Comparing Tablets
Property | Android | iOS | MS Windows | Amazon Kindle | Barnes and Noble Nook |
Number and variety of Tablets | Over 11,000 | iPad and iPad mini | Several | Kindle Fire and Fire HD | Nook HD |
Operating System | Android (Jelly bean) | ios7 (Sept 18, 2013) | Microsoft Windows 8 | Modified version of Android ICS | Modified version of Android- Microsoft bought 2013 |
Apps | 860,815<br />(AppBrain.com updated 9/13/13) | 900,000 with 375,00 optimized for iPad/mini<br />(mobileburn.com updated June 2013) | 104,917<br />(winbeta.org updated July 4, 2013) | 50,000 in Amazon App store also shop in Google Play Store<br />(theverge.com updated August 2013) | 10,000 in Barnes and Noble and have access to Google Play store (barnesandnoble.com updated August 2013) |
Software Updates | As it becomes available on Google | Apple releases updates | MS releases updates | Amazon releases updates | Barnes and Noble releases updates |
Interface | As designed by manufacturer | Icons and widgets designed by Apple | Metro style designed by Microsoft | Modified version of regular Android | Modified version of regular Android |
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