Let’s break down the comparisons:
- The iPad is a hair thinner, no big deal.
- In real world usage the iPad can last about 1.5 hours longer.
- The iPad is 2.24 ounces heavier.
- Microsoft didn’t draw the screens to scale. The iPad actually has a larger screen area (45.16 vs. 43.56 square inches)
- The iPad has less ports and requires pricey adapters ($79 total) if you need HDMI out or a SD card reader.
- The Asus VivoTab Smart may work with “most printers,” but it’s a nightmare to get it setup.
- iPad users can also get 7GB of free Skydrive cloud storage in addition to their free 5GB of iCloud storage.
- The iPad doesn’t have Microsoft Office apps, but there’s hundreds of alternatives, some that are even better.
- The iPad doesn’t support multiple user accounts.
- Windows 8 allows you to see two apps at once, the iPad doesn’t
- The iPad is $250 more expensive
- Bonus: The iPad has 34GB of more usable space (57GB vs 23GB)
23rd May 2013
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Acer announces the Aspire R7. It combines a desktop, laptop, and tablet; but I can’t understand why anyone would want to use a trackpad that’s behind the keyboard.
- Camera: Nikon D600
- Aperture: f/10
- Exposure: 1/50th
- Focal Length: 60mm
Or maybe Blackberry will be dead in 5 years…
The Nexus 10 is a dud, sales are negligible. The struggling Microsoft Surface tablets have even reportedly outsold them.
And it continues, Windows 8 is not helping.
This doesn’t bode well for Microsoft.
Using your tablet to make the occasional VOIP call comes in handy, but do we want it to be our Smartphone too? and one that is designed to be held up to our ear?
With the announcement of their 7-inch stock Android tablet at a very competitive price (starting at $169.99) and a reported sell off of Web OS to LG (for use in smart TVs), HP might be going all in on Android. This doesn’t bode well for Microsoft.
Looks like a decent tablet, but does Samsung really expect users to hold this thing up to their ear and use it as a phone?!?
(Source: theverge.com)
It’s a full featured laptop, but you can only use it like a traditional laptop on flat surfaces. The battery is not up to snuff compared to it’s competitors as a tablet nor as a laptop. The screen size is lacking as a traditional laptop and it’s too big and fat to use comfortably as a tablet. Tell me, how is this device offering no compromised? It’s nothing but a big compromise, like all designs are!
Their iPad-friendly website is really good, but a native client would be better. This is one of the few cases where iPad users are shafted.
If you want to view low-res phone apps on one of the best hi-res displays available today, then the Nexus 10 is for you.
(Source: theverge.com)
It’s an iPad in a smaller form factor with access to the same massive ecosystem.
(Source: theverge.com)
With few to no apps that can take advantage of that beautiful display, is there even a market for a 10-inch android tablet?
Gaining traction, but still far behind the 14 million iPads sold last quarter. Will sales hold up with the iPad mini release in the next couple of days?
