The new Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 puts Android to work
There’s no tablet like a productivity tablet
Remember when tablets were fun? They were, basically, a bunch of big-screen smartphones that everyone wanted because they offered, well, bigger screens.
They sold well, really well, and soon the market was flooded with all sizes and manner of tablets. There were still just two platforms: iOS and Android, but, at least on the Android side, you could find a multitude of screen size options and more affordable prices.
The slab honeymoon didn’t last. Smartphones became almost tablet-sized. Plus, while handset manufactures could entice consumers into yearly upgrades, most gadget buyers held onto the same tablet for three years or more. The only thing that could force an upgrade was an OS update that significantly disabled the slab’s operation.
Amazon marched in and started selling decent and insanely cheap Kindle tablets, which upended the Android tablet market. Were these devices really just throwaway technology for kids?
It was, ultimately, the recognition that tablets could be more than just big-screen smartphones that…
