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Android: The $49/Night hotel with the free continental breakfast and free wifi. (But there might be roaches in the rooms) Ipad: The $349/Night hotel that charg

Android: The $49/Night hotel with the free continental breakfast and free wifi. (But there might be roaches in the rooms) Ipad: The $349/Night hotel that charges you $25 if you open the little fridge and $45/hour for the wifi that never quite works. (But the elevators have chrome, move fast and are never out of order. No roaches.) There's no reason in the world that a $350 room shouldn't come with free wifi and snacks when a $50 one does, but they never do. Watch out, that bottle of VOSS is $15...

econgeeker 15y ago
I don't understand this comparison. Android tablets have not proven to be cheaper than the iPad (adjusting for screen size). It is true that this cable is overpriced, but that is simply because there isn't a big demand for serial cables, and thus only one company (so far) has made one. Apple's "approval" process is like the approval process for the appstore-- they just want to make sure stuff isn't going to take you to the back alley and mug you. Roach motels don't care. So, I'd say, iPad is $49/night, with a deluxe breakfast, optical internet, and nobody takes you in the back alley and mugs you.
- noonespecial 15y ago
  Yikes. Sorry. iphone. I didn't mean to cast it into the light of tablets specifically. In this case, arduino (serial) interfaces for android devices are varied and extremely cheap. It wasn't possible at all on istuff until now, and only now with about $50 worth of rent-seeking added on. istuff is usually top shelf. It just reminded me of another place where I've seen top shelf stuff nickle and dime its users in ridiculous ways despite the fact that they paid a great deal more for what should be a better experience. Don't downvote parent please. He's got a valid point. My bad.
marvin 15y ago
This is completely off topic, but you know that VOSS water? It comes from a place in Norway called Voss, about an hour from where I live. The people who live at Voss have actual VOSS water coming from their tap. True story. To be sure, VOSS actually DOES taste much better than most other bottled water, and leagues better than tap water does in most cities. If it's worth 15 dollars might be another question. That was today's trivia fact.

econgeeker 15y ago

I don't understand this comparison. Android tablets have not proven to be cheaper than the iPad (adjusting for screen size). It is true that this cable is overpriced, but that is simply because there isn't a big demand for serial cables, and thus only one company (so far) has made one. Apple's "approval" process is like the approval process for the appstore-- they just want to make sure stuff isn't going to take you to the back alley and mug you. Roach motels don't care. So, I'd say, iPad is $49/night, with a deluxe breakfast, optical internet, and nobody takes you in the back alley and mugs you.

noonespecial 15y ago
Yikes. Sorry. iphone. I didn't mean to cast it into the light of tablets specifically. In this case, arduino (serial) interfaces for android devices are varied and extremely cheap. It wasn't possible at all on istuff until now, and only now with about $50 worth of rent-seeking added on. istuff is usually top shelf. It just reminded me of another place where I've seen top shelf stuff nickle and dime its users in ridiculous ways despite the fact that they paid a great deal more for what should be a better experience. Don't downvote parent please. He's got a valid point. My bad.

marvin 15y ago

This is completely off topic, but you know that VOSS water? It comes from a place in Norway called Voss, about an hour from where I live. The people who live at Voss have actual VOSS water coming from their tap. True story. To be sure, VOSS actually DOES taste much better than most other bottled water, and leagues better than tap water does in most cities. If it's worth 15 dollars might be another question. That was today's trivia fact.