Since tablets have significantly more processing power and a bigger screen, naturally there is potential for creating apps specifically for tablets which will have more possibilities than apps made for phones. But when I go to the android market, I see no way to find out whether the app is specifically optimized for tablets or not, and there isn't a tablet category in the market either. Sometimes it says in the description of the app that it's specifically designed to be used on android honeycomb tablets, but it says so rarely and you actually have to go through the trouble of looking at the description of each app to find out. But do you know a way of telling whether the app is optimized for tablets or not? I've been an android user for 3 days now, so of course I have little experience and need a little help. I don't know if it matters, but just in case I'm using an Asus Eee Pad Transformer.
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How to differentiate a tablet app from a phone app?
- Thread starter norsul
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Tablets certainly do not have more processing power. Most, if not all, of the big name tablets use the Tegra 2 processor. It just seems more powerful because Honeycomb is rumored to be tweaked to the Tegra 2 and a lot of the games for tablets are also tweaked to just the Tegra 2.
But, to your question: There isn't really much of a difference. Just screen resolution in the apps. The latest version of Honeycomb also corrects for the resolution problem a bit.
The easiest way of telling is just by going to the market. If the developers of the app set the permissions correctly, the market won't let you download an app that's optimized for a tablet to a phone, and vice versa.
And there is a tablet-specific part of the market. I see a "for tablets" all the time in the market on my Honeycomb device.
But, to your question: There isn't really much of a difference. Just screen resolution in the apps. The latest version of Honeycomb also corrects for the resolution problem a bit.
The easiest way of telling is just by going to the market. If the developers of the app set the permissions correctly, the market won't let you download an app that's optimized for a tablet to a phone, and vice versa.
And there is a tablet-specific part of the market. I see a "for tablets" all the time in the market on my Honeycomb device.
Darkseas
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Yes, I do. Someone has compiled (and updates) a list of apps optimized for Honeycomb.
This list is on a somewhat competing web site, so I don't believe I can post a link. However, if you do a search of the web as if you had a Thrive and wanted to view forums related to it, you'd find the list by looking for a sticky thread in the apps forum there.