Puh-lease
Hey people? For all the complaining you're doing about "copying" and how "tablet has come to mean apple" and all that other BS, let me remind you about a few *important* facts...
1. Learn your history: Tablets were around LONG before the iPad was even thought of. I owned a Tablet PC in 2007. It was made by HP and it ran windows, then Linux. If anyone stole the "tablet" idea, it was Apple.
2. The Galaxy Tab 10.1, which I happen to own, is similar to the iPad in two ways: It's a tablet, and it's roughly the same size. Other than that, it's every bit as different as an iPhone is different from, say, the HTC Evo.
3. The Galaxy Tab is lighter, faster, has a larger screen, better display, and a LOT more power than the iPad. Simply put: It's a better device. Just like the Evo 3D is a better device than the iPhone 4. This isn't opinion, it isn't an insult, it's just a fact. That's why I bought them over the Apple products.
I'm sorry some of you are having difficulty getting by this, but I've always said to my mac-loving friends: If you like the product, buy it and use it. Nobody's asking you to switch teams. But I'll be damned if I'm going to sit around and listen to jealous whines, lies, and downright insults against a great product, no matter how much you hate it. I happen to love it. When Apple grows up, puts on it's big-girl panties, takes their thumb out of their ass and opens up a LOT more to the open source world and actually allows their users to modify and customize their products to their liking, and also lowers their outrageous prices on their computers a little, then maybe I'll take a little more interest in them.
For now, however, I'll stick to buying ipods, but that's about it.
I mean no disrespect to apple, or indeed any of you, but I'm just calling the shots as I see them. I respect apple as a company, and they've come out with some good stuff... I myself own an ipod, as I said, but I can't get past their rotten attitude and overpricing.
Now, if a hardcore Android user such as myself can dislike Apple for it's flaws, yet still respect them for their accomplishments, I see absolutely NO reason why all of you can't do the same for Android.
Whether you like it or not, Android has grown. It's matured. It's come a very long way, and I think if you wanted to be honest with yourselves, you'd have to admit that it's not going to stop.
So stop the bitching about Samsung and just accept the fact that Apple and Samsung are two great companies making great products. And some people love one, others another.
And before anyone here starts to flame me, I've been in the IT field for over 12 years. I've been a programmer, a network administrator, and an IT director. I've fixed Apples, I've networked them, I've written software for them, and I've honestly tried to like them. Regardless, I know them well. I've given them their fair chance, and maybe someday in the future I will again (if they ever change). But for now? I'll stick with Windows for my workstation, Linux for my servers, and Android for my mobile devices. Why? Because it works for me.