Thanks to Google Android, there are more tablet choices on the market than you can shake a stick at. But with a weak supply of apps to choose from and some buggy software, are these iPad knockoffs worth it? Or should consumers just pony up a few extra bucks and buy the iPad?

With the iPad 3 just around the corner, Ask Maggie tackles this question helping one reader decide if a low-cost Android option is better than a higher-priced iPad. Ask Maggie also helps a devoted iPod Touch user decide if he should get an iPhone as his first smartphone or a Google Android device.

SOURCE

Join the Discussion

 Average 0 out of 5

Times They Are a-Changin’

May 22

With Google officially taking over control of Motorola Mobility and installing its own Google-branded leadership, one era ends and another begins.

CTIA Wireless 2012 and the Comeback Kids

May 16

New Orleans proved the perfect city for CTIA Wireless 2012.

Spectrum Warehousing: Were They or Weren't They?

Mar 26

Did SpectrumCo ever intend to build a wireless network? Or were they really planning to sit on the airwaves until they came immensely valuable?

The Bandwidth Breakthrough from Aoptix

May 9

IGR: It's a Small Cell World

May 16

Quick Look: Unnecto Portfolio

May 16