iPad iPad Air and iPad Mini with Retina announced

[jocampo]

Originally Posted by PatNY

currently there are more Android apps than iOS apps
--Pat

Just curious.

Do you have any link that supports that statement?

[jocampo]

Originally Posted by FanciFreez

I will hide it from my wife.. she will not know the difference, because of the look..

Now ... that is a smart guy, lol ...

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by jocampo

Just curious.

Do you have any link that supports that statement?

Google hit 1 million apps last July. Apple just now hit 1 million apps.

[Faterson]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

The apps may have more features, but I'm more interested in device features; such as GPS and NFC. They're available on my N7.2, but not on base iPads. To get GPS, you need to spend another $130; and NFC is non-existent.

Right; but that is of marginal importance to me compared to the advanced functionality of the various apps I consider "mission-critical" for me.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by Faterson

Right; but that is of marginal importance to me compared to the advanced functionality of the various apps I consider "mission-critical" for me.

And of prime importance for me.

Different needs, different devices. Ain't competition grand?

[Faterson]

Yes, it's wonderful. Right now, it would be impossible for me to use an Android device as my primary handheld device -- Android apps are just lacking the iOS apps' quality at this point. However, I'm absolutely enjoying the new Nexus 7 as my secondary tablet; it's a delightful little machine, fully on a par with an iPad in terms of user experience.

Regarding the apps' capability, the situation may reverse in future, Android apps catching up with and later overtaking iOS apps. Not just in terms of quantity as now, but especially in terms of quality. By pushing iPad mini Retina into the luxury niche, Apple has just made a step in that direction of a "reversal of fortunes".

[jocampo]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Google hit 1 million apps last July. Apple just now hit 1 million apps.

?

That's an Apple link not a Google link. Android has lot of flavors and screens.

As far as I know , Apple iOS (iPad optimized apps) are still more.

Now , combined, Google maybe has more. But they both play with numbers as I don't think Apple makes a distinction between iPhone and iPad optimized apps.

[Faterson]

The article contains data/links to both iOS and Android. Both are over 1 million apps now. Who got there first is irrelevant.

Quantity is secondary. It's about quality. iOS is a clear leader in terms of apps quality for now. Also, in terms of tablet-optimised apps, iOS has a dominating lead over Android for now.

[PatNY]

Originally Posted by jocampo

?

That's an Apple link not a Google link. Android has lot of flavors and screens.

As far as I know , Apple iOS (iPad optimized apps) are still more.

Now , combined, Google maybe has more. But they both play with numbers as I don't think Apple makes a distinction between iPhone and iPad optimized apps.

No, Google officially has more Android apps in the Play store than there are iOS apps in the iTunes store. From this past July ...

Android's Google Play store has just officially reached over 1 million apps and it is now finally outgrown the Apple App Store and its 900 000 applications. That's a huge achievement for Android, the platform that launched as the underdog, after Apple first started the app revolution.

Link

What's most impressive about this feat is the speed with which Google overtook Apple in this area. Just a few years ago, maybe 2 or 3, Android apps were maybe 1/10th the number of apps that were in the Apple store.

The only logical conclusion from this is that Android app development has been exponentially more active than iOS app development over the last few years.

--Pat

[PatNY]

Originally Posted by Faterson

Also, in terms of tablet-optimised apps, iOS has a dominating lead over Android for now.

Do you have a link for that claim? I have over 200 apps on my 9" Android ablet and I don't see a single one that doesn't work very well with it. Maybe you can name an app or two that isn't optimized for Android, but is for iOS?

-Pat

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by PatNY

Do you have a link for that claim? I have over 200 apps on my 9" Android ablet and I don't see a single one that doesn't work very well with it. Maybe you can name an app or two that isn't optimized for Android, but is for iOS?

-Pat

My primary use for a tablet is reading PDFs, Pat. The reason I use my iPad, and not my Android tablet, for that purpose is that I've not found an Android PDF reader that comes close to the truly wonderful "Goodreader" PDF reader for iOS.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by jocampo

?

That's an Apple link not a Google link. Android has lot of flavors and screens.

As far as I know , Apple iOS (iPad optimized apps) are still more.

Now , combined, Google maybe has more. But they both play with numbers as I don't think Apple makes a distinction between iPhone and iPad optimized apps.

Links to both are there.

And it's total number of apps in their respective stores. The original statement made no mention of tablet optimized apps. You're introducing that parameter now.

Funny how Apple stressed overall quantity when they were in the lead. Now that Android has surpassed them in that category, tablet optimized apps are the all important figure. Go figure...

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by PatNY

Do you have a link for that claim? I have over 200 apps on my 9" Android ablet and I don't see a single one that doesn't work very well with it. Maybe you can name an app or two that isn't optimized for Android, but is for iOS?

-Pat

I've yet to encounter an app on my Nexus 7.2 that didn't scale properly.

[PatNY]

Originally Posted by HarryT

My primary use for a tablet is reading PDFs, Pat. The reason I use my iPad, and not my Android tablet, for that purpose is that I've not found an Android PDF reader that comes close to the truly wonderful "Goodreader" PDF reader for iOS.

I'll give you that, Harry. I've tested at least 7 or 8 apps on Android for PDFs looking for an ideal one. The best I've found that I like is the native Nook reader app, which shows each page in large thumbnails on a sliding strip on the bottom. It has bookmarks, but doesn't have other annotations like notes or highlighting. Otherwise I think it is almost perfect.

What does Goodreader have for PDFs that you particularly like?

EDIT: Harry, here's what I think an ideal PDF reader should have:

--Large thumbnail navigation
--Bookmarks
--Highlighting
--Notes
--Be able to save the bookmarks, highlighting and notes to the PDF
--Be able to export the notes and highlighting to a text or Word-compatible format.

Does Goodreader do all that?

--Pat

[PatNY]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

I've yet to encounter an app on my Nexus 7.2 that didn't scale properly.

Ditto. Same thing for my 9" tablet. Not only do all the apps I've tried on Android scale well. But I've yet to encounter one that doesn't "look" good in terms of resolution either.

Between my 7" HD and 9" HD+ I've tried over 300 Android apps.

--Pat