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Apple iPad v. Android Tablets Ping!
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I think I’ve seen one commercial but it may have just been a video on the internet.
I messed around with one a while back. I wasn’t at all impressed, compared to the iPad. What’s ironic is while I was handling them both to compare, the Galaxy slipped out of my hand and hit the display on my iPad. lol (luckily it didn’t damage it at all)
As a resident hater of Apple (though an iPad owner ;-) ), I am actually happy to see this news. Why?
1> These stupid Samsung pads are rather silly. A 7” display is quite stupid. It is too large to comfortably carry, but too small for tasks you may want to perform on a tablet. I see a lot of companies are going the 7” route (including Apple from what I saw) ... why they do this is beyond me. I know it can help with costs, but still ...
2> Apple deserves to get as much tablet market share as possible for the iPad ... they took a lot of risk releasing the iPad. I am not saying that other companies shouldn’t try to enter (or re-enter) the tablet market ... I’m just of the opinion that the forerunner should reap as much reward as possible :-).
If the next iPad would add “real” handwriting capabilities, I’d be in happy. If I could install Android instead ... that’d be pure bliss (ok, running for cover there :-) ... ).
IMHO, they priced themselves out. When you hit the $500 price point, you are going up against the iPad or a decent entry level laptop. They should have been priced in the netbook range and gone for volume versus margin.
The MID816 has similar specs to the Galaxy Tab and costs less than $250. The Viewsonic G has the faster Tegra2 and costs around $400. The Motorola Xoom is coming out soon. End of Feb? Super Bowl commercial released.
Here are some links
http://www.knowyourmobile.com/comparisons/751872/motorola_xoom_vs_apple_ipad_2.html
We recently compared the Motorola XOOM with the original iPad and the XOOM emerged victorious.
http://www.knowyourmobile.com/blog/752209/android_overtakes_symbian_as_worlds_number_one_os.html
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2378980,00.asp
Noodled around with one or two Galaxies over the weekend.
I like the little “vibration” it makes when you select an icon.
Other than that, I’m still not very familiar with tablet computers. < |:(~
It is typically liberal ideology that attempts to do the same thing over and over again and expect a different result. Do you buy your MacBook from a carrier? Your netbook? Your laptop? Your desktop? Why on earth would you contemplate buying your tablet from them?
Worse, carrier supported tablets are contrary to present trends. Why would I want to spend $30-$50 a month for network access for my tablet? If there’s not a wifi signal nearby, I turn one on from my phone.
If the world measured the success of netbooks from carrier sales, they would have laughed at the abysmal sales and said no one would ever buy one. Yet every coffee shop is filled with them. Besides, I already bought my tablet, a Nook Color, and likely I’ll have a fully functional version of Honeycomb before the first retail tablet featuring it can be purchased by an end user.
Beyond all this, the constant and frustrating experience retail users have with phone updates being delayed and not coming out in a timely basis further supports the idea that people would greatly shy away from carrier sponsored tablets. Samsung still hasn’t given a firm date for updating to the Gingerbread version of android. Luckily for those suckered into two years of owning a Galaxy Tab, CM7 is available. And Cyanogen has already committed to bringing Honeycomb to the tablets.
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I purchased a Galaxy Tab for my wife for Christmas.
It works well. The house wireless is getting more
use now.
Many years ago, IBM crowed about the number
of units of OS/2 shipped. An industry source
correctly observed that, “shipped ain’t sold”
We both have a Droid phone. The Tab is just a
larger variant with better wireless. Zero learning
curve.
I have an iPad. It was a freebie, I’ve been using it for awhile and so far, I’m not very impressed. For mobile uses, the phone is handier, for stationary use, a laptop works better.
That being said, the Samsung Tab doesn’t even have the glamor of being from Apple, I’m not surprised they are not selling.
Were I to buy one, I would get it from overseas. Not the crippled US market offering.
Shipped two million, sold a small fraction of ‘em — I have seen the thing, but it beats me where. Probably the Big Box store.
Too expensive. I purchased a Ipad wifi unit and use it on the SPRINT NETWORK with my 4G overdrive device.