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Weight might be an issue for Android tablet owners nevertheless they won’t be exactly carting them away and off to work day in day out.

That is the results from a study on the usage and expectancies of tablets by Connected Intelligence conducted at the beginning of 2011.

The study found that many Android tablet owners were either operating them at home, or in recreational areas like cafes, restaurants and cafes and not taking them for the bus, on business trips or to the board room.

As a result the following things will be on the average Android tablets buyer’s wish list:

WiFi connectability
Webpage loading time
Processing times
Screen resolution
Media formats
Storage capacity
Physical design

What’s missing from that list are items like battery life, 3G connectivity and weight to some degree.

3G connectivity was the very least desired out of all the Android tablet features with just 40% of users looking for, and purchasing GSM capable and 3G Android tablets.

Researches attributed this to a number of factors: the cost of data, the proliferation of free WiFi spots and the location where the devices will be used.

Increasing Data Cost
While you can find unlimited data plans in Europe and also the UK this is by no means a worldwide phenomenon. US Android tablet users have to live with paying up to 80 dollars a month for just 10GB of data while NZ iPhone and Android tablet users will be looking at paying 50 NZD a month for 3GB of bandwidth.

Smart phone owners will wear increased data charges since the phone is an essential tool within their daily life. Tablet owners, who use their devices mainly for recreational purposes won’t, specially in today’s tight financial circumstances.

The Proliferation Of Free WiFi Spots
A growing number of free WiFi spots have cropped up all over the world. It’s almost harder to discover a restaurant, cafe or motel which doesn’t have WiFi now. Many cities are also opening up city-wide WiFi connections to get visitors and young professionals.

Android tablets Owners Use Habits

Tablet owners tend to use their devices in the home rather than on the go. They read books, investigate net, watch movies and play games.

The reasons for this could be due to the dimensions of the devices, they are less portable compared to the phone, this could also be because it is replacing devices which were normally used while at home (items like portable gaming devices, books, magazines)

There are several messages that can be taken away by Android tablet retailers and eBay sellers from this article.

The first is that considerations like weight, connectivity and life cycle of battery might not be the deal breakers when it comes to sourcing tablets. Instead, considerations like price, responsiveness, useability and memory are usually more important.

The second is that marketing tablets to commuters may well not get nearly as many sales as marketing the crooks to homebodies.

3G doesn’t interest the couch potato generation. And they’re the Android tablet seller’s market currently.

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