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You can thank me when I'm right. I actually do have reasons, but geek posters who don't realize that Apple isn't selling to geeks who care about specs will never understand my reasons.
Nobody cares about cameras on a tablet, bad or good. It's just a dumb idea. All of these high quality camera tabs that sell like crap prove that.
crashes
Played with the UK release of the 10.1 tab at CTIA. Locked up the Android OS within 2 minutes, had to power off. Same for the 7 inch tab with the older Android OS. Some aspects of Honeycomb are nicer than iOS, but the instability makes it a non starter to me at this point.
Played with the UK release of the 10.1 tab at CTIA. Locked up the Android OS within 2 minutes, had to power off. Same for the 7 inch tab with the older Android OS. Some aspects of Honeycomb are nicer than iOS, but the instability makes it a non starter to me at this point.
No something like the HTC touch was never released before the iphone neither was the LG Prada shown late 2006 months before any picture of an iphone was ever released.
And I never used "direct copy"
And doesnt change a thing that other released simular phones BEFORE the iphone was released, perhaps you are too young to have been there, but that still is reality.
Yes look up an LG prada
No you claim people are saying that, I say some are modyfying the UI cause it lacks. And that is also why some want to change it: it lacks certain things found elsewhere.
I am actually just commenting on what you said.
Yes, now do you have any source to show true multi tasking would have destroyed battery life?
Archos sold several million of its tablets, so did samsung. as we speak the market is starting to get flooded with cheap chinese knockoffs starting at 99$ . Again perhaps look beyond macrumors.
Where I live (belgium) currently there are 60+different tablets for sale goign from 89 to 800+ .
people are buying those, and plenty more have been anounced.
I never said apples or the ipad sucks (got one and love it) yet saying "its good because they sell a lot" is a non argument.
People are seeing comparable tablets wich cost 1/5 of what the ipad costs. Just like with the phones people actually do consider the price point.
Wich is ebsides the point, this isnt a comparison of hardware or os's just of sales.
"The reduced thickness apparently forced Samsung to shift the rear-facing camera from an 8-megapixel sensor to a 3-megapixel one, although even the lower-resolution camera exceeds that found in the iPad 2."
A shoebox with a pinhole in it exceeds the camera found in the iPad 2.
A shoebox with a pinhole in it exceeds the camera found in the iPad 2.
The trouble sometimes with commenting to people via internet without being able to see who you're talking to, means that you can't always tell when you've walked into the minefield, until you've blown yourself up.
I'm old enough, actually, to remember when mobile phones were the size of backpacks and weighed the same as a small child, so my 'reality' is quite an accurate one.
When I first moved to Japan in 2001 the phones here were so far advanced of what Nokia, Motorolla et al were releasing in the 'west' it blew me away.
Japan, was at that time, the king of the electronics game, and I experienced the first camera phones, mobile payments, internet, and video, so when I say that there wasn't anything like the iPhone, it would be because it's true!
The mere fact that you mention the HTC Touch shows that you are grabbing at straws... the HTC Touch apart from being fugly, b&w, and with a terrible UI was released in June 2007.
Which of course is after the iPhone, though if you compare the two phones you'd be forgiven for thinking it was a lot lot earlier...
The LG Prada whilst being the first touchscreen phone again just actually highlights how Apple truly innovated..
This is why when Apple released the iPhone the mobile phone industry was so completely shaken.
Certain 'experts' predicted that people in Japan would never buy the iPhone cos it wasn't made here .... Now, the iPhone in Japan, like in most countries, is the number one 'smartphone'.
Good design, and most of all excellent user experience wins, and that is why, once again, I reiterate that the iPhone was revolutionary....
but maybe you're just too young to be able to give respect to something when it is due..
Interesting, I just saw this article :
http://www.informationweek.com/news...jhtml?articleID=229400221&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_All
It claims that the Galaxy tab is NOT thinner then the iPad2. No measurements, but here are pictures (iPad left, Galaxy Right) :
![229400221_samsung_v_ipad_thin4.jpg]()
![229400221_samsung_v_ipad_thin5.jpg]()
The rest of the article wasn't that interesting, but this part was. So what's going on here?
http://www.informationweek.com/news...jhtml?articleID=229400221&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_All
It claims that the Galaxy tab is NOT thinner then the iPad2. No measurements, but here are pictures (iPad left, Galaxy Right) :
The rest of the article wasn't that interesting, but this part was. So what's going on here?
Actually, it is a very significant argument. App developers care about the installed base of potential customers for their apps. Sell X times more tablets, and the market for apps is X times bigger. And customers seem to care about apps. The small number currently available for, for instance, webOS isn't enough.
In addition, if a manufacturer sells a lot of tablets for a higher price to consumers, that consumer customers installed base quite possibly has a bit more disposable income on average with which to buy apps. That may present a measurable downside to developing for the cheaper tablets (and smartphones) until their volumes and installed base significantly exceeds Apple's.
Interesting, I just saw this article :
http://www.informationweek.com/news...jhtml?articleID=229400221&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_All
It claims that the Galaxy tab is NOT thinner then the iPad2. No measurements, but here are pictures (iPad left, Galaxy Right) :
![229400221_samsung_v_ipad_thin4.jpg]()
![229400221_samsung_v_ipad_thin5.jpg]()
The rest of the article wasn't that interesting, but this part was. So what's going on here?
I could be the only one to think this, but in top pic I think it's painfully obvious they placed something underneath the tab to increase the height slightly.
I don't think that they would do this, more then likely what you're seeing is a rounded case, sort of like the iPhone 3GS.
I believe that the thickness quoted was the production thickness; these are prototypes (that didn't even turn on) and most likely don't reflect the production units.
Their may be many iPad users interested in an Android based tablet, they are quite different & nice. Based on the page views of this thread, they're certainly not being ignored.
I have an iPad 2 which is excellent, yet so is my Galaxy Tab. The competition is good for everyone, as is choice. The consumer benefits no matter what.
even if it was released after the original iphone it's not like HTC just whipped it up after macworld. it took 2-3 years to design it
So, why isn't there an LG Prada 5 due in 3 months?
The only thing I see is one is operational, the other is not. Funny.
After? Touch was begin June, iphone was late june.
It also doesnt really matter much, its clear the design idea behind it are the same.
Same goes for software like spb mobile shell at the time. Fingerfriendly was introduced BEFORE the iphone was released.
Funny how some people talk like that when they talk about apple.
Yes the iphone was one of the best if not the best phone at that time, yet anyone who was up to speed in the matter knew a lot of others were and had been doing simular things . And that was the remarque I made,
If apperently you dont even know when the iphone was released ...
Thats a whole other discussion. I merely racted to the bland statement that anything that sells a lot has to be good.
The picture Galaxy Tab is the 10.1V http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/25/samsungs-original-galaxy-tab-10-1-renamed-the-tab-10-1v-thicke/, not the 10.1. It is thicker. The Galaxy Tab 10.1 is thinner than the iPad 2 :
http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/22/samsung-galaxy-tab-8-9-and-new-galaxy-tab-10-1-thinner-than-the/
So in fact, the Galaxy Tab 10.1 will be thinner than the iPad 2, and it will be priced the same, 499$ for 16GB Wifi.
No, it's an insignificant argument when comparing devices to devices. Installed base of the Xoom, or of the Galaxy Tab doesn't matter. It's the sum of all of them that does. The eco-system is Android, not the Xoom or Galaxy itself (or G-slate, or the Viewsonic one, etc.. etc..). So the fact that iPad 2 as a device outsells every other single devices on their own is irrelevant. What is the total eco-system's installed base ?
That is what matters, and that is why in the smartphone arena, we're starting to see the market forces shift from iOS to Android (as the recent Pocket Legend story tells us) : http://blogs.computerworld.com/17941/android_ios_app_profit
Your other point is just baseless assumptions. People that buy more expensive devices don't necessarily have more disposable income to spend on apps for it. Heck, the contrary might be true. Having spent a larger portion of their income on the device itself, maybe they don't have enough left to purchase apps.
200,000 non-native apps designed to work on a smartphone and not a tablet. Yippee.
Not quite. Each app has to be run through a RIM specific process, get signed, and uploaded to the RIM market.
So it's more like, any Android developer that wants to, can easily produce a Playbook compatible version.
It's still huge news.
If they could each run in a window, so I can see multiple ones on the screen at one time, I'd be in love
This is a major feature would be very useful, especially when copying items around.
Not quite. Each app has to be run through a RIM specific process, get signed, and uploaded to the RIM market.
So it's more like, any Android developer that wants to, can easily produce a Playbook compatible version.
It's still huge news.
If they could each run in a window, so I can see multiple ones on the screen at one time, I'd be in love
Right, and again, one that truly needs to be in a dual core iPad 2. If not in an update, at the very least by iOS version 5.