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Originally Posted by Lemurion
I have both iOS and Android devices, and to be honest I find both App ecosystems have advantages and disadvantages. Apple tends to have better paid apps, Android tends to have better free apps - at least that I'm interested in.
The iPhone is great for consuming Apple's content - particularly audio/visual content.
The Android is better for consuming my content - particularly ebooks.
Both ecosystems have their strengths and their flaws: How you rate those strengths and flaws will determine which is best for you.
I rate the NC as about 75% as good as an iPad because it's a good fit for my needs. I don't need the larger screen for reading novels, but I do benefit from the higher DPI. My nine-year-old is happier with iOS, because it fits HER needs.
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I would concur with most of this, and drawing on my vast XOOM+Honeycomb experience (of 2 weeks) I'd just add that there aren't yet as many apps optimized for a larger display, and a significant number of apps won't even run (maybe as many as 3-5% of the ones I've tried to date, including Pandora). That just doesn't happen with my iPod Touch: pretty much everything works except apps with more specific hardware requirements: GPS, a better camera, bigger screen etc.
On the other hand, Flash works pretty well and lets me use corporate, Flex-enabled sites effectively, and more of the internet is directly accessible. I also like being able to shop at more than one App Store, and the more open platform generally. For example, I was able to replace the included TTS engine with one I liked better. You can replace the keyboard
I also find the better Android ePub reading apps (Mantano, Aldiko, CoolReader) stronger and more mature than those for iOS.
I hope Amazon's tablet will include Market access as well out of the box, because Amazon's App Store is really not at parity. I'm skeptical that it will, but presumably there will be ways around that if it does not.