Apple / iPad haters - how about...

[bhaexpress]

There was something in the Metro about it this morning. Not really an Ipad replacement though. Think if you have the money an Ipad is the best bet. What amuses me is that the Androids that supposedly match an Ipad cost as much and sometimes more. The only justification for buying something other than an Ipad is either cost (false economy really) or connectivity as with such as Blackberry's Playbook. I have had some fun and games here linking an Ipad to our Novell system but I have had similar issues with Androids. Obviously with a Playbook you need a BES or else don't bother.

Neither reason is compelling however as the issues can be resolved. The vast majority of PC mags say that the Ipad is still the one to beat which is good enough for me. (No doubt Apple will get slagged of in the same way as Microsoft do if they sell too many).

 

[sten_super]

from the Guardian....

Josh Halliday has just been speaking to an Amazon spokesman, who confirms that neither the Kindle Touch nor the Kindle Fire will be available in the UK. They are US-only, for now.

As I said earlier, the reason why the Fire can't be released outside the US is because it's hooked up to Amazon Cloud, which isn't available outside the US for legal reasons. .........


me!... This will sell bucket loads, but Apple is so cash rich that the Ipad2 price can easily be lowered to be competitive especially when the Ipad 3 is launched.

The iPad2 might be lowered slightly, although I wouldn't be suprised to see them simply remove it altogether - the iPad has been marketed as very much a high quality device, and I don't think they'll want to compete with the Fire, which I think is basically a glorified content provider - great if you want to buy/watch items from Amazon/Lovefilm, less useful for some of the other stuff the iPad is good at.

There was something in the Metro about it this morning. Not really an Ipad replacement though. Think if you have the money an Ipad is the best bet. What amuses me is that the Androids that supposedly match an Ipad cost as much and sometimes more. The only justification for buying something other than an Ipad is either cost (false economy really) or connectivity as with such as Blackberry's Playbook. I have had some fun and games here linking an Ipad to our Novell system but I have had similar issues with Androids. Obviously with a Playbook you need a BES or else don't bother.

Neither reason is compelling however as the issues can be resolved. The vast majority of PC mags say that the Ipad is still the one to beat which is good enough for me. (No doubt Apple will get slagged of in the same way as Microsoft do if they sell too many).

I am put off the Fire for exactly the reason that I have been put off buying Apple products (iPhone and iPad) in the past - the 'walled garden' nature of their infrastructure (as well as the price). I'd love to own a tablet (for completely mundane purposes), and ideally it would be running an 'open' version of Android, but at the moment the iPad and all Android attempts to replicate it are too expensive for my tastes. A decent 10' Android-based alternative to the iPad, available at say £300 (in the same way that Android phones are cheaper than iPhones) would float my boat.

 

[happypig]

I bought a 10" Android tablet a while back and it's got advantages over the ipad (usb slot, network port, micro SD) but it's also got drawbacks (touchscreen nowhere near as good, battery life poor). When I took it to work and compared it to a couple of mates' ipads, I felt like Del-Boy turning up to a Ferrari meeting in a reliant. I'm now sticking the money I used to spend on alcohol away (in a giant whisky bottle ironically) to save for an ipad, at which time I'll probably sell the Android.

 

[sten_super]

I bought a 10" Android tablet a while back and it's got advantages over the ipad (usb slot, network port, micro SD) but it's also got drawbacks (touchscreen nowhere near as good, battery life poor). When I took it to work and compared it to a couple of mates' ipads, I felt like Del-Boy turning up to a Ferrari meeting in a reliant. I'm now sticking the money I used to spend on alcohol away (in a giant whisky bottle ironically) to save for an ipad, at which time I'll probably sell the Android.

If you don't mind me asking, which one do you have? I really want an Asus eee pad transformer.

 

[happypig]

It's the previous version of this one :
A1CS X220 TABLET 10.2 Accessories

 

[Bozza]

I bought a 10" Android tablet a while back and it's got advantages over the ipad (usb slot, network port, micro SD) but it's also got drawbacks (touchscreen nowhere near as good, battery life poor). When I took it to work and compared it to a couple of mates' ipads, I felt like Del-Boy turning up to a Ferrari meeting in a reliant. I'm now sticking the money I used to spend on alcohol away (in a giant whisky bottle ironically) to save for an ipad, at which time I'll probably sell the Android.

The marketing dudes at Apple would love you.

 

[happypig]

The marketing dudes at Apple would love you.

I'm available any time (also for weddings, bar-mitzvahs etc)

 

[Drumstick]

Sums up Apple lovers doesn't it !

No info about it but still desperate to get it

Not an Apple lover only ever had one ipod, Just better half has just got an iPhone 4 and its great. Didn't want an iPhone 4 as I know the 5 is due around this time.

 

[beorhthelm]

It's the previous version of this one :
A1CS X220 TABLET 10.2 Accessories

erm, it looks like you have brought the Del-boy Reliant version of an fondleslab. my mate was importing something similar from China for £80.

 

[bhaexpress]

The iPad2 might be lowered slightly, although I wouldn't be suprised to see them simply remove it altogether - the iPad has been marketed as very much a high quality device, and I don't think they'll want to compete with the Fire, which I think is basically a glorified content provider - great if you want to buy/watch items from Amazon/Lovefilm, less useful for some of the other stuff the iPad is good at.

I am put off the Fire for exactly the reason that I have been put off buying Apple products (iPhone and iPad) in the past - the 'walled garden' nature of their infrastructure (as well as the price). I'd love to own a tablet (for completely mundane purposes), and ideally it would be running an 'open' version of Android, but at the moment the iPad and all Android attempts to replicate it are too expensive for my tastes. A decent 10' Android-based alternative to the iPad, available at say £300 (in the same way that Android phones are cheaper than iPhones) would float my boat.

I already have an Android and frankly it's rubbish. I was given an Ipad 2. I was going to buy a new laptop but frankly there's no point. I don't go mad over new technology but the Ipad does put a smile on my face. I think that rather than buy a laptop PC I'll save up and buy a Macbook. Fortunately I have plenty of access to connection solutions so the one thing that would bother me isn't a problem.

As for the 'Walled Garden' issue, sure Mac are like that but it's the fact that Apple go that way that a Mac is more reliable than a PC. You may be able to run more software and more hardware on a PC but at the cost of more crashing thanks to bad drivers. In a corporate environment where most things on a PC are standard these differeneces are negliable now as Wiondows is a lot more robust than it used to be. My main PC runs Windows 7 64 and the laptop 7 32 and frankly I can't remember crashing either machine. However I have had more than a few applications having to be killed. The top end PCs are a match for a Mac but there again they are as expensive as a Mac.

 

[Lyndhurst 14]

I’ve had an e mail from a friend asking me to pre-order the Kindle Fire in the States when Amazon release it on November 15 and take it back to the UK at Christmas. I told him there is probably not much point – I’m guessing that as Amazon has not even given a UK release date yet it probably means that the Cloud infrastructure is not in place in the UK yet so it wouldn’t work.

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

Finally, someone other than Apple gets it!
Give people a product with a solid ecosystem, clear usage definition, at a sensible price and they will buy it!

This is all of those three. It will sell shedloads.