iPad 2

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The iPad two must be great, Apple had two self gradulatory videos in one announcement.  And no more one last thing!

Seriously, I'm in full tilt this time, 64Gb, wifi, GSM.  Comes out of my App store earnings...

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Commodore is dead, Amiga is dead, Apple is flying high.  This really is more about jealousy than anything else.  Apple succeeds  by selling the public what it wants to buy, not a netbook mother board stuffed into a 30 year old case, nor a dual core sub 2 GHz computer for 1500 quid, where you can't even use the two core together.  

It's an integrated tuned piece of hardware that is easy to program and easy to sell programs for.  It supplements your computer, your tv and your other Apple products.  It's isn't a PC, it's the ultimate post PC product.  

As far as the lockdown, well, try to do anything with Android without rooting it first....

Crapple is just about the total opposite of Commodore. Screw the MaxiPad 2 and all their other products.

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I own a couple Android tablets, all I can say is Froyo may be ok on a phone but frankly it comes up lacking on a tablet.  My advice on Android is wait for Honeycomb.

Go to the App store, everything in there will run on an iPad 2.  Go to Android Market, find me a device that will run everything in there.  Lot's of luck trying.

I'm waiting to see it play out but I wouldn't be surprised to see Apple still have over 2/3s of the tablet market.

iPad sold well last year because it was first to market, and there were no viable competitors until late in the year. Pretty much all analysts I've seen expect Apple's sales to be significantly outnumbered by competitor within a year, though they might remain the largest individual player.

Just like Android is easily overtaking iOS as a larger platform despite Apple's lead.

So to say that other tablets don't sell is misleading.

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I own a couple Android tablets, all I can say is Froyo may be ok on a phone but frankly it comes up lacking on a tablet.  My advice on Android is wait for Honeycomb.

Go to the App store, everything in there will run on an iPad 2.  Go to Android Market, find me a device that will run everything in there.  Lot's of luck trying.

I'm waiting to see it play out but I wouldn't be surprised to see Apple still have over 2/3s of the tablet market a year from now.

iPad sold well last year because it was first to market, and there were no viable competitors until late in the year. Pretty much all analysts I've seen expect Apple's sales to be significantly outnumbered by competitor within a year, though they might remain the largest individual player.

Just like Android is easily overtaking iOS as a larger platform despite Apple's lead.

So to say that other tablets don't sell is misleading.

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@vidarh

Those are 7 inch ARM 11 tablets with minimal specs.  Resistive single touch screens, 256 MB of RAM (which likely means no Honeycomb).

Go out there and find a ten inch capacitive multi-touch dual core ARM8 or ARM9 tablet with 16 GB of storage.  Add a 5 MP rear facing camera and a 1.3 MP front facing one.  The tablet should have a minimum 512 MB of RAM.  Now tell me how much a Chinese knock off is.  We're talking Notion Ink Adam or so.  This is the low end, approx 400 USD.  Don't even ask about name brands.  Apple has set a price point that is aggressive on the iPad 2.  And let's not forget that interface wise Android won't be competitive with iOS until Honeycomb is released.

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I heard on the news that in the US, one of the "Big box stores" (Costco?) was going to offer a 16 MB Xoom for 539 USD.  Only 40 USD more than the iPad 2.

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You sill have to root it to make it usable.....  

Both Android and iOs lock down the tablet.

motorola xoom

yes it is not cheaper than the i-pad 2, but unlike any i-poo'ed, YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO WITH IT. you dont have to rely on shitty 3rd party software for mundane tasks such as hauling over some mp3s or e-books or whatever ... I believe the flash storage is upgradeable too

http://3anime.com/motorola-xoom-vs-apple-ipad-2-which-is-the-better-tablet/2757

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You really have to use a tablet to understand, it has a place that's quite different to a notebook.  I still have and use a MacBook in addition to my iPad.  Frankly for 90% of iPad usage a mouse would be worthless.

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I can copy files to and from my iPad quite easily, I can write code in a free IDE and run it on my iOS device.  I don't need anyones permission to do this.  

erm, you dont have to root it for any mundane task I mentioned. I can copy over mp3's or whatever as I want.

Only reason I rooted is to use some overclocking software and WiFi tethering. Which is understandable as it may breach the data plan.

Other than that, you can still do lots of stuff not available to iOS even un rooted. I can compile my OWN code on my computer, with a totally free provided IDE and RUN it on my device without asking permissions from anyone. Can you beat that ? :lol:

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So having bad metadata gets you four points?

Kolla Bear 4,  Bloodline Persia 0

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iPads and Android tablets are not going away anytime soon, they're just too darn convenient.  You don't really understand them until you actually have one.  Once you have one you get it.  iPad has the software and momentum.  Android the army of manufacturers much like the PCs.  It will be interesting and fun to see how this plays out.

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Use one, then comment.  There's nothing pretentious about it, it does a job that no other bit of tech kit does.  iPad, Android tablets, RIM's Play thing, HP's Maeamo Slate.  It's a bit like the PC world of the '80s where Amiga was born.

What's convenient about carrying an overgrown mobile phone around with you, not to mention the fact that it just makes you look like a pretentious twat...