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tenofspades 1,805 posts
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Blaizefm 233 posts
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Registered 11 years agoIt's an interesting battle between different companies with different ideas on where the profits are coming from. I hope there isn't a clear winner and we all benefit from competition. No monopoly here please. -
dominalien 10,703 posts
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Registered 15 years ago@Blaizefm
Hm, I'm not really sure about the "no monopoly" thing. Everyone seems perfectly happy with a monopoly in the PC space:
- no need to consult with others what system to buy, it's enough that you have to worry about what hardware to get,
- software vendors need only make and test their products on one system in a couple of versions,
- every software vendor who enters the PC space immediately has a huge potential market with a minimal investment (just one computer, with one system, with one SDK will do),
- users can be sure their existing software will work well whatever computer they buy next,
- if there's problems after you buy a new computer with transferring documents, etc, you have a single vendor you can go to, instead of multiple ones who will all try to shift the blame to the other,
I could go on.
Edit: Yes, I'm trolling just a little bit, but in the case of computer systems, having just one that everybody uses has huge, huge benefits for us consumers.
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THFourteen 54,987 posts
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Registered 16 years agoTBH all that Apple really has left going for it in the tablet space are nice designs and the iOS store. If Android or Windows ever catch up in app store terms, then there will be a fight on.
For the time being, those two things are enough to me (and a lot of people) to still pay a £150 premium on an ipad over a nexus 7 -
CharlieStCloud 5,812 posts
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Registered 11 years agoTHFourteen wrote:
Looks like you are right because the likes of Engadget and The Verge are gushing over the design and ecosystem whilst hardly paying much attention to the boring unchanged iOS and the lllooowww resolution ... and the price! They seem perfectly happy with the price ...
TBH all that Apple really has left going for it in the tablet space are nice designs and the iOS store.
... : S
Oh, and the technology guy who writes for the Guardian gave it five stars and everyone in the comments is taking the piss!
The entry level iPad mini is a whooping 69% dearer than the 16GB Nexus 7 ... madness. -
Tonka 31,980 posts
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Registered 18 years agoCalling an Appstore an ecosystem has got to stop. -
monkman76 18,987 posts
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Registered 13 years agoCharlieStCloud wrote:
The article and the video accompanying it are laughably bad - hard to believe the guy gets paid for this.
Oh, and the technology guy who writes for the Guardian gave it five stars and everyone in the comments is taking the piss!
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yegon 6,511 posts
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Registered 18 years agoHaha, that Guardian review is a bit kool aid. I think 4:3 IS better for tablets, but comparing videos with different aspect ratios to flatter one gadget over the other? That's really poor form. -
Tonka wrote:
It's not just the AppStore, the cloud is the bigger tie-in.
Calling an Appstore an ecosystem has got to stop. -
Tonka 31,980 posts
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Are you talking about iCloud? It's not as if having off gadget storage at a monthly rate is something unique to Apple in any way.
But I get the ecosystem thing. It's just that it's increasingly used to describe a well stocked Appstore.
"I'd like to switch to Android but they don't have a functioning ecosystem. No iAWriter or Tweetbot"
Things like that. The Apple ecosystem IS good. With iTunes playing over your iPad on your AppleTV enriched TV. Or music streaming over AirPlay to the Jawbone with AirPlay support etc etc. -
THFourteen 54,987 posts
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Registered 16 years ago@CharlieStCloud that Engadget review made me want one even more. -
A cloud system not being unique is irrelevant, it's the content that's held there I.e. cloud access to all your music and films already bought/uploaded.
For instance, all mine is on there, not amazon or google. -
Carlo 21,801 posts
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Registered 16 years agoGoogle will be enabling music cloud storage in Europe (not every country initially) on the 23rd.
Free for 20,000 songs (instead of £22 from Apple?) this extends the backups for your phone they already have rolled out, and contact sync, 'cloud' storage space for docs, books, and film.
http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/10/31/google-playmusic-haeding-to-the-uk-and-urope-this-november/ -
Carlo 21,801 posts
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Registered 16 years agoBy the way, when I tested it on my PC (i needed to proxy enable my account) it scans itunes music and Windows Media stored music. -
What justifies the extra £110? -
THFourteen 54,987 posts
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Registered 16 years agoWhen the ps3 came out and it cost 100 quid more than the xbox, nobody had to justify their purchase.
People bought one because they wanted to play all the ps3 exclusives.
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You talking about the games?
Fuck that.
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THFourteen 54,987 posts
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Registered 16 years agoAlso look and feel. Why buy a rolex when you can tell time with a ten quid casio.
To some people that is important. Ipad generally feels more high end than the budget tablets. -
yegon 6,511 posts
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Registered 18 years agoI've a Galaxy Tab 7.7. Hardware is the match of Apple stuff - better than mini in a lot of ways, better screen, twice the ram, comparable processor, epic battery life - yet software and performance sucks donkey balls, even running a clean rom like CyanogenMod9. Roll on the mini. Screen res aside, looks to be a good marriage of software, performance and design.....at a steep price. I'm willing to pay that price, heyho.
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Psychotext 70,652 posts
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Registered 15 years agoTalking of which, I'm about to buy a bunch of the 3G nexus 7s for work. But they're a damn sight better than the piss poor Galaxy Tabs (what we originally developed on). -
yegon 6,511 posts
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Registered 18 years agoPsychotext wrote:
Probably, but don't lump the 7.7 with the rest of the Tabs. Widely regarded as the best of the lot, but again at a premium price. I exaggerate when I say it sucks donkey balls performance wise, it's fine for browsing and video etc, but given the specs it's baffling how it's notably less smooth than even old iPads, and the 1gb appears to achieve bog all when multitasking and opening multiple tabs etc. I'm sure Nexus 7s running vanilla android will be better performance wise though.
Talking of which, I'm about to buy a bunch of the 3G nexus 7s for work. But they're a damn sight better than the piss poor Galaxy Tabs (what we originally developed on).
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PrivateFloyd 5,464 posts
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Registered 14 years agoAnyone had their dispatch email yet? -
THFourteen 54,987 posts
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Registered 16 years agoNah, still says delivers by 2nd Nov tho.
Nothing on my 4G one yet. Am guessing early December before it arrives
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KayJay 5,350 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI cancelled my online order.
Just going to head down to Basingstoke on Sunday morning I think. Didn't have to much trouble getting my iPhone 5 on the first Sunday after launch.
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lordofdeadside 1,363 posts
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Registered 20 years agoShipment notification email, woo! Roll on friday! -
Moot_Point 5,530 posts
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Registered 9 years agoI am very tempted to get the 64Gb model. /Decisions -
beastmaster 22,373 posts
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Do it! You'll regret it otherwise. -
Blaizefm 233 posts
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Registered 11 years ago@dominalien
Nope, disagree. A monopoly begats stagnation. Just because something is ubiquitous doesn't mean it is good. It just means we are all at the same level.
The smartphone/tablet war needs competition. I'm a huge Apple fan but the last thing I want is Apple dominating this space. Same goes for google and Amazon. Choice is great. -
Smart Cover arrived yesterday, extortionately expensive coaster till late November 
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