Honeycomb has 60,000+ Apps!

[iceddown]

I was just browsing the tech section of news360 on my xoom and I found a REALLY interesting article from the the Examiner. It basically says that the app count is so low because over 40% of standard android apps SCALE PERFECTLY on honeycomb so app makers don't have to make their apps tablet specific. That brings the app count to 60,000! Why doesn't Google publish these statistics?



I tried to post a link but I don't have my eight posts yet.
Just Google: honeycomb 60,000

 

[legion21]

even if they scale perfectly many don't make use of the added screen estate and really aren't optimized. Even so finding any tablet optimized apps is a pain. The featured tablet section has a few but there is no way to sort them based on price or category which is really quite a shame

 

[w84mike]

even if they scale perfectly many don't make use of the added screen estate and really aren't optimized. Even so finding any tablet optimized apps is a pain. The featured tablet section has a few but there is no way to sort them based on price or category which is really quite a shame

Agreed. First thing Google needs to do is actually optimize the market for tablets. Make it easier to find stuff and let us actually rate and review apps while using our tablets. That would help all of us.

 

[IceCreaMan]

the google market hasnt been that impressive since i got my android last june which is why i installed appbrain to help but even that app isnt tablet friendly

 

[IndivisibleP]

I think theres more to making a tablet optimized app than scaling. Optimizing use of the larger proscessors or other hardware (when applicable), redisigning the UI to be compatible/useful on a tablet screen i.e using extra space to offer additional functionality and navigation (instead of things like having buttons in the center away from your thumbs or buttons that span the whole screen).

I recently saw an app "Qello", I think that is a good example of a well designed tablet app in appearance and functionality.