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The author is in general fixated to love anything Apple and "hate" anything Android (rightly for the usability reasons). He prefers not to develop an Android ve

by tapsboy 15y ago

The author is in general fixated to love anything Apple and "hate" anything Android (rightly for the usability reasons). He prefers not to develop an Android version of his superhit app 'Instapaper', while every other iPhone only app is now being migrated to Android. With such bias, I was not expecting a fair review from him. However, let's face it, if like phones, Android picks up on Tablets, cheap or expensive, Amazon or Google, market would have its say. 35-40 million current owners of iPad are just a fraction of world population who want to own a Tablet. Btw, I have been playing with my Fire since a couple of days. Yes, there is a little lag during transitions, especially orientation changes, probably due to Android 2.2's lack of hardware accelerated graphics, but using various apps was easy and video streaming on Netflix and Prime was neat. Pulse, HuffPo, Kindle and Amazon's other default apps were smooth. However, Silk gave me trouble when I chose the Desktop view for websites, with "Accelerated Page Loading" on. I got script not running errors when I loaded my the browser with tabs from gmail, facebook and g+ It is an absolute value for money and yes in that sense, especially when you think it gives you the same hardware and a much better experience than playbook. I would venture to say that Kindle Fire just might be the trigger towards the end of the era of iPad dominance.

sharmajai 15y ago
Sorry to disappoint you, but it is not the same hardware as the playbook. Playbook doesn't lack two cameras and a microphone and an ingenious functioning bezel. Also if all the software quirks are true, then playbook has none of them, it being extremely responsive. I can bet you have never used a playbook.
- tapsboy 15y ago
  I don't own a playbook, but did play around with it in a best buy. I don't think it beats iPad either and the price tag back then was not justified. Also, agreed the hardware is not exactly same, though my reference was more to the processor, RAM, etc that contribute to performance. But am definitely sure those 2 cameras and a microphone are not worth the extra $300
dpark 15y ago
>35-40 million current owners of iPad are just a fraction of world population who want to own a Tablet. And yet those iPad owners are probably 90% of the population who have actually bought a tablet. What people want (or say they want) and what people will actually buy are often very different.

by tapsboy 15y ago

sharmajai 15y ago

Sorry to disappoint you, but it is not the same hardware as the playbook. Playbook doesn't lack two cameras and a microphone and an ingenious functioning bezel. Also if all the software quirks are true, then playbook has none of them, it being extremely responsive. I can bet you have never used a playbook.

tapsboy 15y ago
I don't own a playbook, but did play around with it in a best buy. I don't think it beats iPad either and the price tag back then was not justified. Also, agreed the hardware is not exactly same, though my reference was more to the processor, RAM, etc that contribute to performance. But am definitely sure those 2 cameras and a microphone are not worth the extra $300

dpark 15y ago

>35-40 million current owners of iPad are just a fraction of world population who want to own a Tablet. And yet those iPad owners are probably 90% of the population who have actually bought a tablet. What people want (or say they want) and what people will actually buy are often very different.