today I went to BB and for the first time played with and android machine, eepad transfromer and acer iconia. I felt lost. After using and ipad,( i dont have one, I do have the iphone), honeycomb felt more like a PC than a mobile experience offered by tha ipad. Everything in the ipad seem more refined, from the hardware to the OS, everything make sense. When I got the eepad, it was full screen on a browser window. Nothing I did brought the url bar. I had to ask the BB guy , what a shame!! I had to click on certain part of the screen and that brought a stupid popup. The guy told me it took him like 2 hours reading the manual to understand. My 2 year old got the iphone and started using games, netflix and youtube. I really wanted to like the android, but it feels convoluted, the machines have more buttons than they need. I guess the android market is still soul searching, it will takle a couple of iterations.
I just search for android on the forum and discovered PhpForAndroid. It has to be super cool, to make applications with php running on android. Anyone here using this? Anyone with thought about android tablets?
If apple really delivers a new ipad , slimmer(if thats possible) and better graphics , they way they are saying, It will take years for the competition to match apple offering.
android vs ios
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Re: android vs ios
I guess it just depends on what you like. I too have played with both briefly. While the iPad did seem far more refined, it seems very "toy-ish". Lots of glossy icons. Maybe that's just the perception I got because I didn't use it for very long. I like the fact that Android devices can be rooted and accessed with the terminal and such.
Re: android vs ios
if you jail brake the ipad, you can do that too.
Re: android vs ios
I guess I am not the only one who think android need work
http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow/story/26 ... id-tablets
Honeycomb isn't yet a mature app platform.
Honeycomb interface can be cluttered.
User interface seems a bit overcomplicated at times.
http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow/story/26 ... id-tablets
Honeycomb isn't yet a mature app platform.
Honeycomb interface can be cluttered.
User interface seems a bit overcomplicated at times.
- Jonah Bron
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Re: android vs ios
Yeah, I've heard that a lot. Probably just needs some time (and maybe a few releases
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