Does anyone own one of the android java-based tablets? If you do, how does it compare to an iPad, and does it properly run java applets and applications? Do you need to install everything through a 'store', similar to the iTunes app store?

 

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I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab.  Android is not the same as Java.  The virtual machine in Android is not the same as the JVM.  It's called Dalvik, and the lifecycle of an Android app is not at all the same as either a Java application, nor an Applet.  So the answer is Nope - they don't run.  That's at least part of an answer... I don't have an iPad.

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