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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
1- there's always Amazon's Appstore if access to Google's stops
2- the only element of any ecosystem I use is the apps, so Apple has no advantage
3- a 10" screen means the tablet stays home because it's too big
4- my rooted NC is getting 100% of the iPad experience
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1- Well, until amazon closes that off. They are much less likely to tolerate unauthorized access to their ecosystem than Google, IMO.
2- Well, that's you. With most other consumers, Apple has huge advantage .
Even with apps, IOS tends to have the better apps
3- Well, it goes to work every day with me. Lots of people carry around their
IPads. I've seen far more iPads out on the street than any other tablet-
Including any 7" tablet.
4- i'm sorry, but if you don't have an iPad, you don't have an iPad
. More seriously, your point seems to be that if you are a techie who can hack the NC into something it wasn't designed to be ( thus voiding your warranty) and if you are happy accepting compromises like watching movies on a smaller screen , having an inferior ecosystem, and living with the possibility that Google or Amazon might shut off access to that system with their next upgrade, well then the iPad is exactly the same as the NC for half the price.
I think when you lay it out like that, it's pretty clear that a rooted NC doesn't really give you the iPad UX. What it gives you is kind of enough of an iPad experience to satisfy a geek, which is OK for some people, but not for the average consumer.