the tablet war is heating up

[falcarrion]

Adobe plans to add HTTP live streaming to Flash Media Server to support iOS.

TUAW -- The Unofficial Apple Weblog

 

[falcarrion]

Tabbed browsing is DEFAULT on Xoom because it uses Chrome for the browser (and it comes with the ablity to sync with your chrome account).

How well flash works on the Xoom partially depends on the action script code that is put into it. I yet to have flash kill my Xoom... but then again, since my Xoom is wifi only, I rarely use it to view the web only.

However, what I have noticed is that the Xoom sucks at viewing some sites that rely on popups, but this is due to chrome's built in popup blocker (I yet to figure out how to turn it off).

On minor annoyance I have as a result of the xoom using chrome is that there almost is no way (currently) to reorganize your links beyond moving them into folders. I pretty much have been relying on my pc's chrome to get the folders in their proper order of importance. Ideally you should be able to drag and drop, but that doesn't seem to work (or a least I haven't figured out how-to if you could).

Maybe this will help.
how do i turn off the pop-up blocker - Google Chrome Help
http://androidforums.com/xoom-support-troubleshooting/301702-multiple-pop-ups-xoom.html

 

[IronWolf]

Tabbed browsing is DEFAULT on Xoom because it uses Chrome for the browser (and it comes with the ablity to sync with your chrome account).

Chrome would be nice, especially the bookmark sync. The browser that supports tabs (and an adblocker) is only .99 cents though, so it wasn't a major purchase. Still no bookmark sync though.

 

[John Crichton]

My favorites are:

PlainText: Continuous Dropbox syncing as you make changes to the document, which I love because I don't have to manually sync (or more likely, forget to).

Textastic: Programmer's text editor with extended keyboards (tabs, arrow keys, etc.), syntax highlighting for dozens of languages, FTP and Dropbox support, built-in WebDAV server, etc.

Nebulous Notes: Modifiable extended keyboard, Dropbox support, and (big for me) Markdown, Multi-Markdown, and HTML preview.

I was referring more to notes taken in meetings and such. Not apps optimized for programming or web dev.

 

[John Crichton]

I imagine bookmark syncing will be coming within this calendar year to the iPad. It's simply a feature too many people want.

 

[Fast Learner]

I was referring more to notes taken in meetings and such. Not apps optimized for programming or web dev.

Yes, I understand, but (a) thought folks might be interested in Textastic, depending on their notetaking needs (programmers take notes, too), and (b) I use PlainText for meeting notes all the time, and am switching to Nebulous Notes due to the extra keys and Markdown previews.

I've tried Awesome Note and it's totally not for me -- it feels full of, well, crap. I've come to love the clean, simple aesthetic of most iOS apps.

For client meetings I want to be able to type simple text with super-fast formatting (as with Markdown) and have it available on all of my other platforms instantly, without ever having to consider syncing.

 

[IronWolf]

I imagine bookmark syncing will be coming within this calendar year to the iPad. It's simply a feature too many people want.

Yeah, not a make or break issue for me. I bookmark the sites I use 80% of the time and that keeps me going pretty good.

 

[falcarrion]

Are you ready for this folks!

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is blaming the Ipad for unemployment.

Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. calls out iPad as a job-killer

 

[John Crichton]

Yeah, not a make or break issue for me. I bookmark the sites I use 80% of the time and that keeps me going pretty good.

It's one of those features that will be improved with the competition from Android most likely.

 

[IronWolf]

It's one of those features that will be improved with the competition from Android most likely.

Competition is good! Heck I was hoping the Android tablets would come in at a nice low price with lots of features. Seems Apple, despite their reputation for overpriced products came in at a pretty fair price for their iPad. Enough so, that after waiting a good amount of time I finally chose the iPad, albeit a G1, for my tablet. So far I have been quite happy with it!