App Store, 3D photographic camera, Music


Android'southward App Shop

The real downfall of Android 3.0 Honeycomb so far is application support. There are, quite simply, far besides few Android 3.0 Honeycomb specific applications available. The Android market place features a couple of dozen, just many of those don't take full advantage of the Honeycomb user interface. The platform's compatibility with older titles is somewhat spotty, too. While most of the over 150,000 applications found in the Android market volition work in full screen fashion, some practice non, and those that do are ofttimes less than optimal, offering pocket-size on-screen controls and fonts, and overly large text input boxes. And then there is the issue with many of the applications crashing, which is likely role of the "ane.0" consequence of Honeycomb being, in many ways, a brand new Bone.

Since the T-Mobile G-Slate runs a stock install of Android iii.0, there are few non-Google apps pre-loaded on the tablet apart from standard personal organizer apps like the Agenda (which syncs with Exchange and Gmail accounts). Google Maps, Navigation, Places, and Books are all there. T-Mobile does include its T-Mobile TV app, but I found it to be quite disappointing and unworthy of your monthly cash. I practise actually like the Zinio magazine reader awarding, though. It's a piffling slow on the page loading at times, but there'southward a fair bit of content available - if you are willing to pay for it.


Cameras

The cameras on the T-Mobile 1000-Slate are very interesting. There are 3 of them, in fact. I forwards-facing two megapixel photographic camera that can be used for photos, video, and video chatting, and a pair of 5 megapixel cameras on the back that can exist used to tape 3D videos in 720p HD or 2D videos in 1080p Total Hard disk drive. There's even a time lapse mode that will permit yous accept stop action video, which could exist swell for a science project or ii.

The rear camera, when shooting stills, focuses quickly and takes reasonably overnice photos. Information technology has a very effective macro way, as you lot will see by the size of the grains of sand in the sample photos here. The interface is piece of cake to use, and the slightly smaller size of the G-Slate makes it easier to use as a still or video camera than Motorola'due south Xoom or Apple tree's iPad ii. The 1000-Slate's wink didn't print me much, since it's non well modulated and tends to over or under expose its target.

While it can tape 3D video, the Yard-Slate is non really equipped for 3D playback, and forces users to rely on former-schoolhouse red/cyan 3D glasses if there is no 3D HDTV that can exist connected to via an HDMI cable. Still, it's a lot of fun and I like knowing that I am recording 3D video that I volition be able to view in the time to come - fifty-fifty if my current TV is not capable of treatment it.


Music App and Playback

Android iii.0 Honeycomb offers users an all-new music awarding. Navigation tin be a lilliputian non-obvious at showtime, as is the case with many new tablet apps, just once you mess effectually with it for a curt while, you understand what is going on. The app offers a very cool looking 3D rendered scrolling flow of album covers in the New and Recent department of the device, which I love, only offers nothing similarly interesting for the album, artist, playlist and other views that it offers. I don't come across why the cool interface should be restricted to that one section, specially 1 that I really have no use for.

At least the audio quality that the app and the G-Slate put out is good. The built-in speakers are not going to knock your socks off or anything, but at least they are pointing in the right directions. They are located on the edge of the tablet, and which speakers are used depends on the orientation of the tablet, ensuring reasonable stereo separation. You can always plug in an external speaker set up or connect to a stereo organisation using the 3.5mm headphone jack. I also want to mention that it is pretty piece of cake to build playlists direct on the M-Slate, and tracks tin can be rearranged with a elementary drag of the finger. The G-Slate comes with no music out of the box, but the tablet does offering a pre-installed version of the doubleTwist music client, which will make it easier to synchronize with iTunes on a Mac or PC when USB support is added for Android. A paid upgrade is required to get access to the doubleTwist wireless Wi-Fi sync that works now, though.