So... what your saying is last quarter 8% of the market was a sudden influx of "Apple fanboys"... (I particularly hate that blanket term, because your either an Apple fanboy or a consumer of android by that term, apparently...)
I've used android tablets, and operating system aside the quality SUCKED. Dare I say it again, the quality on every Android-based tablet SUCKED. It's the quality of the case, screen, internals, etc. It saddens me that I'm in a world where Apple dominates a market because everyone else is just shitty. The hilarious part is, the retort will probably be that I'm an Apple fanboy lol
Pretty much... I see nearly everyone (non-geeky) who has an android has one because it was either free or a very low price during their Verizon contract renewal.
As an iPad fan (not fanboy, a fan), I love what they did with the iPad. However, competition is a wonderful thing. Android should create their own niche, and grab more of the market that way. Then, Apple would be forced to change. As it is right now, there's little competition, only fanfare on both sides.
I do it with my iPad alot... you won't type a novel of course, but it's quite simple if your not a hunt-and-peck kind of person. If you want, you can bluetooth a keyboard to it real easy, as well.
While I admit this keyboard is a little cliche, I hardly think your right on the whole shiny new toy idea. I use my iPad all of the time, and it's not a shiny new toy. Not anymore than a 50" flat-screen television was a shiny new toy compared to a 50 inch rear-projection television. I use a laptop at home when I want to do heavy computing. (virtualization, etc) However, it weights 4 lbs, and takes a minute or two to boot. Battery life is only 5-6 hours, as well. my iPad2 weighs 1.25 lbs, about the shape of a thin notepad, and is in constant standby with nearly imperceptible battery drain. While on, battery life is 10 hours. I edit documents, create spreadsheets, do financial transactions, play games, ssh into servers, do graphics editing, make phone calls (on 802.11 networks), email, surf the web with multiple browsers... I keep my smartphone around as a novelty, at most as a quick wifi hub.
Could it also be because it's easier to do some things on a 10 inch screen than a 3-4 inch screen? Not to mention it's a niche market that a smartphone kind of touches but is generalized.
Welcome to the future - Everything overlaps a touch into realms of something else. A smartphone is just a small computer, why carry that thing around when you could just carry around a computer to do real computing? (tongue-in-cheek, hoping the point is comprehended)
Hoa boy, that's a fun one. Now we're doing dick-waving contests. You realize it's not the speed, it's the screen size, portability, and instant-start, all in one, right?
Your smart phone is missing one part of that equation. (I can't believe I just had to say that, to an adult...I'm assuming)
I've evolved way past netbooks. I had one. If you're worried primarily on how much money leaves your pocket, then yes.. netbooks win, in the short-run.
I have to second that, and I've found myself almost instinctually spreading myself across multiple tasks whenever I'm on a computer. I have a few kindle books that have a viewer for on my computer, and I find the habit of doing other things while on the console gets in the way... I'm reverting back to books.
Funny, I've been using a bluetooth keyboard on my imac for nearly a year now, and I've never had a problem with it. I have 4 batteries, two are in the keyboard and two are charged. After 2-4 weeks I swap them (10-20 seconds), and charge the old ones. It also works on the fly with my ipad when the imac is turned off.
You stated that they suck, but you then started talking about USB connections as if they were somehow superior. Yet, you missed the point entirely of wireless...
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So... what your saying is last quarter 8% of the market was a sudden influx of "Apple fanboys"...
(I particularly hate that blanket term, because your either an Apple fanboy or a consumer of android by that term, apparently...)
I've used android tablets, and operating system aside the quality SUCKED. Dare I say it again, the quality on every Android-based tablet SUCKED. It's the quality of the case, screen, internals, etc. It saddens me that I'm in a world where Apple dominates a market because everyone else is just shitty. The hilarious part is, the retort will probably be that I'm an Apple fanboy lol
Pretty much... I see nearly everyone (non-geeky) who has an android has one because it was either free or a very low price during their Verizon contract renewal.
No one said Apple is selling the iPad at a loss.
EXACTLY!
As an iPad fan (not fanboy, a fan), I love what they did with the iPad. However, competition is a wonderful thing. Android should create their own niche, and grab more of the market that way. Then, Apple would be forced to change. As it is right now, there's little competition, only fanfare on both sides.
I do it with my iPad alot... you won't type a novel of course, but it's quite simple if your not a hunt-and-peck kind of person.
If you want, you can bluetooth a keyboard to it real easy, as well.
If you're going to have a rebuttal, citations are going to be needed. It basically sounded like you said "nuh uh!".
If it was about saving money, it'd be better just NOT to buy them.
It's about quality of product, not about saving a few bucks here and there.
LOL he's an apple "fanboy" because he dislikes Dell?
Poser.
While I admit this keyboard is a little cliche, I hardly think your right on the whole shiny new toy idea. I use my iPad all of the time, and it's not a shiny new toy. Not anymore than a 50" flat-screen television was a shiny new toy compared to a 50 inch rear-projection television. I use a laptop at home when I want to do heavy computing. (virtualization, etc) However, it weights 4 lbs, and takes a minute or two to boot. Battery life is only 5-6 hours, as well. my iPad2 weighs 1.25 lbs, about the shape of a thin notepad, and is in constant standby with nearly imperceptible battery drain. While on, battery life is 10 hours.
I edit documents, create spreadsheets, do financial transactions, play games, ssh into servers, do graphics editing, make phone calls (on 802.11 networks), email, surf the web with multiple browsers...
I keep my smartphone around as a novelty, at most as a quick wifi hub.
You sound like some old guy who's seeing something changed and bitching about it...
Truth hurts, don't it?
I don't think the goal is to make you use a tablet, I think the goal is more to help those that do.
Could it also be because it's easier to do some things on a 10 inch screen than a 3-4 inch screen?
Not to mention it's a niche market that a smartphone kind of touches but is generalized.
Welcome to the future - Everything overlaps a touch into realms of something else. A smartphone is just a small computer, why carry that thing around when you could just carry around a computer to do real computing?
(tongue-in-cheek, hoping the point is comprehended)
Hoa boy, that's a fun one.
Now we're doing dick-waving contests. You realize it's not the speed, it's the screen size, portability, and instant-start, all in one, right?
Your smart phone is missing one part of that equation.
(I can't believe I just had to say that, to an adult...I'm assuming)
I've evolved way past netbooks. I had one.
If you're worried primarily on how much money leaves your pocket, then yes.. netbooks win, in the short-run.
Barnes & Noble is to Borders as Amazon is to Blockbuster...
Obviously not, since the delineating factor of physical is not being digital.
I have to second that, and I've found myself almost instinctually spreading myself across multiple tasks whenever I'm on a computer. I have a few kindle books that have a viewer for on my computer, and I find the habit of doing other things while on the console gets in the way...
I'm reverting back to books.
Right, because obviously macbooks can't run unix lolz
Well technically, most people don't *NEED* a personal computer.
It is a nicety of life, mostly.
If you need a personal computer, you have a niche need which is best addressed by something more geared towards said niche.
You know the smart cover for an ipad only weighs like 2-3 ounces, right? (it doubles as a prop to hold it up)
Funny, I've been using a bluetooth keyboard on my imac for nearly a year now, and I've never had a problem with it.
I have 4 batteries, two are in the keyboard and two are charged. After 2-4 weeks I swap them (10-20 seconds), and charge the old ones. It also works on the fly with my ipad when the imac is turned off.
You stated that they suck, but you then started talking about USB connections as if they were somehow superior. Yet, you missed the point entirely of wireless...
Don't check verizon then... they're the Walmart of cell...
I use these esoteric, futuristic pieces of technology known as "electrical outlets".
Keeping a laptop tied to electrical power turns it into a non-mobile object.
How do I edit a LaTeX file without a keyboard?
Are you new? onscreen keyboard.
It's rhetorical... obviously lost on you.
it depends on the touch interface - I've done vnc connectivity from my ipad to my osx desktop a couple of times and it wasn't terribly hard.