It seems clear that one of the fundamental questions when it comes to getting a tablet is deciding what operating system we want you to have:iOS o Android? Or maybe wait for the devices with Windows 8? However, as the world of mobile devices is evolving, this decision is no longer enough, especially if we opt for Android. We explain why.
Until now one of the most important decisions we had to face when choosing a tablet was the operating system and, with this clear, we started to focus on the hardware. iPad and iOS are irretrievably integrated and this eliminates alternatives and simplifies the decision, but in case of opting for one Android tablet, opens up a wide variety of possibilities: it is then a matter of choosing the design and brand that are more attractive to us. Windows 8 is going to complicate this situation a bit more, but this is not the only important change that should affect our purchasing decisions in the future.
Although it is not gaining as much prominence as the new Microsoft software, another change that has been brewing since last year in the mobile devices sector is the same or, even, perhaps more important: the ecosystems around an operating system are increasingly fundamental. Since Amazon will bring out your Kindle Fire, with its own version of Android and basically focused on its content delivery environment, it is becoming increasingly clear that this is the way to go. Even the company responsible for Android, Google, seems to agree with Amazon in this with the production of its Nexus 7. In the past IFA in Berlin, companies such as Samsung o Sony They also showed an incipient interest in following this path.
This does not mean that Android is a declining operating system, on the contrary. As recently published 1,3 million devices Android are registered every day in the world. But being an operating system of open source companies are free to develop their own versions, and as reported in The Verge, in the Kindle Fire 2 the transformations are so deep that it is difficult to appreciate what is left of Android in it. This is the model that many other companies can follow in the future: own Android versions with their exclusive content offer.
The case of Amazon is the most illustrative: they are so aware of the importance of the ecosystem of mobile devices when it comes to making their tablet a competitive product, that it does not seem that they have even put too much effort into fundamentally improve your hardwarebut solely on keeping the price as low as possible. A good price and a good supply of content in your app store is your recipe for success. Other manufacturers may prefer quality over price, but what fewer and fewer of them can afford is to ignore the importance of cloud products and services that are offered attached to your device, so it seems that from now on we will also have to pay close attention to what they offer us in this regard.