The last five years have seen tremendous development in the field of Smartphone and tablet computers. Tablet computers have been around for decades but never really caught up with a large number of users because they lacked user-friendly operating software and interface that will support many unique applications; Android has made all these reality.
Originally Android was intended to be an OS for Smartphone devices. The impact it made in the Smartphone segment was so huge that android became the top platform for Smartphone devices in the world. Its success made its developers push the envelope and further development was carried out. Android was later introduced as an Operating system for tablet  as well. Many tablet computer manufacturers use different versions of Android.
Though some people point out some of the disadvantages of android, the advantages of using an Android tablet  are many.
- The main advantage that you get while purchasing an Android tablet is the fact that there are so many brands and models to choose from. A huge number of tablets use the android OS. Android was intentionally developed to be versatile and adaptable to different hardware platforms. This means that whatever criteria you are looking for in terms of cost and features, you will find an android device that matches it.
- Another positive aspect about Android tablets is that they are available with low system requirements. Android can be installed on devices with very low ratings and yet it can perform really well. That is something you cannot expect from other similar operating software.
- Android was and still is developed and maintained with open source architecture. What that indicates is that anyone including the ordinary users themselves can develop plug- ins and applications, more popularly known as apps, for Android OS and it would all work just fine without any glitches at all. Because of this unique scenario, there are thousands of old and new apps that can serve a lot of purposes that add a tremendous boost to user experience.
- Because of open sourced nature and regular contributions by Google among others, Android is constantly being updated. This also means that the Operating system is constantly under improvement process and tweaked from time to time so that its performance gets better and better.
- There are over fifty thousands apps available on the internet that can be downloaded for devices using Android. From games, to business and educational apps, you will find something of everything.
When there is so much on offer, it will be hard to resist yourself from buying an Android tablet PC. No matter what is your budget and requirement, you will not be disappointed. So far 10 versions of android have been released, each with some unique feature that sets it apart from the other. Android is based on Linux and its hardware platform is the ARM architecture. Within a short time android has made a huge impact on the computing world and we can wait and watch as it comes up with more exciting things in the future.
