Its superior by the only standard that truly matters in the end-acceptance by the people.
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I would love tho hear how in what way shape or form is the iPad "superior"
aspect ratio
4:3 horrible for watching movies
no connectivity without buying extra conncections for Apple
total tied to iTunes
no memory expansion
No USB ports
No HDMI connection without a dongle
No Sd card reader
basically very little customization
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This is a laundry list of things that geeks think are important-and which have been ignored by the average consumer when offered in other tablets. Sure, if you measure by features and specs the iPad is inferior. Consumers, however, measure by how easy and intuitive it is to use the product to do things that they enjoy. Guess what? The Ipad consistently wins there.
If I wanted to rip CDs to my computer and transfer the music to my Andriod device, I had to deal with instructions like "Mount USB device" and go through the kind of rigmarole that techies will put up with, but which I find frustrating. To transfer music to my Ipad, the steps were:
1. Use Itunes to rip CDs
2. Connect my Ipad to my computer
3. ??? There is no (3)!
Just about everything on the Ipad is that simple.
You can't just dismiss the App Store either. the App Store really is superior to the Android market in just about every way right now-and there's no malware. THere really is more content available in ITunes and its easier to buy it, download it, organize it and enjoy it than going to the several different stores in the Android Market.
The Ipad is superior because the USER EXPERIENCE is superior. This is something that geeks, with their hardware and specs fixation, just don't grasp-and maybe never well.