John Crichton
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Okay, finally have my iPad 2 in hand. Time to get informed! 
the tablet war is heating up
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falcarrion
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Now if you compared the Ipad 1 and 2 vs the all the android tablet devices,
IOS is blowing away android tablet by an extremely large margin. The estamates so far since official number haven't been posted yet. Is that the ipad2 has sold so far about 2 million units, where as the Xoom has only sold 100,000.
Xoom released around Feb 24
Ipad2 released March 11
Here is an article on the Clorox company and there experiance with the Iphone.
News | iLounge
John Crichton
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One thing is already annoying me is the lack of CBS full eps. ABC has their own app for it. The other major networks need to get on the ball with that, Flash or no Flash.
15 years ago or so, I postulated that if Apple was one of 10 big computer companies, they would hold about 10% of the market. I then looked it up, and lo and behold, thats about what they had.
Apple's iPhone was sold only through AT&T. That's a narrow pipe (of which they did well). Getting the VW business surely helps. Android is on ALL the carriers. They ought to have a majority, they have more carriers and more models of phones.
My experience says the BB os sucks and thus they will diminish. The PalmOS, what little time I had helping somebody with one, also sucked. Windows has always had a slow OS, maybe Mobile7 can turn it around.
Android is definitely giving a run for the money. I suspect it will always be Android vs. iOS and the others are just background noise. Android is doing for the cell phone, what Microsoft did for the PC.
Who knows. I just got my DroidX from Verizon. It gets a little warm on the bottom when downloading apps and stuff.
And I reckon there's a use for when I plugged it into my PC, it mounted as a drive.
Now can I:
edit Word or Excel documents (maybe with google Docs?)
RDP into a PC
Access my email from Exchange outside the firewall (oddly enough only my BB did that right via OWA).
falcarrion
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Okay, finally have my iPad 2 in hand. Time to get informed!
Which version did you get?
John Crichton
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64gb Wi-Fi Black. 3G not needed. If we find that we use it that much we'll get another down the line.
Loving the smart cover.
falcarrion
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Have you looked at the AViiQ case that the smart cover will work with?
There also is one from XGear.
John Crichton
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Nope.
At the moment I don't it leaving the house much. And the smartcover works great for my needs as a stand.
falcarrion
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the cover I mention only cover the back of the unit. Protecting the back from scratches etc..
Relique du Madde
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FastLearner,
This is also my profession, however I look at it from a pure development rather then the marketing (aim for the $$) pov.
For this reason I look to the horizon and realize that apple is not the end all be all of experiences, which is sadly what alot of media tends to do since they only plan for the short term and adjust when they see a new potential revinue stream. Like it or not, Android is the invisible giant, and sadly not many seem to realize the potential that lies in multiplatform development and instead are banking that people keep buying onto the iTrend until it becomes as passe as a walkman.
When that day comes, I will not be surprised when a runner runs into the room holding a sledge hammer then proceeds to smash a giant screen with Steve Jobs face in it. But until that day comes I will do what many developers do: adapt.
This is also my profession, however I look at it from a pure development rather then the marketing (aim for the $$) pov.
For this reason I look to the horizon and realize that apple is not the end all be all of experiences, which is sadly what alot of media tends to do since they only plan for the short term and adjust when they see a new potential revinue stream. Like it or not, Android is the invisible giant, and sadly not many seem to realize the potential that lies in multiplatform development and instead are banking that people keep buying onto the iTrend until it becomes as passe as a walkman.
When that day comes, I will not be surprised when a runner runs into the room holding a sledge hammer then proceeds to smash a giant screen with Steve Jobs face in it. But until that day comes I will do what many developers do: adapt.
