They say this year it the year of Tablets, and maybe the next year is the year of Phablets and so on...
But then the advent of so many gadgets has caused one big problem,a really really confused crowd of money bags just waiting to splurge on them new Tabs.
But then the advent of so many gadgets has caused one big problem,a really really confused crowd of money bags just waiting to splurge on them new Tabs.
So I have come up with this little, albeit aged, argument on which tab do you really want! [Bold statement].
Now for all of you out there, a tablet is in no way close to the usability one may get from a Laptop or a PC. Hence your primary usage would be browsing, media, light reading etc.
Now the market has 2 main classes of Tablets, The Apple iPad and the Android. The incoherence in the Android section can be a deterrent for many of the customers, however one may find real gold in this section.
With the advent of the Nexus 7 tab, the interest among the gadget freaks have shifted heavily towards the Android section.
Asus have always been keen in the Tablet manufacturing and have come up with quality tabs such as Slate, Transformer. While Samsung have their own share in the tablet section with the Galaxy Tab. A late entry being Sony and many scattered local vendors.
Meanwhile in the Apple section, we have the rock solid iPad 3 [arguably,mother of Pads]
Your concerns to choose Apple:
1. Double HD screen, with 264 ppi[pixel per inch] vs 150 ppi:
The pixel density in an iPad is higher than any android tablet in the market. Very noticeable with a crisper display, way better than any other tablet can offer. With more pixels comes more clarity. And so any HD content viewed in an iPad and any other Tab would have a stark difference.
Advantage: The video viewing experience in an iPad will be worlds apart compared to any other tablet. One of the main usage of tab being watching Hi-def movies on the go, this would be something one can't overlook.
2. Battery life:
The biggest concern of any Tablet owner would be the battery life. Who would want to hold on to a dead tablet? And so again, iPad beats the android Tabs hands down in this battle too. The battery life on an iPad is at least an hour and half longer than the most battery efficient android tablet in the market: Galaxy Tab. Also the new ICS has been a pain for the battery due to poor handling of background applications, until we find Jellybean in every tab, iPad rules in this aspect.
Advantage: Longer browsing, gaming, multimedia experience compared to Android. A very serious concern for tablet buyers.
3. Best of Apps:
The whole application do-hickey was launched by Apple, and so its pretty obvious Google Play is still not as populated as the App-store. Games such as Blade- Infinity, Arkham City [iPad supports unreal game engine!] and a smoother version of Temple run, fruit ninja and so on.
Advantage: Best of the games coupled with hours of battery life. Another valid concern for all those who are looking for a Tab for some serious gaming.
4. Refined software:
The iOS is a very refined software compared to the Ice cream sandwich. Android suffers from bloating due to addition of registry entries and thus becoming slow as time progresses. Comparatively, the iOS performs much better in many levels of touch and responsiveness.
Advantage: Smoother operations compared to Android and so very user friendly for casual users.
5. Periodic update:
Although some may find Apple's policy of yearly scheduled upgrades irritating, my view is that it is a much better system compared to Android Tablet maker's policy of upgrades then-and-there.
Advantage: Your tablet is top of the line for almost 2 years till you are forced to change.
6. Camera:
The Camera in the iPad is way more evolved than the cameras one may find in the Android Tabs. The closest equivalent to image clarity was Asus Transformer Prime, however one has to take into account the fact that Transformer Prime is equipped with an 8 MP cam compared to the iPad's 5 MP.
Combined with the stunning display, its a brilliant piece of technological advancement Apple has contributed to us.
Advantage: Sharper, crisper shots with stunning photo viewing experience.
Your concerns to choose Android:
1. Customization:
Being open source software, one no longer has any constrains in modifying the tab. This means, I can load custom ROMs and such to make my Tab more efficient and classy. Comparatively Apple looks mainstream and bland. And the user has no access to the Pad from the inside, leaving any option to improve the Tab performance. Thus alienating most of the hacker community as well as the average users enthusiastic about fiddling with such gadgets.
Advantage: Android by allowing developers into their core coding, has opened up more possibilities to make Tablets more efficient and this way android Tablets can be modified into countless ways compared to the mainstream iPad.
2. Cost:
This one is for all my Indian people. Yes! its very obvious Android is way cheaper than iPad. Even though the iPad has awesome features, the price is sometimes unjustifiable compared to an Android Tablets. The flexibility available for a buyer is absent in the Apple section compared to the myriad of products in the Android section. However Apple has learnt its lesson and is launching the cheaper iPad mini. But it can in no way beat the price of the new Nexus 7 which is threatening even the local crowd of small time Tablet makers.
Advantage: The pricing makes a tablet a much better deal compared to a mainstream laptop. Considering a Laptop of 40 grand could outperform a tablet any day, a cheaper tablet is a more practical option.
3. No proprietary software:
One big pain i always felt with Apple products was the "bondage" with iTunes. Not only does that program suck, but it also adds to the burden of most of the computers its running on, adding unwanted start-ups and unnecessary interfaces. Meanwhile in a different universe, the Android is light and does not require much of the shebang as one would need in connecting an iPad. Let's not forget the proprietary cables, without which one cannot the iPad to any device, not even charging, compared to the standard micro-USB in Android.
Advantage: Hassle-free connection anywhere, anytime. If your friend's PC don't have iTunes, or he does't have the Apple flat-cable, don't fret, coz you won't be needing them.
4. Google Now:
A year back there was a huge buzz about Siri. Sadly, now it looks like a retard cousin of the much more evolved Google Now. Google Now unlike Siri can operate offline and also recognize a variety of accent compared to Siri. And also with the penetration Google has in the internet [as a search engine] it is able to provide the user with much more information than Siri, making the latter a laughing stock.
Advantage: An edge in the latest technology with one of the biggest software pioneers working behind Android.
5. PC like Multi-tasking:
The Android OS is built on a Linux base and this gives the OS some properties very similar to a PC. One of them being the PC like multitasking system. The system works totally different from the iOS and is able to handle multitasking easier than the latter.
Advantage: With better hardware configurations and software support, Android's ability to handle harder and more resource intensive task is improving with every update.
6. Flash!:
As always Android supports Flash compared to Apple which obviously don't. Its a very notable strength in the Android stable and an important consideration if one is interesting in Tablets for surfing and browsing.
Advantage: Can load flash contents in websites directly through the browser and don't need separate applications. This improves usability where surfing is one of the main criteria.
And also we cannot overlook the Windows Surface [Microsoft was the first to bring tablets before Apple, however was not warmly greeted by the consumers at that period], however with a high price tag, i doubt it would be a hit among the masses, simply because a tablet can never offer the usability of a Laptop...
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Now for all of you out there, a tablet is in no way close to the usability one may get from a Laptop or a PC. Hence your primary usage would be browsing, media, light reading etc.
Now the market has 2 main classes of Tablets, The Apple iPad and the Android. The incoherence in the Android section can be a deterrent for many of the customers, however one may find real gold in this section.
With the advent of the Nexus 7 tab, the interest among the gadget freaks have shifted heavily towards the Android section.
Asus have always been keen in the Tablet manufacturing and have come up with quality tabs such as Slate, Transformer. While Samsung have their own share in the tablet section with the Galaxy Tab. A late entry being Sony and many scattered local vendors.
Meanwhile in the Apple section, we have the rock solid iPad 3 [arguably,mother of Pads]
Your concerns to choose Apple:
1. Double HD screen, with 264 ppi[pixel per inch] vs 150 ppi:
The pixel density in an iPad is higher than any android tablet in the market. Very noticeable with a crisper display, way better than any other tablet can offer. With more pixels comes more clarity. And so any HD content viewed in an iPad and any other Tab would have a stark difference.
Advantage: The video viewing experience in an iPad will be worlds apart compared to any other tablet. One of the main usage of tab being watching Hi-def movies on the go, this would be something one can't overlook.
2. Battery life:
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The biggest concern of any Tablet owner would be the battery life. Who would want to hold on to a dead tablet? And so again, iPad beats the android Tabs hands down in this battle too. The battery life on an iPad is at least an hour and half longer than the most battery efficient android tablet in the market: Galaxy Tab. Also the new ICS has been a pain for the battery due to poor handling of background applications, until we find Jellybean in every tab, iPad rules in this aspect.
Advantage: Longer browsing, gaming, multimedia experience compared to Android. A very serious concern for tablet buyers.
3. Best of Apps:
The whole application do-hickey was launched by Apple, and so its pretty obvious Google Play is still not as populated as the App-store. Games such as Blade- Infinity, Arkham City [iPad supports unreal game engine!] and a smoother version of Temple run, fruit ninja and so on.
Advantage: Best of the games coupled with hours of battery life. Another valid concern for all those who are looking for a Tab for some serious gaming.
4. Refined software:
The iOS is a very refined software compared to the Ice cream sandwich. Android suffers from bloating due to addition of registry entries and thus becoming slow as time progresses. Comparatively, the iOS performs much better in many levels of touch and responsiveness.
Advantage: Smoother operations compared to Android and so very user friendly for casual users.
5. Periodic update:
Although some may find Apple's policy of yearly scheduled upgrades irritating, my view is that it is a much better system compared to Android Tablet maker's policy of upgrades then-and-there.
Advantage: Your tablet is top of the line for almost 2 years till you are forced to change.
6. Camera:
The Camera in the iPad is way more evolved than the cameras one may find in the Android Tabs. The closest equivalent to image clarity was Asus Transformer Prime, however one has to take into account the fact that Transformer Prime is equipped with an 8 MP cam compared to the iPad's 5 MP.
Combined with the stunning display, its a brilliant piece of technological advancement Apple has contributed to us.
Advantage: Sharper, crisper shots with stunning photo viewing experience.
Your concerns to choose Android:
1. Customization:
Being open source software, one no longer has any constrains in modifying the tab. This means, I can load custom ROMs and such to make my Tab more efficient and classy. Comparatively Apple looks mainstream and bland. And the user has no access to the Pad from the inside, leaving any option to improve the Tab performance. Thus alienating most of the hacker community as well as the average users enthusiastic about fiddling with such gadgets.
Advantage: Android by allowing developers into their core coding, has opened up more possibilities to make Tablets more efficient and this way android Tablets can be modified into countless ways compared to the mainstream iPad.
2. Cost:
This one is for all my Indian people. Yes! its very obvious Android is way cheaper than iPad. Even though the iPad has awesome features, the price is sometimes unjustifiable compared to an Android Tablets. The flexibility available for a buyer is absent in the Apple section compared to the myriad of products in the Android section. However Apple has learnt its lesson and is launching the cheaper iPad mini. But it can in no way beat the price of the new Nexus 7 which is threatening even the local crowd of small time Tablet makers.
Advantage: The pricing makes a tablet a much better deal compared to a mainstream laptop. Considering a Laptop of 40 grand could outperform a tablet any day, a cheaper tablet is a more practical option.
3. No proprietary software:
One big pain i always felt with Apple products was the "bondage" with iTunes. Not only does that program suck, but it also adds to the burden of most of the computers its running on, adding unwanted start-ups and unnecessary interfaces. Meanwhile in a different universe, the Android is light and does not require much of the shebang as one would need in connecting an iPad. Let's not forget the proprietary cables, without which one cannot the iPad to any device, not even charging, compared to the standard micro-USB in Android.
Advantage: Hassle-free connection anywhere, anytime. If your friend's PC don't have iTunes, or he does't have the Apple flat-cable, don't fret, coz you won't be needing them.
4. Google Now:
A year back there was a huge buzz about Siri. Sadly, now it looks like a retard cousin of the much more evolved Google Now. Google Now unlike Siri can operate offline and also recognize a variety of accent compared to Siri. And also with the penetration Google has in the internet [as a search engine] it is able to provide the user with much more information than Siri, making the latter a laughing stock.
Advantage: An edge in the latest technology with one of the biggest software pioneers working behind Android.
5. PC like Multi-tasking:
The Android OS is built on a Linux base and this gives the OS some properties very similar to a PC. One of them being the PC like multitasking system. The system works totally different from the iOS and is able to handle multitasking easier than the latter.
Advantage: With better hardware configurations and software support, Android's ability to handle harder and more resource intensive task is improving with every update.
6. Flash!:
As always Android supports Flash compared to Apple which obviously don't. Its a very notable strength in the Android stable and an important consideration if one is interesting in Tablets for surfing and browsing.
Advantage: Can load flash contents in websites directly through the browser and don't need separate applications. This improves usability where surfing is one of the main criteria.
And also we cannot overlook the Windows Surface [Microsoft was the first to bring tablets before Apple, however was not warmly greeted by the consumers at that period], however with a high price tag, i doubt it would be a hit among the masses, simply because a tablet can never offer the usability of a Laptop...
@/\/!
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