As Ice Cream Sandwich rolls out to tablets, app developers are taking
a good hard look to see whether it’s worth it for them to update their
existing phone apps with tablet compatibility. Unlike iPhone apps on the
iPad, Android has built-in compatibility features that stretch certain
elements to fit the entire screen of a tablet, but they don’t work so
well, and look ugly as a result.
BBC has seen the light and updated its excellent app with tablet
compatibility. Like most news apps, there are categories on the left and
content on the right, with a horizontal scrolling mechanism akin to
Pulse Reader.
If you own a newly-minted Android tablet, do yourself a favour and
pick this one up.
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