Google Urges Android Developers to Consider Tablets
Apple's App Store features over quarter of a million apps designed specifically for the iPad.
Google is urging Android developers to create their apps for tablets instead of predominately focusing on a smartphone version.
Speaking to The Guardian, Google's mobile team product manager, Robert Hamilton, said: "We'd like developers to think more and more about great tablet experiences. There's a lot of really good Android tablets out there now."
Hamilton stressed that the firm's first tablet, the Nexus 7, was the first product to essentially grab developers' attention about releasing apps that are specifically designed for just tablets. With the impending launch of its 10-inch Nexus 10 tablet on November 13, Hamilton believes more developers will begin to grasp the importance of making apps compatible with tablets.
"We actually think that the Nexus 7 was the tipping point and [the Nexus 10] is pushing it further. We are seeing the smart Android developers move quickly towards great tablet experiences, which sometimes means rethinking their apps."
The Google Play store recently exceeded 700,000 apps, subsequently matching the amount of applications Apple's App Store features. The latter, however, offers over 250,000 iPad-specific apps.

Galaxy Tab 2, Galaxy Note 10.1, Nexus 7, TF300, soon-to-be Nexus 10 etc.
So you are an iPhone user?
May I let you in on a little secret?
A lot of websites make changes and updates first for PC users, then Android visitors and then, if there is time and money left, for iPhone/iPad users.
Why ? Because it is notoriously difficult, especially on media rich websites, to be compatible with Fruit based products !
So if you do not mind to be at the end of the line... then keep on smiling :-)
If it took you had to own 3 tablets to realize this is something you find "useless" then perhaps we really shouldn't be listening to your judgement. I'd think someone would know before they owned one if they really had strong use cases for it. I can understand having one, trying it and realizing you don't use it. But 3?
Galaxy Tab 2, Galaxy Note 10.1, Nexus 7, TF300, soon-to-be Nexus 10 etc.
As wrong as you are (oh, so, so wrong) your comment did still get a laugh out of me.
there are plenty of other great tabs too
ASUS Infinity
ASUS TF300
ASUS PadFone (Phone and tablet)
Acer A700
Nexus 7
Nexus 10
Some samsung ones
and some others too
Absolutely. It's not bad, though. Certainly one of the prettiest browsers on Android right now (firefox looks ugly by comparison).
However, simple things like being able to spoof useragents (permanently, not that stupid "request desktop site" button that works 50% of the time) are conspicuous in their absence. As is ad blocking, if I recall (and blocking ads significantly improves the tablet browsing experience). Firefox allows extensions which handle all of this very nicely, as do several other browsers.
Google should also be doing a better job on supporting quicker OS updates and have devices support updates for a longer time frame.
Microsoft generally has a 4-5 year support cycle.
Apple has a ~3 years support cycle.
Average Android tablet is like 10-12 months.
So you are an iPhone user?
May I let you in on a little secret?
A lot of websites make changes and updates first for PC users, then Android visitors and then, if there is time and money left, for iPhone/iPad users.
Why ? Because it is notoriously difficult, especially on media rich websites, to be compatible with Fruit based products !
So if you do not mind to be at the end of the line... then keep on smiling :-)
More battery life. More portable. That is the niche. That niche isn't going away.
Now if only ultrabooks would come down to netbook prices, I would have my netbook niche back...
If it took you had to own 3 tablets to realize this is something you find "useless" then perhaps we really shouldn't be listening to your judgement. I'd think someone would know before they owned one if they really had strong use cases for it. I can understand having one, trying it and realizing you don't use it. But 3?
It's almost a year and developer interest and new project starts are still more than 2:1 for iOS over Android.
Man, I have this cheap crummy 7" "nextbook" thing I bought at one of those Big-Lots-type stores and I only use it as an oversized MP3 player at this point...I just haven't really felt like a tablet had a place in my daily computing routine. And getting a Galaxy Note 2, with its 5.5" screen (which I intend to do), isn't likely to leave me with much of a reason to use a dedicated tablet, either...
...but dayum, when I saw that Nexus 10, I got that feeling in the pit of my stomach, like...man, I want that. If it came with a pen and active digitizer, like the Note 10.1...