Several months out of the gate, there are still less than 250 tablet-specific Android apps. Ramos W19To compare, the Apple App Store offers more than 90,000 apps designed specifically for the iPad. Even the HP TouchPad, which was released earlier this month has more apps than Honeycomb tablets do. Onda Vi10Still, the OS itself is very solid. Given its Google roots, it's the most configurable tablet operating system you'll find. Bmorn BM-V9 It's a master multitasker with an excellent notification system.starzmart