77
9.0
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Criteria Comments Rating
  • Ease of use Still needs a little tweaking to make everything seamless. good
  • Speed 3.0 on my Tab 10.1 is as speedy as can be. great!
  • Configurability Android excels at configurability. You can do pretty much whatever you want with the OS. great!
  • Ecosystem (apps, drivers, etc.) The ecosystem could also use a little work. There's a lot of fragmentation. I mean, even now, 3.1 has come out, and it's already fragmented. good
  • Openness Very open. Do whatever you want. great!
Detailed review
When it comes down to it Android 3.0 is a strong contender against iOS. I definitely like how Google realized that a tablet demands a different experience than a phone, and didn't just throw Gingerbread on their tablets.

All in all, Honeycomb devices are probably meant for the nerdier people. I wouldn't necessarily recommend my grandmother get a Xoom like I would an iPad. However, as we are the generation that's growing up with these products, that's probably a good thing.