[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Tablet Android or IPad? (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 12/26/2011 10:22:10 AM EDT
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I'm thinking one of the Asus ones or a Motorla Xoom...
Looks like Android is here to stay and it's cheaper.... Also has provision USB and flash cards... I do have the Iphone though and I love it...so the IPad is tempting... Your thoughts? |
| I am getting the asus transformer prime which is supposed to be the best tablet even compared to the ipad. The Ipad apps are more plentiful however the major apps are all ported to android already. Android is open architecture and I think the app market will quickly supplant the ipad. However I do not think you can go wrong with either. |
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I just got a 4s month or so ago.
I'm exchanging best buy gift plus some gift cards to get a ipad2. took the apple bait hook line and sinker may as well keep'em consistant and seems like less potential hassle to sync them up with each other but truely I know nor care to know much about it. I just want them to work together with minimal effort on my part |
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If you like your iPhone, just get the iPad and be done with it. You'll already know the interface, be able to share purchases across platforms where appropriate, etc.
I would suggest holding off until the iPad 3 is released in sometime in 1H 2012. But you could always sell your iPad 2 at that time. |
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I have yet to find an Android tablet electronic device that doesn't have an annoyance of some sort. It's always something.  THIS But Apple seems to be the least anoying so far. Played with my friend's Android tablet last night and I kind of liked it... |
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Quoted: I have to vote Apple. I download an app on one of my Apple devices...it is loaded onto all of them automatically via Icloud. it just works. I see a LOT of Droid users out there switching......the pro of open source is also a con. How much do those apps cost? Many are very free for me and i can back up my apps on google and install them on new devices with ease. Everyone I know jail breaks their apples. There must be a reason they do this. Apple is not all it is cracked up to be. |
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I think I have paid for exactly ONE app on Apple.
All my travel, news, airline flight, maps, weather, music, Restaurants, radio & tv, languages, calculators, politics, shooting, etc have been free. I love the fact that if I travel...my apps / documents / music / contacts automatically sync from my iphone to my ipad to my ipod.... life is easy ps..none of my apples are jailbroken |
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Quoted: Quoted: I have to vote Apple. I download an app on one of my Apple devices...it is loaded onto all of them automatically via Icloud. it just works. I see a LOT of Droid users out there switching......the pro of open source is also a con. How much do those apps cost? Many are very free for me and i can back up my apps on google and install them on new devices with ease. Everyone I know jail breaks their apples. There must be a reason they do this. Apple is not all it is cracked up to be. What I see is people jailbreak, then give up because apple patches the hole every tiny release (shit, sometimes that's the point of the release). It's better we just give in and let big brother decide. That's the better choice than having like two apps in the google market that are malicious. |
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Quoted: I'm glad apple finally fixed mobileme (and then gave it a new name). But it's not revolutionary, google has had all of that for some time now.I think I have paid for exactly ONE app on Apple. All my travel, news, airline flight, maps, weather, music, Restaurants, radio & tv, languages, calculators, politics, shooting, etc have been free. I love the fact that if I travel...my apps / documents / music / contacts automatically sync from my iphone to my ipad to my ipod.... life is easy ps..none of my apples are jailbroken |
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IIf you don't want to fiddle with it, then just get an iPad. It'll work basically like your iPhone (which you see
happy enough with). The poster that said the open-source nature of android is both good and bad is spot on; you can potentially do more on Android, but doing some normal stuff is easier on iPad. I have an Acer Iconia A500. Rooted, flashed a custom ROM, etc. and I'm pretty happy with it. It's not quite as refined or responsive as an iPad, but for half the price (on sale) I think its a good substitute. I think an android device is a hard sell at the same $500 price as an iPad. |
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What are you looking to do with the tablet?
There are more OS and product choices than just Android and iOS. If you're looking for a real computer in slate/tablet form, neither of your choices are ideal. On the other hand, if all you're looking for is a media consumption/presentation device with the additional ability to check/send email the occasional email and monitor/update social media sites, then I suggest you go with the iPad for compatibility with your current systems. |
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i have 2 toshiba thrives. we love them. all the early hardware quirks are gone now and it's a great tablet. by the way the pentagon just approved android for secure devices, still no iphones  Now that Blackberry is just about dead... In the space of about a year my workplace went from all Blackberry and Windows mobile to mostly iPhone and Android and just a few Blackberrys. |
ASUS Transformer Prime TF201-C1-GR 10.1-Inch 64GB Tablet
Product Features Android 3.2 Honeycomb Operating System NVIDIA Tegra 3 Mobile Processor 10.1-inch WXGA Super IPS+ Capacitive Multi Touch Display 64GB eMMC Flash; 1GB DDR2 Memory Eee Pad Transformer Docking Keyboard Not Included Processor, Memory, and Motherboard Hardware Platform: PC Processor: 1.66 GHz A110 Number of Processors: 1 RAM: 2000 MB RAM Type: SDRAM Hard Drive Size: 64 GB Type: Serial ATA Speed: 5400 rpm Cases and Expandability Size (LWH): 10.35 inches, 0.33 inches, 7.12 inches Weight: 1.28 pounds Power Battery Type: Lithium ion Rated Charge (normal use): 12 hours Wireless Wireless Type: 802.11bgn |
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ASUS Transformer Prime TF201-C1-GR 10.1-Inch 64GB Tablet http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81Tr8hkl49L._AA1500_.jpg Product Features Android 3.2 Honeycomb Operating System NVIDIA Tegra 3 Mobile Processor 10.1-inch WXGA Super IPS+ Capacitive Multi Touch Display 64GB eMMC Flash; 1GB DDR2 Memory Eee Pad Transformer Docking Keyboard Not Included Processor, Memory, and Motherboard Hardware Platform: PC Processor: 1.66 GHz A110 Number of Processors: 1 RAM: 2000 MB RAM Type: SDRAM Hard Drive Size: 64 GB Type: Serial ATA Speed: 5400 rpm Cases and Expandability Size (LWH): 10.35 inches, 0.33 inches, 7.12 inches Weight: 1.28 pounds Power Battery Type: Lithium ion Rated Charge (normal use): 12 hours Wireless Wireless Type: 802.11bgn Usually ships in 4-7 weeks
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Quoted: Quoted: ASUS Transformer Prime TF201-C1-GR 10.1-Inch 64GB Tablet http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81Tr8hkl49L._AA1500_.jpg Product Features Android 3.2 Honeycomb Operating System NVIDIA Tegra 3 Mobile Processor 10.1-inch WXGA Super IPS+ Capacitive Multi Touch Display 64GB eMMC Flash; 1GB DDR2 Memory Eee Pad Transformer Docking Keyboard Not Included Processor, Memory, and Motherboard Hardware Platform: PC Processor: 1.66 GHz A110 Number of Processors: 1 RAM: 2000 MB RAM Type: SDRAM Hard Drive Size: 64 GB Type: Serial ATA Speed: 5400 rpm Cases and Expandability Size (LWH): 10.35 inches, 0.33 inches, 7.12 inches Weight: 1.28 pounds Power Battery Type: Lithium ion Rated Charge (normal use): 12 hours Wireless Wireless Type: 802.11bgn Usually ships in 4-7 weeks Has not been released yet either. |
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Wife got me an ipad2 32gig couple weeks ago. I didn't think I'd like it but it has grown on me. I'm finding it useful for work too, and my daughter plays a bunch of free games on it.
My son ordered the transformer prime at the same time. Delivery was12/19 then moved to sometime late January now. Eventually when he gets it we can compare both side by side. |
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I'd recommend the iPad. It has the best combination of software and hardware, features and applications. While there are a few Android tablets that truly are in the same class as the iPad (from a hardware quality level), you'll end up spending just as much as an iPad, so you might as well just get the iPad. Apps are abundant, and more importantly, really good apps are abundant. With Android tablets, the quality (and user experience) varies widely, from cheaply made junk and a lot of mediocre tablets, to a very few high-end units that have their stuff together. But the user experience still varies. I helped a relative get a Sony-S tablet set up over the holidays. Some apps worked well, others just didn't. The fact that the Android OS gets put on everything from "free" junk phones to heavily customized eReaders means that the developer of an app is always trying to hit a collection of moving targets, and often just has to settle for the lowest common denominator. This is basically a non-issue with the iPad as Apple (the software maker) makes the hardware, and Apple has focused a lot of attention on getting developers to build apps that have a consistent UI and versions of apps that work perfectly on the iPad. Now this isn't to say that all is perfect with the iPad. It has it's quirks. Apple's philosophy of controlling the user experience means that someone who wants to customize everything will either have to deal with it or move on. The iPad also uses adapters (that you have to buy if you want) to interact with SD cards (from cameras) or HDMI cables. Most Android tablets have an SD card slot of some sort (full size or microSD) and possibly some sort of HDMI (again fullsize or more often, micro sized HDMI). |
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No sense in mixing marketplaces and having to re-buy apps and media: get the iPad... what are you talking about? OP already has an iphone. His iphone apps that he has already purchased can be used on the ipad. Not so if he gets the android. Media shouldn't matter though. |
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I'd recommend the iPad. It has the best combination of software and hardware, features and applications. While there are a few Android tablets that truly are in the same class as the iPad (from a hardware quality level), you'll end up spending just as much as an iPad, so you might as well just get the iPad. Apps are abundant, and more importantly, really good apps are abundant. With Android tablets, the quality (and user experience) varies widely, from cheaply made junk and a lot of mediocre tablets, to a very few high-end units that have their stuff together. But the user experience still varies. I helped a relative get a Sony-S tablet set up over the holidays. Some apps worked well, others just didn't. The fact that the Android OS gets put on everything from "free" junk phones to heavily customized eReaders means that the developer of an app is always trying to hit a collection of moving targets, and often just has to settle for the lowest common denominator. This is basically a non-issue with the iPad as Apple (the software maker) makes the hardware, and Apple has focused a lot of attention on getting developers to build apps that have a consistent UI and versions of apps that work perfectly on the iPad. Now this isn't to say that all is perfect with the iPad. It has it's quirks. Apple's philosophy of controlling the user experience means that someone who wants to customize everything will either have to deal with it or move on. The iPad also uses adapters (that you have to buy if you want) to interact with SD cards (from cameras) or HDMI cables. Most Android tablets have an SD card slot of some sort (full size or microSD) and possibly some sort of HDMI (again fullsize or more often, micro sized HDMI). 
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I have to vote Apple. I download an app on one of my Apple devices...it is loaded onto all of them automatically via Icloud. it just works. I see a LOT of Droid users out there switching......the pro of open source is also a con. Android has always done that. Lots of people switching from iOS to Android, as well. |
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Ah yes, the phone that is doomed to run obsolete versions of Android because Samsung would rather sell you a new phone than make you happy with the one you already have. |
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I'd recommend the iPad. It has the best combination of software and hardware, features and applications. While there are a few Android tablets that truly are in the same class as the iPad (from a hardware quality level), you'll end up spending just as much as an iPad, so you might as well just get the iPad. Apps are abundant, and more importantly, really good apps are abundant. With Android tablets, the quality (and user experience) varies widely, from cheaply made junk and a lot of mediocre tablets, to a very few high-end units that have their stuff together. But the user experience still varies. I helped a relative get a Sony-S tablet set up over the holidays. Some apps worked well, others just didn't. The fact that the Android OS gets put on everything from "free" junk phones to heavily customized eReaders means that the developer of an app is always trying to hit a collection of moving targets, and often just has to settle for the lowest common denominator. This is basically a non-issue with the iPad as Apple (the software maker) makes the hardware, and Apple has focused a lot of attention on getting developers to build apps that have a consistent UI and versions of apps that work perfectly on the iPad. Now this isn't to say that all is perfect with the iPad. It has it's quirks. Apple's philosophy of controlling the user experience means that someone who wants to customize everything will either have to deal with it or move on. The iPad also uses adapters (that you have to buy if you want) to interact with SD cards (from cameras) or HDMI cables. Most Android tablets have an SD card slot of some sort (full size or microSD) and possibly some sort of HDMI (again fullsize or more often, micro sized HDMI).  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h5JSojJN3Y&hd=1I actually like the Samsung GS2 a lot, and if I were advising a friend/family member on which phone to buy, the GS2 is certainly near the top of the list. But tablets are a different story on the Android front. Next year, maybe Andriod tablets will be there. This year, IMHO not so much. |
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I'm thinking one of the Asus ones or a Motorla Xoom... Looks like Android is here to stay and it's cheaper.... Also has provision USB and flash cards... I do have the Iphone though and I love it...so the IPad is tempting... Your thoughts? I used an iPad for over a year and a half. Today.....I sort of use Android. I received a HP TouchPad for free and use Cyangenmods ported Android Gingerman on it. Were I to BUY a tablet today it would be Android.
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| Wife and I just got iPhones and have the Personal Hotspot option which solved the Internet issue in our vacation home and condo. Big savings over having cable. Hotspot is not a lot of bandwidth but seems adequate and reliable so far. The phones are good for some Internet but for older eyes the iPad is better |
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iPad is worththe high price! it is worth the high price until Apple releases the next iOS version and kills the usability of your outdated model and you will be forced to buy the new model because Apple will offer no support for your problems. Fuck Apple |
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iPad is worththe high price! it is worth the high price until Apple releases the next iOS version and kills the usability of your outdated model and you will be forced to buy the new model because Apple will offer no support for your problems. Fuck Apple What problems? |
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I'm going to get the new ipad when it launches this spring ... then late in the year or in 2013 I'll sell it and buy a tablet running windows 8, assuming they can get them price and hardware quality competitive with the ipad. I can't wait to have a nice tablet format with the full office suite and one note on it. I know there are options out there now but they're all a bit clunky yet and very expensive for the good ones. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Ipad does not do flash either. Adobe is killing off flash for mobile devices, so it really doesn't matter anymore. It matters up to the point they do cut it off.. There still is a lot of net content that uses it. When i had a phone that did not support flash I felt handicapped. Now that i have a phone that has it I am able to see just how much I was missing. My Wife loves the Asus Transformer I got her for Christmas. The additional keyboard makes it all that much better. |
| My wife got me a 16Gb Toshiba Thrive for Christmas. Surprisingly enough I really like it. Seems sturdy enough and is a lot easier to take on the go than a laptop. Boots up a lot quicker too. I am going to put some of my service manuals for work on a jump drive and use it instead of my laptop as it is a lot more handy. |