Originally Posted by PPhilster:
“The average user, otherwise known as the the vast majority of users, of all mobile devices are not looking "to change the user agent string" so that argument holds no water.
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“The average user, otherwise known as the the vast majority of users, of all mobile devices are not looking "to change the user agent string" so that argument holds no water.
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All you have to do is check "show desktop view", it's something even a child can do, and something nearly every user is aware of, the feature is very easily accessed. That feature is not found on iOS however.
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“The only comparisons I saw truthfully showed some glaring deficiencies with the Nexus 7, the biggest being the lack of access to a large number of actual **tablet** apps, unlike the over 300,000 available for the iPad. The build quality difference between the two is also stark. The Nexus feels and looks really cheap in comparison.
What makes you think they "rushed" to release the iPad min? If that were the case it would have existed a long time ago. It is a rare thing for Apple to rush anything. Besides, Apple has always made its products in varying sizes, the iPods being the perfect example.”
“The only comparisons I saw truthfully showed some glaring deficiencies with the Nexus 7, the biggest being the lack of access to a large number of actual **tablet** apps, unlike the over 300,000 available for the iPad. The build quality difference between the two is also stark. The Nexus feels and looks really cheap in comparison.
What makes you think they "rushed" to release the iPad min? If that were the case it would have existed a long time ago. It is a rare thing for Apple to rush anything. Besides, Apple has always made its products in varying sizes, the iPods being the perfect example.”
Google doesn't distinguish between tablet and mobile apps. It's inefficient to have to install a separate app for different types of devices. Android has an API which scales and alters the UI according to the screen size, it's a far more elegant solution than a whole separate app, so the "Android has no tablet apps" argument fails there.
http://developer.android.com/distrib...ty/tablet.html
The iPad Mini was obviously a reactionary measure, that much was clear from their desperate keynote where they tried to slate competitors.




