Next Android tablet: “If this was a pair of jeans, you’d be taking it back to the shop”

Surprise surprise, the Next Android tablet that was outed last week is rubbish. The source of the absolute failure of the Next Android tablet appears to be in the curious choice to give it a resistive touchscreen, which means you need to apply pressure to the screen for it to register your movement. This, unsurprisingly, causes problems when trying to swipe. Swiping is hard when you’ve also got to make something click at the same time. Take a look below, and see how the Beeb’s Rory Cellan-Jones got on (or didn’t) with the Next tablet…

The Next tablet highlights the problems that can arise from the lack of control Android has over the devices that can run its Android OS. Your average consumer does not separate their opinions of the device hardware they are using from the OS a device is running on, meaning this could detract from Android’s reputation in the mind’s of those who use this tablet.

Google itself has said that tablets should not be running Froyo, and this device doesn’t even have that, being stuck with 2.1. “But it’s only £180!” I hear you cry. To which we issue a warning to bargain seekers: this is not a bargain. Bad gadgets are a false economy. Just say no.

We’re not going to ask if you’re tempted, because it would be depressing to hear from any of you who are.

Here’s the full video of the Android tablet fail:

[via BBC]

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