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
Notes: 2
I didn’t know Windows Phone lets apps customize the homescreen, that’s a pleasant surprise.
When you feel your Note 2 is too small and your Note 8 is too large, you reach for your Galaxy Mega. That .3 inches makes a huge difference!?!
Finally, a decent 4’ Android phone and it’s stock Android too!
(Source: theverge.com)
If I am not mistaken, Mozilla is not offering browser choice on their upcoming Firefox OS either.
An issue from the day the phone was released, still no fix; that’s innovation?!?
Apple’s iPhone is certainly not experiencing slowing demand in the US.
Coming to the Apple TV next, maybe?
Microsoft brings Wordament cross platform, it’s the first iOS game to have Xbox Live achievements.
Evan Wiener on Apple no longer using Google Maps for it’s Maps app:
The media’s take on the whole maps war makes Apple out to be the asshole that prioritized business need over what was best for the user, but what if Google’s not that easily the white knight?
What if Google was strong-arming Apple? Google needs to collect user location data to serve up location-based ads, so what if Apple was protecting myself and all the other iOS users by defaulting to not share user data with Google, who has a profit motive to place their ads in front of me? I could see Google saying that’s a deal breaker for them. Do not track defaults are a huge debate these days.
Apple has been a proponent for user privacy. The biggest appeal of buying a Mac to me was their quality and Apple’s prevention of junkware PC pollution.
I buy it! At the end, most of us got what we wanted. Apple got an app that does not depend on a competitor and is free of crapware. Consumers that rather use Google Maps got it as a sand alone app. Google gets to track those users that don’t mind it, but they miss out on being the default backend for millions of iOS users.
Google releases a native Google Maps app for iOS and it’s pretty awesome! Three great apps for iOS in less than two weeks, they are on a roll!
(Source: theverge.com)
A $500 camera that takes pictures like a $200 entry point and shoot. I still think this is a good idea on Samsung’s part, the execution is just not there yet.
(Source: theverge.com)
The Xiaomi Box, an Apple TV clone, can do Apple’s AirPlay. Does Apple allow this or is this a hack?
(Source: micgadget.com)
It’s an iPad in a smaller form factor with access to the same massive ecosystem.
(Source: theverge.com)
