iPad
The media also praised the quantity of applications, as well as the bookstore and other media applications. In contrast they criticized the iPad for being a closed system and mentioned that the iPad faces competition from Android based tablets. However, the Android tablet OS, known as Honeycomb, is not open source and has fewer apps available for it than for the iPad. The Independent criticized the iPad for not being as readable in bright light as paper but praised it for being able to store large quantities of books. After its UK release the Telegraph said the iPad’s lack of Adobe Flash support was “annoying.”

