Originally Posted by Batwing:
“No, that's been the case with the iPad since the first model.That's why they have over 225,000 apps made specifically for the iPad.”
Is your fanboyism so extreme that when my whole comment was about iPad having a better ecosystem for tablet-dedicated apps than Android, you had to selectively quote me by chopping a sentence in half to argue against it?
Yes,
some developers have made iPad-specific versions of their apps. But plenty have not, it got off to a relatively slow start and has been increasing hence it's still only 225,000 vs. 600,000 for the iPhone. It's why Apple still have to allow the running of iPhone apps on an iPad which is sub-optimal, especially on the new iPad where the lower resolution iphone apps look fuzzy and fugly when zoomed in 2x and not that usable at 1x. It's why there are still apps I want on the iPad but I have to use the iPhone version.
Originally Posted by Zack06:
“The Samsung Galaxy Tab and Asus Transformer are clear evidence against the BIB. The Galaxy Tab range did sell quite well, but like with phones, Android takes longer to be established compared with the Apple model....In terms of the Nexus 7 it is very very good value with a better processor, comparable screen and is guaranteed Android updates first. The only drawback is the slightly smaller screen.
Android tablets weren't seen as viable investments to begin with, but recently OEMs like Asus and Samsung have been creating devices that have superior hardware and comparable experiences to the iPad.”
I'm not sure that either are clear evidence of hardware superiority. Let's compare like with like, I don't think a 7" 16:9 screen is anywhere near a 9.7" 4:3 screen in area. I think they are completely different classes of tablet.
Which 10" tablets on the market measure up to the iPad, I'm pretty sure none them are close in screen resolution.
I was very disappointed with the earlier generation Android tablets like the Motorola Xoom and Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1; with the arrival of the Nexus 7 with Jelly Bean, I have more confidence of decent 10" android tablets on the surface, but the software ecosystem with tablet dedicated apps will still be lacking compared to the iPad.
It's a question who can go to market more quickly and build up a tablet-targeted software ecosystem, Android looks with Jelly Bean's refinements that it may start doing it, but there's every chance Microsoft might pull ahead to no. 2 over 2013 with the Windows RT tablets especially with devices like the Surface which offer many of the benefits of tablets but fewer of the drawbacks.