Honeycomb 3.1 is much more stable than 3.0

Honeycomb 3.1 is much more stable than 3.0

Honeycomb 3.1 is much more stable than 3.0, which would crash on my all the time during a session. That’s not the case with 3.1, as Google has improved the stability a great deal. It’s not all the way there, however, as I have experienced a few crashes over the past two days. At least I call them crashes, there are no error messages involved, apps just close by themselves and I get kicked out to the home screen. Getting back into the app is a simple matter of running it again, which invokes a new copy of the running app.
Hopefully Google will figure out what causes these crashes, as they usually happen with official Android apps. The browser is a common app that closes and goes away while browsing the web. I suspect it is a system memory issue and these apps are being shut down by Android because there is not enough memory to run them.
There is a good way in Honeycomb 3.1 to manage running apps and keep track of the memory situation, but only through the system settings. You can’t easily get to it while in a running app, and since there’s no warning before an app crashes it’s a moot point. You just keep doing your thing until an app crashes and then move on.
I have only experienced one impromptu system reboot once with Honeycomb 3.1, a vast improvement over 3.0 which would reboot all the time. It is telling however, that even one system reboot is considered a vast improvement.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 has proven to me that Honeycomb is almost there to be a fun OS to use. I am hoping that Google gives the tablet interface an overhaul with Ice Cream Sandwich to address my concerns. I don’t think I am alone in my take on using Honeycomb, although everyone is different. I am sure there are fans of the Honeycomb interface. How about it? Do you like Honeycomb or wish it was different? Sound off in the TalkBack below.