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Originally Posted by jswinden
As far as the Xoom having few apps, when the iPhone and iPod touch were first released there were few apps for them too. It took a while for developers to create them, but eventually they came along. As memory serves, it took at least 6 months after the touch was released before Apple even allowed apps to be developed for it and released the SDK. Even now with the new iPad 2 released there are still quite a few iPhone apps that have not been optimized for iPads.
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But there was no competition then. Now when you buy a tablet, you have a choice. Why choose the one that has so few apps NOW? At least the iPad ran most all the iPhone apps and in addition there were over 3,000 apps for the iPad day 1.
When I bought the iPad it was because I had FAR more faith in the Apple ecosystem. I run windows mostly and linux some on my computers and am an IT professional. But for my tablet I didn't want it for "geeking out". I wanted it for showing off photos, couch surfing the internet, reading, magazines and APPS.
I really look forward to the day when Android on tablets is as competitive as Android on phones.
I agree with most of the complaints against Apple, Steve Jobs etc. I think there's too much control. I think that if I buy a tablet, it's mine, and I should be able to run any software I want (at my own risk, of course). I'd like a USB port, memory card slot, flash support (it may suck, but I'd have the choice to use it or not).
However, what the iPad does right is SO much more important to me. I've had mine for over a year -- and I just bought my mom the iPad 2 cuz the competition isn't even close.
You have to REALLY hate Apple to choose the Xoom at this point. And if you do -- wait a year before spending money on a tablet.
Lee