Android Honeycomb has 20 apps at launch
Asus wheeled out its Transformer tablet-cum notebook in London today ostensibly making it the first Android Honeycomb-powered device on the market. The latest version of Google's mobile operating system was specifically designed for tablet PCs and should overcome some of the problems caused by the previous Gingerbread iteration's smartphone legacy.
There's little doubt that millions of Apple-phobic tech-heads will eschew Cupertino's iPad offering in favour of something a little less fruity, and both platforms certainly have their merits, but new tech lives and dies on the strength of its software.
In the short period between the iPad's announcement on January 27th 2010 and it's actual launch on April 3rd that same year, pundits predicted that Apple could actually have as many as 1,000 apps specifically made for the iPad ready for kick-off.
