- Jan 6, 2011
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I too am skeptical and will wait until something actually comes out before I get too excited. First why would they be going to Honeycomb when ICS is out now, since HC has plenty of known issues. Second, given the extensive skinning they did to have their own interface what good would HC be if they just make it look iPad like anyway? HC's primary advantage was that it was a tablet OS setup to take advantage of a tablet's size and layout compared to a phone. Vizio's skin sort or makes that a moot point.
Perhaps they would drop their skin for something more HC/Andoird style but it doesn't seem that is really what Vizio is going for with this particular device. So if you get an HC update but it looks like the current Vizio layout and you end up changing to an alternative home launcher that is based on a pre-Honeycomb layout what good is HC?
Hopefully they allow better root access and fix the SD card and adhoc wifi issues in the next update (not likely). These would go a long way to improving the tablet even if it stayed on Gingerbread. Otherwise I am rooting (ha ha) for ICS which seems to bring a whole host of upgrades to the Android OS.
JP
Perhaps they would drop their skin for something more HC/Andoird style but it doesn't seem that is really what Vizio is going for with this particular device. So if you get an HC update but it looks like the current Vizio layout and you end up changing to an alternative home launcher that is based on a pre-Honeycomb layout what good is HC?
Hopefully they allow better root access and fix the SD card and adhoc wifi issues in the next update (not likely). These would go a long way to improving the tablet even if it stayed on Gingerbread. Otherwise I am rooting (ha ha) for ICS which seems to bring a whole host of upgrades to the Android OS.
JP
