rushmore
Extreme Android User
Due to the design of Android and varied hardware, there are SO many variables with apps and data that can cause one of the same model and carrier to do whacky things. That is the catch of having the relative "freedom" with an Android device.
Almost everything has a good and bad side. Android is more free than iOS, but iOS is far more stable and consistent. My new iPad "3" and iPod both perform a lot better than any Android device I have owned, yet I would still never use Apple for a phone (hence I got an iPod for the app ecosystem).
Same variables with Android tablets. I am now trying out a 64gb new iPad and must admit that from a stability and speed standpoint, it makes the Prime and Thrive seem a lower tier. Perhaps it is the amazing display, but I can play all Flash sites with Puffin browser (on the fly and not remote like Skyfire) and all video with AVPlayerHD and it uses the gpu cores for acceleration. Even the comic apps (Comic Zeal) and file management of large collections is better than Android options.
Still love my Thrive and View, since more open and game emulators rock on both, but i can see 100% why people that do not care about emulators or being mainly open choose iTunes and the products. Performance and stability are far better due to one main product design line per year and the apps are more stable as a result.
Too many variables with Android devices and Google appreciates this and wants to change it without stepping on a lot of Android user toes.
BTW, the ASUS Infinity had better be really great, since the new iPad certainly is. The displays draw to the user experience can not be understated.
Almost everything has a good and bad side. Android is more free than iOS, but iOS is far more stable and consistent. My new iPad "3" and iPod both perform a lot better than any Android device I have owned, yet I would still never use Apple for a phone (hence I got an iPod for the app ecosystem).
Same variables with Android tablets. I am now trying out a 64gb new iPad and must admit that from a stability and speed standpoint, it makes the Prime and Thrive seem a lower tier. Perhaps it is the amazing display, but I can play all Flash sites with Puffin browser (on the fly and not remote like Skyfire) and all video with AVPlayerHD and it uses the gpu cores for acceleration. Even the comic apps (Comic Zeal) and file management of large collections is better than Android options.
Still love my Thrive and View, since more open and game emulators rock on both, but i can see 100% why people that do not care about emulators or being mainly open choose iTunes and the products. Performance and stability are far better due to one main product design line per year and the apps are more stable as a result.
Too many variables with Android devices and Google appreciates this and wants to change it without stepping on a lot of Android user toes.
BTW, the ASUS Infinity had better be really great, since the new iPad certainly is. The displays draw to the user experience can not be understated.