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Honeycomb is a true tablet OS, and we know iOS is not.

I am so tired of this totally incorrect argument.

Am I the only one that remembers Apple actually started developing iOS for tablets BEFORE they made the iPhone? They said they were working on this tablet, but then decided "wow, this would make a great phone"... so they made the iPhone. But the origin of iOS is tablets. How is it not a true tablet OS?!

Link for those who would contradict (see the last paragraph under History): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPad#History
 
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You can make a tablet with a rocket ship and refrigerator attached, but iOS and the apps are what people are after, not all those inconsequential specs.
 
You can make a tablet with a rocket ship and refrigerator attached, but iOS and the apps are what people are after, not all those inconsequential specs.

I would buy a tablet that doubled as both a rocket ship and refrigerator. Preferably at the same time.
 
I have an iPhone and an Android phone. The HTC EVO is a solid phone, but pales in comparison to the iPhone. The notifications are the best thing about. But at the end of the day, it is a sleeker palm type device. That is the feeling when I go in to the main sections of apps and settings. It is just like the old Palm OS. I hacked it so I could tether the phone, and used it for client calls and texts. How many apps do you really use? Look at it this way, the apps that I use for my iPad 2 (and used them on my original iPad) I used every day for work and play (I am a poet, no?). There is nothing like penultimate, pages, iMovie, Garageband, numbers, fastcase and so on. Android could match the sheer number of apps and still not be as solid as the iOS apps.

Although iOS itself has not been revolutionized over the last four years, I agree with another post about having buyer's remorse once a year. I used to use the Sony Palm Pilots. Seriously, those bastards upgraded a device less than a month after the one I bought was released. No customer loyalty. No patience with the devices they release so they need to ship out a new and improved model before even synced yours with your computer.
 
16:9 is awesome for tablets. Better for video and easier typing.

And are Smart Covers really THAT big of a deal?

I am sure someone will copy the smart cover because the pretenders only copy Apple, they don't create anything.
 
Which is almost entirely why I have an iPad 2. I'd much rather have an Android tablet, but all of the money I've spent in the app store/the ease of syncing both my iPhone and iPad together stopped me.

Same here. Also, apple devices work great! Won't switch, unless, apple decides to go out of business or something drastic.
 
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