84% of tablet owners use their slates for gaming

By Raymond Wong on 04/12/2011, filed in Home > Uncategorized

What do you use your tablet for? Reading e-books? Surfing the web? Watching videos? Well, a recent survey by Google’s AdMob found that 84% of those surveyed used their tablets for gaming. The second most used function for tablets was to search for information (78%), followed by using it for email (74%). It’s not surprising at all. Games on the iPad for example, look incredibly beautiful, and cost a fraction of the cost of home or portable video game consoles. And with thousands of games to choose from in the App Store, there is sure to be a game that will fit every level of gamer. Epic’s Unreal Engine 3-powered Infinity Blade is a shining example of what tablets are capable of. The figure might for gaming on tablets might be 84% now, but I have strong feeling gaming on tablets is only going to increase. I mean, have you seen some of these HD games like Real Racing HD? They’re coming really close to matching PS3 or Xbox 360 games.

Android: Android is the mobile operating system from Google. The software was originally built by a company called Android Inc, that was purchased by Google in 2005. From its modest debuts, Android has become a powerhouse that powers not only smartphones and tablet, but a host of other less high-profile devices and gadgets. Although Android is not a community-driven project, Google does release the source code as open-source under the Apache license. You can follow Ubergizmo on Android with Google Currents.

iPad: the iPad is Apple's tablet computer. While not "invented" by Apple (the newton was arguably a PDA), the iPad has re-ignited the tablet format as it appeared at the right time, with the right hardware and apps. the first iPad was launched on April 2010. It was followed by the iPad 2 in March 2011 and a new iPad (gen 3) in 2012.

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