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  • I need to buy an Android tablet for academic use. I went to BestBuy to check them out and they range in price from $100 to close to $600 with no obvious rhyme or reason to the variation. What do you get when you pay more for a tablet and is it worth it? The two most obvious differences among tablets are their memory sizes and their screen sizes. I would like to hear some thoughts on how much these matter, but it also seems to be the case that tablets with the same memory sizes and similar screen sizes vary greatly in price. What am I missing in comparing these? Specific recommendations for tablets to get or avoid are also welcome, but I'm mostly asking about how I should be comparing/evaluating tablets and what is worth paying for. More info: My main reason for getting an android tablet is to work with an android app I've made. This includes: - Continuing development and optimizing for tablet. - Demonstrating the app to potential users at venus/events designed for this purpose. I assume a larger screen size would be better here. I will also bring my phone to demonstrate that the app works well at phone size, also. In addition, I would probably use the tablet for: - working with pdfs and maybe word files (if there's a grading app, for example!) - evernote use - media consumption: e-magazines from the library and maybe online movie rentals from the library, if I can hook this up to my TV or Blu-Ray player somehow (Samsung smart TV (now older gen and Phillips Wi-FI DVD player). This would be a bonus though and is not my primary interest. My current technology set includes: - A windows 8 desktop and windows 8 laptop, - A Google Nexus phone - An ipad (yes, but the app is android).

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    It sounds like larger screen is probably better for you - so 7 inches would work but might be too small - aim for 8 - 10 inches instead. (If 7" is OK - then Nexus 7 (2013 model) is a good bet. If you don't really have the use case for it, don't bother with the tablets that come with built-in stylus (Galaxy Note, etc) - it's more money for a "premium" device but basically the same functionality, minus the specialized stylus software. Price differences, even between similar-spec models, are down to build materials/quality as well as market placement (i.e. is it marketed as a premium/flagship model? If so, they will charge more because they can). Screen quality and resolution are also a big factor here - go for 1080p minimum - anything less isn't worth it. If you're not doing heavy-duty gaming, decoding 4K video, or anything else super-taxing, you probably don't need the absolute latest specs. Most tablets do have micro-SD card slots, so don't feel the need to pay more for a tablet with extra internal memory. If you don't need it right now, maybe wait until Google unveils their next line of Nexus devices - there is a refreshed tablet rumored at 8.9" coming. If you can't wait, then the next best bang for your buck would probably be the new Nvidia Shield tablet. Despite the fact that it goes against many of my recommendations above, it's priced very aggressively and has received consistently glowing reviews. I personally wouldn't even consider spending more than $300 on any other tablet right now.

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1. They'll have a preorder. Get in on it if you can/want to. 2. You can change the DPI on just about any mainstream device that's rooted. It's one of the big selling points of Paranoid Android/AOKP roms, although you can do it on just about any rom. That'll let you set which layout to show and how big to show it. PA will let you set per-app dpi, whereas you can also set total device dpi via apps or simple device edits. 3. Touchwiz is a framework integrated into the ROM. It wouldn't hurt to have a separate system to check on. HOWEVER, Nexus gives you vanilla android, and vanilla android lets you do WHATEVER YOU WANT.

TomMelee

You can get screen size, which is basically what you want: Display display = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay(); Point size = new Point(); display.getSize(size); int width = size.x; int height = size.y; http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1016896/how-to-get-screen-dimensions now, you may get some goofy results on like, phablets with 1080p screens, but the results should be what you want. That being said, part of a "tablet" layout is having a true landscape orientation, so you may want to refactor your UI for larger-screened devices.

Oktober

I have no means to guess what device people are using and have different displays for each. Webpages can be written to determine what browser you are using. I would not be surprised if people have written something for android apps to determine the display size and released the code for others to use.

soelo

FYI, Groupon has the Samsung Pro on pretty deep discount: http://www.groupon.com/deals/gg-1-samsung-galaxy-tab-pro

Oktober

Oh, well I have no means to guess what device people are using and have different displays for each. I'm not a programmer, I'm a lowly academic who saw a need and filled it. So I guess Google play education is out. Doing a compare on the Nexus and Samsung Pro, it seemed like the Samsung pro has a better camera and better display. Unfortunately, it's out of stock everywhere except amazon and amazon won't ship it here. *sad trombone noise* I'll stop thread-sitting now.

If only I had a penguin...

I find the difference between 7" and 8" pretty big. I'd try them out in a store to make sure you have a size that works for you. 7" is closer to a phone than to a 10" tablet these days, and the 10" tablet market is huge, so if a main reason is to make sure your app works well on tablets, I wouldn't go too small. Also, personally I find most 7" tablets are just a tad too small to read PDF's on comfortably, but of course this is a matter of preference.

blub

No, you don't need separate listings - in fact they discourage this. Read the developer guidelines on responsive design - depending on the screen size and resolution your app should adapt to the screen to take full advantage, or at least re-flow to make it look better. Again, I'm not an expert here. I'm going to assume they have a pretty high bar set for their curated Education section, rather than the open free-for-all of the general Play Store. If that's the case, you'll really need to dig into the developer resources on their site and take full advantage of their guidelines if you want admission to that walled garden.

trivia genius

Ok, I assume pre-order means no guarantees. And since Aug. 19th is a few days from now and no pre-order is possible, pre-ordering probably doesn't get me a tablet within a few days of that. With a demo event in early September, I assume I'm not getting the new nexus. Trivia: It's just blown up. Is that what they're on about? Am I supposed to somehow make the displays different and then make separate listings on Google Play? I can't think of anything I would want the app to do on a tablet that I wouldn't also want/couldn't have on a phone and the display already shows everything you need on any given screen. Maybe I'll write to them and explain that. The emulator I have can't simulate the camera, which is an important part of my app.

If only I had a penguin...

1. Nobody knows if there will be enough stock to satisfy the crowd of Nexus-hungry purchasers - so I would plan to pre-order the first moment it becomes possible to do so. 2. Is your app optimized for tablets, and not just a blown-up version of the portrait-orientation phone version? Just because it functions and looks decent when blown-up doesn't mean it's meant for a tablet. I'm not an app designer/coder, but I do know that Google wants developers to put the extra screen real estate to good use. See their own apps, as well as the tablet apps with the Editors Choice badge in the Play Store for some examples of what they want to see. I don't know of any tablets that let you simulate other displays, but doesn't the development environment include emulators that you can tweak for size/resolution? 3. By tying into Google's ecosystem, Samsung and everyone else has implicitly agreed that apps should function the same across vendors. The only minor differences are where apps hook into system resources provided by the vendor instead of Android's native APIs, which probably isn't affecting you. If you eventually want to release your app on a forked version of Android (Amazon Fire) you might want to consider purchasing one of those down the road - but not necessary now.

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