How do the current crop of tablets compare?
There’s a pretty big range in IDC’s and Gartner’s definitions if you compare the features of a few of the recently announced or released tablets intended for consumer use. An iPad has a 9.7-inch screen, runs a version of the iPhone OS, has an ARM-based processor. The JooJoo, which launched earlier this year, has a 12.1-inch screen, a home-brewed browser that functions as an OS, and an Intel Atom processor. The HP Slate will run Windows 7 (or WebOS), an 8.9-inch screen, and an Atom processor.The Dell Streak has a 5-inch screen, an ARM-based processor, and runs Google’s Android — but curiously is being sold through a wireless carrier. Acer has hinted that it has a similar plans for its forthcoming 7-inch Android tablet.
