But this report doesn't say anything about holding new versions of Android to manufacturers.
Talk about SKEWED statistics.
So who in the world buys a product between Dec 1 and 20 AND OPENS AND USES IT BEFORE CHRISTMAS?! Pretty much only non-Christians.
It appears you are still wearing yours, as I've said some/most manufactures and their are a lot of them. I do realize their are a few that do, but a very small minority.
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Google-to-prevent-further-fragmentations-of-Android-OS.50923.0.html
Just because people buy it doesn't mean it's not over priced. Can anyone here say with a straight face that Apple products aren't over priced?
It will be interesting to see how the reality pans out. They are going to have to deal with a lot of different hardware configurations and I smell "bloat" and "bugs" around the corner. Of course... as they say, "if hardware allows".
There's a lot of cats to herd in their list. It will be an interesting problem to watch them solve.
But this report doesn't say anything about holding new versions of Android to manufacturers.
Earlier this week, Google announced it would not release its Honeycomb source code anytime soon due in part to keep the tablet-specific software away from developers who might implement it poorly into smartphones. However, it is now likely that the bigger reason is to maintain a better grasp of its popular Android software from differentiating too much in the future
Of course there are lower "quality" options, mostly from the chinese market. I'm not denying that part. No one counts those, they are just crap you shouldn't be buying in the first place. If your box has no english text on it and you're a citizen of the US, don't touch it.
There are quite a few articles out about it. I guess some don't mention about it. The one I linked does:
There are quite a few articles out about it. I guess some don't mention about it. The one I linked does:
However, it is now likely that the bigger reason is to maintain a better grasp of its popular Android software from differentiating too much in the future
You're not talking about the fragmentation issues. Honeycomb was held back because the phone portion of the code was not up to par. They didn't want unlicensed "Honeycomb" Android phone devices.
You know that this report is only a rumor that has been proved false, don't you?
I'm not includeing the $99.00 tablets which probably most do come from China. I do like the Kindle Fire at $199.00. At times I wish it did have more traditional Android based OS on it though.
Havent seen any reports on this in the contrary.
Comparing specs between computers - you can often get much greater bang for your buck with a PC. People choose Apple though, even when more expensive because, again - of the software and user experience.
That's an announcement from May you're commenting on. It was a PR move. Nothing came out of it, nothing ever will.
So you are saying the issue is MS for making a crappy OS and not the hardware manufacturers. Well go blame MS for this. . . oh what we already do.
it's not really a level playing field. People compare dell and co to Apple. When really it is (Dell and co + MS) (hardware + OS) vs Apple (hardware + software all in one). trying to negotiate through all the different Windows versions and trying to justify their cost is interesting to say the least.
So it seems that MS is the weak link here and not the hardware makers.
With a straight face, Apple products are not overpriced. You just don't understand how to do proper comparison shopping.
Of course, Apple also stretches the lifetime of their products and near the end close to a refresh, they tend to be on the expensive side of the competition. But when you compare Apple products to the competition nearer a refresh, you tend to see they are market priced for features offered.
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Actually, other tablets are same/greater hardware sold at the same Apple prices. The Galaxy Tab 10.1 is the same price and offers the same hardware quality as Apple's offering. Same for the Xoom.
Of course, you need to remove the Apple colored glasses to see it first.![]()
Seems as though they need to do something to fix this
except when anand runs benchmarks the ipad always wins because brand x always cheapens out somewhere. the best one yet is a lot of people complaining how the GPS is not working on the new transformer prime
except when anand runs benchmarks the ipad always wins because brand x always cheapens out somewhere.
The iPad wins benchmarks because the A5's SGX543MP2 is the most advanced GPU in use currently in all the different SoCs. It matters for 3D gaming. For pure CPU benchmarks, the A5's Cortex A9 dual core isn't faster than other stuff.
Only in the eyes of the Apple community it seems and some techier circles. Again, Android does not require OS updates like iOS does. Stock applications are upgraded outside of OS updates, something Apple just doesn't do.
It's a different platform with different rules. It's built to be fragmentation resilient. Fragmentation is a PR/media issue for Android. Hence, the PR/media solution outlined in May that will never actually result in a technical solution.
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The iPad wins benchmarks because the A5's SGX543MP2 is the most advanced GPU in use currently in all the different SoCs. It matters for 3D gaming. For pure CPU benchmarks, the A5's Cortex A9 dual core isn't faster than other stuff.
And iPads/iPhones have had issues with their hardware not being perfect out of the gate, so frankly, bringing up hardware issues is quite ludicrous. These are electronics, they will have issues. Sky is blue.
yep
1GHz A5 benches right about what 1.5GHz qualcomm and other CPU's bench at. just like the old P4 CPU's running at 4GHz and AMD performing faster at half the GHz
Germany has eight Applestores. Sweden has none. Maybe this makes a difference. The UK has 34 and those are always full in the run up to Xmas.