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Ipad2 and Samsung Tablets

radiogoober said:
When I hear "Asus" I immediately know that someone is talking about a piece of crap. It's garbage man. It's absolutely hilarious reading your post where you're trying to make other hardware/software sound superior to the iPad. None of those devices are remotely close. They are literally 2 years behind iPad 1.

Asus. ROFTLMAO!!!
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Once again, your ignorance and ethnocentricity shines thru!

Educate yourself, if possible, before LOL'ing at Asus. AsusTek is a very respected pc component manufacturer and a major supplier to Apple.

Next time, try to lay off the kool-aid.
 
I actually own both. I bought the iPad2 first then the Galaxy Tab 2 a couple weeks later. I actually like both devices. Each one has its plusses and minuses. If I could combine both the result would be the perfect tablet.

I would recommend the iPad for most people that want to play games and consume media from iTunes, because there is a seemingly unlimited selection of apps/games and synching from iTunes is a no brainer. The overall experience with the iPad is polished as you would expect from Apple. The hardware is first rate and the update to iOS5 is going to be excellent (I'm typing this on the split keyboard).

The GT is my toy that appeals to the hacker side of my brain. I am already rooted and running an overclocking kernel. I uploaded all my music to Google's cloud service so I just stream my music to the GT. I prefer the Honeycomb browser since I do frequent sites with embedded flash. The display is a touch nicer than the iPad's with a little more brightness and color saturation. The added resolution is nice for surfing. The GT is rough around the edges. There is some keyboard lag especially with the stock keyboard, apps crash occasionally, and there are only a couple hundred Android tablet apps vs. over one hundred thousand iPad apps. The GT is lighter and thinner than the iPad, but it is really insignificant so the point is mute.

So for your son it really comes down to his preference. If he wants apps, games, and a tablet that just works I would recommend the iPad. If he likes to tinker, hack, and struggle at times 🙂 I would recommend the GT2. Or you can buy both and just trade off every week 😀
 
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Himynamesnoah said:
Maybe you could try giving out correct links?

Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1050

or

http://www.thegalaxytabforum.com/index.php?/forum/59-samsung-galaxy-tab-101-101v-forum/

here we try to actually help people out by giving correct information.

have a nice day!
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Wow, you got out of bed the wrong side this morning...


radiogoober said:
When I hear "Asus" I immediately know that someone is talking about a piece of crap. It's garbage man. It's absolutely hilarious reading your post where you're trying to make other hardware/software sound superior to the iPad. None of those devices are remotely close. They are literally 2 years behind iPad 1.

Asus. ROFTLMAO!!!
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Asus make some of the best laptops you can buy, they are more reliable than macs on most surveys so you are talking absolute rubbish.

I was going to get a honeycomb tablet but with the lack of apps i went for the ipad 2 in the end. I think the samsung 10.1 is about the best android tablet you can get at the moment but ive never tried one myself.
 
duffyanneal said:
I actually own both. I bought the iPad2 first then the Galaxy Tab 2 a couple weeks later. I actually like both devices. Each one has its plusses and minuses. If I could combine both the result would be the perfect tablet.

I would recommend the iPad for most people that want to play games and consume media from iTunes, because there is a seemingly unlimited selection of apps/games and synching from iTunes is a no brainer. The overall experience with the iPad is polished as you would expect from Apple. The hardware is first rate and the update to iOS5 is going to be excellent (I'm typing this on the split keyboard).

The GT is my toy that appeals to the hacker side of my brain. I am already rooted and running an overclocking kernel. I uploaded all my music to Google's cloud service so I just stream my music to the GT. I prefer the Honeycomb browser since I do frequent sites with embedded flash. The display is a touch nicer than the iPad's with a little more brightness and color saturation. The added resolution is nice for surfing. The GT is rough around the edges. There is some keyboard lag especially with the stock keyboard, apps crash occasionally, and there are only a couple hundred Android tablet apps vs. over one hundred thousand iPad apps. The GT is lighter and thinner than the iPad, but it is really insignificant so the point is mute.

So for your son it really comes down to his preference. If he wants apps, games, and a tablet that just works I would recommend the iPad. If he likes to tinker, hack, and struggle at times 🙂 I would recommend the GT2. Or you can buy both and just trade off every week 😀
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For once someone does a sensible and constructive comparison with useful information.
 
Mr.C said:
For once someone does a sensible and constructive comparison with useful information.
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I concur. My problem with Google right now is that i always feel like a beta tester, except when dealing with their phones. I was lucky enough to get into Google+, and while i am really enjoying myself with it thus far, i feel like i am still in a Beta test mode. Trying to use it with the iPad doesn't allow for the full experience, and using it on my Mac still doesn't give me a warm and fuzzy.

Personally, i think Google+ will eventually kick major a$$, much like Android has done in the mobile phone area, but right now it just feels a bit incomplete. Just like with those tablets running Honeycomb. Using Google's stuff can be fun, but use at your own risk!
 
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I am a huge fan of Apple products and love my iPad. That being said, I have checked out some of the new tablets like the Galaxy Tab 10 and the HTC Flyer. 🙄 They are nice products and I like the 7" form factor of the Flyer. I will continue to use my iPad, but will consider an Android with a smaller size if Apple chooses to continue to ignore that market. 😱 I found the 7" size to be very usable and would suit the needs of many. Apple could make an amazing 7" iPad if they chose to. 😀
 
duffyanneal said:
I actually own both. I bought the iPad2 first then the Galaxy Tab 2 a couple weeks later. I actually like both devices. Each one has its plusses and minuses. If I could combine both the result would be the perfect tablet.

I would recommend the iPad for most people that want to play games and consume media from iTunes, because there is a seemingly unlimited selection of apps/games and synching from iTunes is a no brainer. The overall experience with the iPad is polished as you would expect from Apple. The hardware is first rate and the update to iOS5 is going to be excellent (I'm typing this on the split keyboard).

The GT is my toy that appeals to the hacker side of my brain. I am already rooted and running an overclocking kernel. I uploaded all my music to Google's cloud service so I just stream my music to the GT. I prefer the Honeycomb browser since I do frequent sites with embedded flash. The display is a touch nicer than the iPad's with a little more brightness and color saturation. The added resolution is nice for surfing. The GT is rough around the edges. There is some keyboard lag especially with the stock keyboard, apps crash occasionally, and there are only a couple hundred Android tablet apps vs. over one hundred thousand iPad apps. The GT is lighter and thinner than the iPad, but it is really insignificant so the point is mute.

So for your son it really comes down to his preference. If he wants apps, games, and a tablet that just works I would recommend the iPad. If he likes to tinker, hack, and struggle at times 🙂 I would recommend the GT2. Or you can buy both and just trade off every week 😀
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Thanks. Great advice🙂
 
iPad is a terrible device for movie watching. It has a 1024x768 screen, which isn't the same aspect ratio as any content you're likely to want to watch. This means you'll have to suffer the black bars at the top and bottom of all videos, reducing the usable screen size quite significantly.
 
4DThinker said:
Much more enjoyable to watch movies on, as well as supports more codecs out of the box than the iPad2 does.
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Were you able to get HD videos to play smoothly?

I was having a quick browse (for the very first time!) on the Galaxy Tab forums and came across this:

http://www.thegalaxytabforum.com/in...1-hands-on-it-plays-full-hd-1080p-mkv-indeed/

Where some posters state that even an iPad 1 plays videos smoother!

As I currently have neither I am ill equipped to compare, but hopefully you can fill us in!
 
radiogoober said:
When I hear "Asus" I immediately know that someone is talking about a piece of crap. It's garbage man. It's absolutely hilarious reading your post where you're trying to make other hardware/software sound superior to the iPad. None of those devices are remotely close. They are literally 2 years behind iPad 1.

Asus. ROFTLMAO!!!
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radiogoober said:
Asus sucks a big one.
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I guess you're too biased or ignorant to know that Asus was the ODM for the PowerBook, iPod Shuffle, and iBooks.
 
You need to figure out what you're doing with the tablet before you get one.

Pound for pound, an android tablet will give you a better browsing experience on the internets since it has flash.

If your kid is playing games and downloading fart apps then go with iOS.
 
Tarzanman said:
You need to figure out what you're doing with the tablet before you get one.

Pound for pound, an android tablet will give you a better browsing experience on the internets since it has flash.

If your kid is playing games and downloading fart apps then go with iOS.
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Saying Flash improves the internet = extremely obvious troll.
 
Tarzanman said:
Pound for pound, an android tablet will give you a better browsing experience on the internets since it has flash.
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Using the same logic, pound for pound, the RIM PlayBook will give you an even better experience since it has a better Flash implementation. (not really)

Tarzanman said:
If your kid is playing games and downloading fart apps then go with iOS.
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What if my kid wants to edit photos, do finger painting, create music, edit videos, do quick presentation work, document editing, explorer animated book, etc?
 
solowmodel said:
Were you able to get HD videos to play smoothly?
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720p videos play fine on all my Honeycomb tablets. 1080i or 1080p videos give varying results depending on what codecs/formats were used. There are several good video apps that play most codecs/formats, and some use hardware decoding better than others. The screens are 1280 x 800 and 720p is 1280 x 720, so putting anything of higher resolution on the tablets is kind of pointless anyway. The Tegra2 chips used handle most video fine. There are tablets out there using lesser processors though. Stay away from anything selling for $249 or less.
 
4DThinker said:
720p videos play fine on all my Honeycomb tablets. 1080i or 1080p videos give varying results depending on what codecs/formats were used. There are several good video apps that play most codecs/formats, and some use hardware decoding better than others. The screens are 1280 x 800 and 720p is 1280 x 720, so putting anything of higher resolution on the tablets is kind of pointless anyway. The Tegra2 chips used handle most video fine. There are tablets out there using lesser processors though. Stay away from anything selling for $249 or less.
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So to play standard .avi or .mkv files, you didn't have to convert using handbrake or such?

I was thinking of trying a Honeycomb or WebOS tablet until iPad3 arrives (to have a taste of something different) and video playback was a concern of mine.
 
solowmodel said:
So to play standard .avi or .mkv files, you didn't have to convert using handbrake or such?
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Mobiplayer plays .avi and .mkv files. The .mkv files are the biggest challenge though as they don't use hardware decoding. Mobiplayer will play them using software decoding, which struggles severely with 1080 content.
 
4DThinker said:
Mobiplayer plays .avi and .mkv files. The .mkv files are the biggest challenge though as they don't use hardware decoding. Mobiplayer will play them using software decoding, which struggles severely with 1080 content.
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So 720p .avi files will play fine.

How are 720p .mkv files? Still struggling or smooth? Are there any file size limits as well?

Thanks.
 
solowmodel said:
So 720p .avi files will play fine.

How are 720p .mkv files? Still struggling or smooth? Are there any file size limits as well?

Thanks.
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I only have a couple of .mkv samples, and they are asian cartoon shorts with 5.1 channels of audio. Comparing the 720 ones on my Samsung tablet to the same files on my PC, the audio plays fine but on the tablet the video appears to have dropped a few frames to keep up.
 
neiltc13 said:
iPad is a terrible device for movie watching. It has a 1024x768 screen, which isn't the same aspect ratio as any content you're likely to want to watch. This means you'll have to suffer the black bars at the top and bottom of all videos, reducing the usable screen size quite significantly.
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Many folks want to watch old TV shows. These were all shot and broadcast in 4:3, which would fit perfectly on the iPad with letterboxing or pillarboxing.
 
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