thats very simple to answer $100 and they are not different tablet is tablet no matter what brand or OS , , just let me know what you can do with a iPad what you cant do with a tablet from ASUS ..
at very least the ASUS still supports flash, while the iPad says Flash is dead ...ok that might be the case , but i tumbled just recently over some flash based websites unable to be properly displayed ona iPad of a mate , i would never waste that amount on a tablet , i bought a original iBook G3 466mhz for £25 and surprise it has the same problems with flash based websites , so thats what i call advancing technology ten years later and still the same flaws
and rooting works great, if you know how too even without problems , who cares about warranty on a tablet or phone , they are just throw away items in my book , use them if they break so be it.. i am pragmatic and buy what gets the job done when i need it , not for some future events that might happen eventually ...i think about those later
Pragmatism means that we look at our own behaviors and ideas and ask ourselves—Do they work? Are they getting us to where we want to go? Pragmatism and flexibility go hand in hand, because the world keeps changing around us.
I feel like you're contradicting yourself here. In your previous post, you said because of the recession, anything cheaper is welcome. Yet, you say that $400 devices are throwaway items so screw warranties? Maybe you can replace a bricked tablet 6 months after buying it, but that's not what I call pragmatism. Really though, calling phones and tablets worth hundreds of dollars "throwaways" isn't pragmatic--it's gaudy.
I know some people that use their tablets as pretty much devices for schooling and work rather than web-browsing. Pages, Numbers, Note Taker HD/Penultimate, Airprint, etc., are great for the work-oriented individual. As a gaming device, the iPad and iPhone blow the Android's gaming market out of the water (actually just Apple's App Store, in general).
Androids have plenty of good widgets and other utility applications. I personally like Swype, Swipe Pad, Dolphin Browser (mainly for the gesture support), and my Android Agenda widget. I also like the variety of apps the Android can have. Trust me, I think Android has many good devices (I personally like the Galaxy 10.1 and the Toshiba Thrive), but their market hasn't really caught up yet. There's a lot of free apps, which is awesome, but outside of widgets, I feel that the overall quality is a notch lower than Apple's. I'd give them a year or two, before I compare them again because I think they'll step up.
Furthermore, you have to speak to the level of the user. I work at a major electronics retailer, and when non-tech-savvy customers demo both Android tablets and the iPad, they easily find themselves doing things and navigating the iPad more intuitively than Android tablets. Furthermore, iPad customers with troubleshooting questions usually say, "Oh I could've figure that out," after I help them. Non-savvy Android users just end up having more questions and overwhelmed. To users like us, figuring out these new devices is like second nature. However, those unable to do so, like you said, want it to just work and would pay extra knowing that it does.
