Comments on: Hugo Barra: where are the Android tablets of HTC One-like quality?

By: Rick Stones

Rick Stones — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 19:47:00 +0000

I went and looked at the Xperia and was starting to be impressed until I accidentally watched the video commercial they have posted on Amazon with the GQ dude and his world of “Friends” with an Android tab…
The whole time I was thinking, “MY WORD. PLEASE DON’T SHOW THIS GOOFY CLOWN SITTING IN A BATHTUB READING HIS SONY….. ” Guess What!?!?!?!”
After seeing that, I’d *NEVER* be able to own one of these things… I’m waiting for the HTC One 7″ to match my rock’n phone.

By: Ryan Castle

Ryan Castle — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 19:00:00 +0000

I would not buy a “high end” Nexus 7 simply because I do not like 7 inch tablets. Now if the Nexus 10 touted that “high end, high quality” Barra is talking about, I would definitely buy it.

By: DefaultUser

DefaultUser — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 16:55:00 +0000

NEXUS DEVICES DO NOT COME WITH EXPENDABLE STORAGE.

Why is that so hard to understand/accept? If you want expandable storage, Samsung has about twenty different sizes for you.

By: DefaultUser

DefaultUser — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 16:54:00 +0000

Seems he was mostly talking about 7″ tablets, which are more popular than 10″ tablets. Hence the 300-400 price range, which the Xperia Tablet Z definitely is not in.

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 05:12:00 +0000

Lets say it loud – he wants an iPad mini level tablet.

By: john

john — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 01:47:00 +0000

*Grabs htc One on both edges*
STRETCH DAMN YOU.

By: john

john — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 01:46:00 +0000

Yeah, a decent camera on a tablet is nice, but I mean it is all about the intended function isn’t it?
For an example, a tablet is awesome at video chatting, but not so great to lug around and take photos on the streets. People like me would much appreciate better front cam-2.0mp is enough for most videos, since it’s bottlenecked by the bandwidth- and a decent 8~13 mp cam on the front.

Aspect ratio is the same. 10 inch tablets are much geared to watching videos, and seeing how dominant wide screen aspect became in theaters, 16:9 and 16:10 will be the norm.

For 7 inch tablets, I think it’s more geared towards notes, ebooks, etc. And since many people agree it’s far more comfortable reading on 4:3 or 3:2, that will be the norm.
On the side note, isn’t 8.9 inch 3:2 territory?

Otherwise, solid pointers for making a great tablet.

By: carlisimo

carlisimo — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 21:41:00 +0000

I take photos of documents with mine – basically as a scanner of sorts.

By: Luka Mlinar

Luka Mlinar — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 21:25:00 +0000

I think he just forgot to use his mind that day.

By: swing

swing — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 20:56:00 +0000

he didn’t mention that probably because Sony partnership with google is not as close as other partner like Samsung, HTC, LG, or Asus.

strange isn’t it ? :D