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Originally Posted by acropolite
I'll just throw my 2 bobs worth in to the mix. For starters I'm not a rusted on apple tragic.
With regard to Macs, none of the software I use in my day to day work will run on Macs.
Lets start with the ipad. iOS is buggy, not necessarily to everyone, but my experience with iOS has been like many others, persistent annoying bugs that seem to compound as various versions are released. My iPad at latest release iOS 5.01 is almost to the point of being unuseable.
That said, the iPad is the best tablet by a long shot, I'd describe it as "the best of a bad lot". The sooner the other manufacturers get their act together and produce a decent device the better. The iPad does a lot of things simply and efficiently, the screen, particularly the touch part is pretty well perfect.
The computer upload/download interface (itunes) and filespace within the ipad can only be described as a dogs breakfast.
Simple acts such as sharing the same file between apps can be difficult or impossible in some cases. Compartmentalised storage is a PITA.
Deletion of images from within the iPad can be easy or difficult depending on how the image arrived in the device, IMHO that's just plain stupid. Flash is not available, no amount of denial by Apple will convince the masses that this is a sensible move.
Batteries are not easily user replaceable, once your battery gets tired be prepared to be gouged by apple for a replacement, or risk dismantling your toy to replace the battery.
Now for the iPhone, basically an ipod touch with a sub standard phone and GPS inbuilt, my 3GS had the poorest audio quality I have ever heard from a cellphone. Given it's lineage, the iPhone is well and truly overpriced.
Once again subsequent software releases make the iPhone sluggish and buggy.
As with the iPad, battery replacement is all but impossible for a non tech head and if your usage is high the battery will be tired in a little as 12 months. The plus points are once again the interface, intuitive and easy to use, it just works, that's why I'll be getting another iPhone despite it's flaws.
I love my iDevices, but I'm under no illusions as to the flaws inherent in the devices, nor am I prepared to accept the contempt with which Apple treats it's customers.
For now I'll happily use what's on offer, but that won't stop me from being sorely disappointed by what could have been, had Apple thought less of profits and control and more of how to make their devices the best they could be.
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YES. Pointed out perfectly. I have an IPAD 2 and I love it to bits.
The touch software is superb. The interface - while mostly useless for anything but activating apps is simplistic and understandably easy to use for the masses. That's a plus point. It's apps, when they work (which to be fair is *most* of the time) are generally great no doubt. Battery life is great.
The browser while it doesn't support flash is a thousand times better then IE. Although that's not saying a lot. Things that are also a thousand times better then IE includes things like having herpes or being on fire. Stuff like that.
But, the iPad has some serious usability flaws. The way pictures are managed as you mention is outright bloody stupid. Which
colossal moron thought it would be a great idea to force an iPad to sync with a computer to manage pictures because I got it from my computer through that buggy heap of software junk called iTunes. Why can't I just delete it off my iPad? Why? Justify it?
Why do I have to create picture albums on my computer to create albums on my iPad? I can't just create them on the iPad and manage the pictures there? Why?
Before I figured out how to manage the pictures this drove me mad!
Other niggles include iTunes. Also, iTunes. Did I mention iTunes?
(OK, I'm being over the top about iTunes, but they really need to refine it.)
You mention the iPhone and its failings.
I was in the market for a new phone late last year and people I know talk about there iPhones like they are the light of the world, with its now tiny 3.5" screen. In regards to the iPhone... well it would be more of the same. Since I'm don't wear the rose-tinted Apple flavored goggles and refuse to subscribe to iSheep weekly. I went and got myself a HTC Sensation XL. Its android based naturally. Ive been using it now for 2 weeks and I have come to the conclusion that the phone has almost entirely made my iPad redundant. The customisation alone of the features to match your needs and wants is truly astonishing. The music software itself has retired both of my iPods and my iPad for music.
I could go on happily.
But, I'm not having a complete downer on Apple and its products. What they have achieve and brought to the masses is truly remarkable. They revolutionised mobile technology and brought out brilliant products. But, they just are not as perfect as people make them out to be.
In regards to the iPAD2 being best of a bad bunch scenario. I suggest looking into the Samsung Tab 10.1 and the new Asus Transformer Prime are excellent alternatives.
That being said the iPad3 will be announced this month. And then the cycle starts all over again.
