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Surprised to see that the Nexus 9, announced yesterday by Google, can compete almost exactly with this device toe-to-toe (minus the storage options, in which I

by hbosch 12y ago

Surprised to see that the Nexus 9, announced yesterday by Google, can compete almost exactly with this device toe-to-toe (minus the storage options, in which I believe Apple wins). Usually Apple always seems so far ahead.

k-mcgrady 12y ago
Also minus the apps. I never found any apps close to Garageband, iMovie, iWork etc. on Android when I had an Android tablet.
- IkmoIkmo 12y ago
  I consider MS Office on Android and iOS to be superior to iWork. It's definitely not something I consider to be anywhere close to a deciding factor on 'app quality' for either ecosystem.
- personZ 12y ago
  I never found any apps close to Garageband, iMovie, iWork etc. I have all three of these apps on my iPad. I recently removed iMovie, and never touch Pages choosing to instead use superior options (where there are also superior options on Android). Garageband was interesting for a while (and it is a superlative implementation), but hasn't been intentionally opened by anyone in the family in many, many months. They are good apps, but I doubt they're within even the top 100 most used apps across platforms. They aren't compelling for the average user.
  - k-mcgrady 12y ago
    My point was that they are incredibly high quality.
    - personZ 12y ago
      Sure, but for someone using Facebook, LinkedIn, the web browser, gmail, Google Maps, and so on, the fact that one platform has Garageband and the other doesn't is meaningless, regardless of how well built of an app Garageband may be is.
      - k-mcgrady 12y ago
        Sorry I don't think I'm being clear enough. My point was that app quality in general for iPad is higher than app quality for Android tablets. Garageband was an example of one of those apps.
  - Tloewald 12y ago
    I'm curious as to what word-processor on Android (or Mac, or Windows) is superior to Pages. I think that's a pretty hollow claim. Make no mistake Pages is flawed, but it seriously kicks word-processing butt.
hnal943 12y ago
I feel the same way about the iPhone 6 and 6+. It seems like they looked at the Galaxy s4 and note 3 and just decided to copy them.

by hbosch 12y ago

k-mcgrady 12y ago

Also minus the apps. I never found any apps close to Garageband, iMovie, iWork etc. on Android when I had an Android tablet.

IkmoIkmo 12y ago
I consider MS Office on Android and iOS to be superior to iWork. It's definitely not something I consider to be anywhere close to a deciding factor on 'app quality' for either ecosystem.
personZ 12y ago
I never found any apps close to Garageband, iMovie, iWork etc. I have all three of these apps on my iPad. I recently removed iMovie, and never touch Pages choosing to instead use superior options (where there are also superior options on Android). Garageband was interesting for a while (and it is a superlative implementation), but hasn't been intentionally opened by anyone in the family in many, many months. They are good apps, but I doubt they're within even the top 100 most used apps across platforms. They aren't compelling for the average user.
- k-mcgrady 12y ago
  My point was that they are incredibly high quality.
  - personZ 12y ago
    Sure, but for someone using Facebook, LinkedIn, the web browser, gmail, Google Maps, and so on, the fact that one platform has Garageband and the other doesn't is meaningless, regardless of how well built of an app Garageband may be is.
    - k-mcgrady 12y ago
      Sorry I don't think I'm being clear enough. My point was that app quality in general for iPad is higher than app quality for Android tablets. Garageband was an example of one of those apps.
- Tloewald 12y ago
  I'm curious as to what word-processor on Android (or Mac, or Windows) is superior to Pages. I think that's a pretty hollow claim. Make no mistake Pages is flawed, but it seriously kicks word-processing butt.

hnal943 12y ago

I feel the same way about the iPhone 6 and 6+. It seems like they looked at the Galaxy s4 and note 3 and just decided to copy them.