It was running android, but all the crapware couldnt be uninstalled and it was hard to see much with the ad banners on the top and bottom of each camera shot. Not to mention, battery life is important on Mars!:)
There really is an interesting development here, in that these 7" tablets are being sold as affordable iPad alternative. Will they be competitive when there is a more affordable iPad out there?
For the most part Apple controls the high end tablet market today, they aren't in the midrange tablet market. But they also had considerable first-mover advantages associated with their larger tablet.
This will be an important battle in shaping how computing happens in the next decade, which at least on the consumer side will be tablet-dominated.
In business sometimes it's the right time to shut up, sometimes it's the right time to make your point, sometimes it's right to fight for it, and sometimes you'd better get of the tracks before the train comes through.
There was, I just didn't mention it. The community was very much in favor of Apple, because they're not techies and either have experience with apple, or think "Hey, they might give me an iPhone!"
I think that was another issue. If we had iPhone 3GS's still around, we'd probably be fine because they run the latest OS. By choosing Android devices, we'd have people on numerous standard devices that may or may not support any of the same versions of Android today, and will probably not in the future.
IOS devices would probably have a longer service life, which is important when you consider most people are toting around Blackberry Curve 8310s.
Well, that's why they are dropping the "Metro" name. It's gotten too much bad publicity. They don't want to be shackled to a name that will become synonymous with fail like "Vista"
Blackberry could have survived as the business market's option. The security they once offered was unmatched.
But now we even see RIM migrating away from what little they are good at by giving away their keys to oppressive governments in order to continue doing business in that country. RIM is feeding itself by cutting off its own appendages.
I don't think Android is going to catch on in the business world. We just had a new vendor selection at my employer and IOS was chosen because the comfort level with security and malware on the Android platform is lower. (The nuances in that discussion don't matter, the fact is that the market sees IOS as safer than Android. Perception is reality)
It's unfortunate that RIM decided to commit corporate suicide because the market has lost something that was once good. Consumers now have fewer choices, and that's bad.
I don't really think the issue with the Android tablets is what they do. It's that (to the average user) they just don't seem as nice. They displays aren't as sharp, for one thing. I don't think screen resolution is "etherial" as the summary says. I think people look at an ipad on display in a store next to another tablet, and the ipad looks nicer.
Becuase ipad has set the standard and the others seem just a touch less "nice", you end up with this idea consumers get in their heads that iPad is the standard, and the others are knock-offs or generics. It's not ipads versus the other tablets, it's ipads versus tablets.
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Or, two wrongs don't make a right
Right...
When Apple does it - evil.
When Google does the same thing it's okay, because Google has only goodness and altruism in its heart.
It was running android, but all the crapware couldnt be uninstalled and it was hard to see much with the ad banners on the top and bottom of each camera shot. Not to mention, battery life is important on Mars! :)
There really is an interesting development here, in that these 7" tablets are being sold as affordable iPad alternative. Will they be competitive when there is a more affordable iPad out there?
For the most part Apple controls the high end tablet market today, they aren't in the midrange tablet market. But they also had considerable first-mover advantages associated with their larger tablet.
This will be an important battle in shaping how computing happens in the next decade, which at least on the consumer side will be tablet-dominated.
You can't log the cops' license plates, they all just say "POLICE"
Lighten up, Francis!
In business sometimes it's the right time to shut up, sometimes it's the right time to make your point, sometimes it's right to fight for it, and sometimes you'd better get of the tracks before the train comes through.
An important factor is whether the devices will be company-purchased or BYOD, and you're just choosing a standard platform.
I dont know anyone in business who has...
so I am not sure how that applies.
Those two statements are inexorably linked.
There was, I just didn't mention it. The community was very much in favor of Apple, because they're not techies and either have experience with apple, or think "Hey, they might give me an iPhone!"
I think that was another issue. If we had iPhone 3GS's still around, we'd probably be fine because they run the latest OS. By choosing Android devices, we'd have people on numerous standard devices that may or may not support any of the same versions of Android today, and will probably not in the future.
IOS devices would probably have a longer service life, which is important when you consider most people are toting around Blackberry Curve 8310s.
They can also save an assload of money on development and just buy something that does what they want out of the box.
I will also add:
It was once said, "Nobody ever got fired for choosing IBM".
Today, nobody ever gets fired for choosing Apple.
Nope, the decision was made solely in IT by the desktop/device/network arch staff.
How's that working out?
The launcher doesn't support landscape? That's news to me, and I have an iPad in my hand right now.
Well, that's why they are dropping the "Metro" name. It's gotten too much bad publicity. They don't want to be shackled to a name that will become synonymous with fail like "Vista"
Blackberry could have survived as the business market's option. The security they once offered was unmatched.
But now we even see RIM migrating away from what little they are good at by giving away their keys to oppressive governments in order to continue doing business in that country. RIM is feeding itself by cutting off its own appendages.
I don't think Android is going to catch on in the business world. We just had a new vendor selection at my employer and IOS was chosen because the comfort level with security and malware on the Android platform is lower. (The nuances in that discussion don't matter, the fact is that the market sees IOS as safer than Android. Perception is reality)
It's unfortunate that RIM decided to commit corporate suicide because the market has lost something that was once good. Consumers now have fewer choices, and that's bad.
I don't really think the issue with the Android tablets is what they do. It's that (to the average user) they just don't seem as nice. They displays aren't as sharp, for one thing. I don't think screen resolution is "etherial" as the summary says. I think people look at an ipad on display in a store next to another tablet, and the ipad looks nicer.
Becuase ipad has set the standard and the others seem just a touch less "nice", you end up with this idea consumers get in their heads that iPad is the standard, and the others are knock-offs or generics. It's not ipads versus the other tablets, it's ipads versus tablets.
You must be new here.
By now you must know that Nokia can never be turned...
When a problem comes along, you must whip it.
He writes his credit card information in notepad documents, just like his passwords, so they're in a safe place.
I agree.
I read TFA and the summary, and no clue is presented as to why Windows 8 is a catastrophe for games, just that one guy thinks it is.
Someone should dispatch a reporter to find out and summarize that for us.
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