I love the iPad, and bought 3! For my mom, my grandma and 8 year old nephew.

But they’re all “technology challenged”. I’m not, and really prefer more options, power and functionality.

Guess it all depends on your capabilities and personal preference.

I love the iPad, and bought 3! For my mom, my grandma and 8 year old nephew.

But they’re all “technology challenged”. I’m not, and really prefer more options, power and functionality.

Guess it all depends on your capabilities and personal preference.

I love the iPad, and bought 3! For my mom, my grandma and 8 year old nephew.

But they’re all “technology challenged”. I’m not, and really prefer more options, power and functionality.

Guess it all depends on your capabilities and personal preference.

In terms of your second complaint, I agree with you, which is why I didn’t include that factor in my column. That was the whole point of my comment above. Re-read my column/comment. You disagree with Tim, not me.

What rules for WiFi-only devices? (Serious question)

And as the situation seems to be exactly the same for time being, “.. but with dozens and dozens of options hitting the market over the next few months..”, there’s no visible ending for Apple’s cash flow.

And as the situation seems to be exactly the same for time being, “.. but with dozens and dozens of options hitting the market over the next few months..”, there’s no visible ending for Apple’s cash flow.

All you have to do is Google “sd card busy android” and find this is a common issue with Android that perplexes lots and lots of users. Due to the pi$$ poor implementation Google choose this will happen; only a single device can be talking to the SD card at one time. Either the handset or the computer. It does not dual mount the file system to both a computer and Android over USB. If you have a file open on one device and try to mount the SD card from another device, the mount will fail. I have also had the mounting just “work” but then the software that had the open file handle looses access to the data. If the error handling is not done correctly, that app can puke.

This happens to me much more than it should when using Android. It is a simple example of really poor design that is all too common in Android. Every time I use it, it is like stepping back into the 90′s.

BTW: To move files back and forth on iOS, I use products from Hyperdrive.

I’ve never seen this issue with unmounting my sd card as well, and i’ve been moving files back and forth many times a day for years over several devices.

Fanboi attack is FAIL out of the gate.

Personally, I think the WebTab, or whatever they call the WebOs HP thingy, has a real shot at taking the reigns here, if they can tap into the best of both worlds. An Apple-like user experience – which WebOS seems to offer – plus an openness for allowing USB and drag/drop and Flash. Along with good battery life. If they partner with Amazon, they could put together very compelling iTunes alternative for downloaded content, and, they could even front an App Store with “certified” apps, like the App Store. Apps written to a design spec, but not the Nazi-like control freaks at Apple. HP could be the dark horse here. Hopefully, they don’t screw it up. RIM? Meh. Boring corporate crap. The last thing I want to do is be reminded of work.

Now, you can take Android tabs and see if these reasons apply. I don’t see either reason applies to the ipad/Android-tab case.

If wifi-only Xoom is at $400, you will get one reason back and then we can talk.

Get over yourself and just ask Brant what he was talking about, or shut up and keep your ad hom to yourself you arrogant piece of donkey dung.

Even the Xoom suffers from random pauses and stutters. Not as bad but it does it much more than it should for a “completed” product.

As a programmer, I look for quality in the software products I use.

But then, getting errors like “micro-SD busy” in non-related apps and other apps simply puking as the SD card gets unmounted from Android to the PC is simply a pain. Or some apps not giving up control of the SD card so you can’t get the %$#%# thing to mount to do a drag and drop. And then keeping additions in sync when you buy some on the PC and some on the Device.

Even cameras have this implemented 100X better than the lame programmers on Android. That, and most OSes actually recognize a camera being plugged in and you never ever do drag and drop from the camera to computer through the file system.

Yep. Device mount with file Drag and Drop for media files is a FAIL out of the gate.

So yes, to the Android Spec weenies, every Tegra 2 tablet has been outclassed until the new Snapdragons start showing up.

As for keeping files and media in sync on Android devices. It is a RPITA when compared to using a Zune or iPod. From having drivers installed (on Droid X and Incredible both with 2.2) to having that $%## Verizon Web Page always load when you plug in your device to album art being much more miss than hit to obscure errors like “micro SD busy” and then having the media player and other apps puke to keeping additions in sync depending on if you added from your computer or added on the device….

If you have to mount and unmount devices to move media, you just don’t get it and have already designed it wrong.

Getting media on and off of an Android device, while doable, is far from being a smooth and easy processes. Google has tons and tones of work to do in that area.

Also, how does the fact that several companies have the capacity to internally supply themselves with components still leave the advantage with Apple? This just doesn’t make sense. If you had a drop of honesty in your mind your last sentence above would have been: “No, but exclusivity agreements might help Apple to be able to keep up.”

iTunes? GarageBand? Sorry, wrong target group…