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Some pretty good observations in this article, especially about the app store. Most mortals, when asked what type of computer they should buy, don't respond "b

Some pretty good observations in this article, especially about the app store. Most mortals, when asked what type of computer they should buy, don't respond "buy some parts from NewEgg, build your own, and put Ubuntu on it." So, I tend to question why fellow geeks, when asked what tablet or smartphone to buy, would recommend anything other than Apple. Recommending a mere mortal purchase any of the Android tablet options is about the same as telling them to buy a bunch of parts from NewEgg and build their own computer. Maybe this will improve in the next year as software becomes available for Android. I certainly hope so. 5,000 Android developers just got Samsung 10" Galaxy tabs at Google IO so my guess is new apps will be here in 3, 2, 1...

watty 15y ago
That analogy is terrible. I know a few non-technical people who own and operate an Android phone with no problems. You could hand one of these "mere mortals" an Android phone and an iPhone and they couldn't tell the difference.
- SoftwareMaven 15y ago
  But the Android tablets are still very much in early-adopter state. It's not a matter of where the platform will be next year, but where it is today.
vacri 15y ago
Really? You're likening to buying an android smartphone to customising your own whitebox and installing a nonvendor OS? This is exactly what apologism sounds like. EDIT: I'm a power user. I bought an android phone with 2.1 one on it. Total number of OS installs: zero. I've never changed the image on this phone. Total number of separate parts bought: two. I bought the phone, and later bought a microUSB cable so I could charge the phone at work as well (it would have been the same with an Apple smartphone, except that the cable would have cost more) I fail to see how buying an iPhone would have reduced my need for separate parts or reinstalling the system.

watty 15y ago

That analogy is terrible. I know a few non-technical people who own and operate an Android phone with no problems. You could hand one of these "mere mortals" an Android phone and an iPhone and they couldn't tell the difference.

SoftwareMaven 15y ago
But the Android tablets are still very much in early-adopter state. It's not a matter of where the platform will be next year, but where it is today.

vacri 15y ago

Really? You're likening to buying an android smartphone to customising your own whitebox and installing a nonvendor OS? This is exactly what apologism sounds like. EDIT: I'm a power user. I bought an android phone with 2.1 one on it. Total number of OS installs: zero. I've never changed the image on this phone. Total number of separate parts bought: two. I bought the phone, and later bought a microUSB cable so I could charge the phone at work as well (it would have been the same with an Apple smartphone, except that the cable would have cost more) I fail to see how buying an iPhone would have reduced my need for separate parts or reinstalling the system.