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Originally Posted by m00min

Jailbroken iOS > Android, the combination of freeing your device and actually having some apps that aren't Twitter clients, movie players or web browsers wins by miles. Unjailbroken and it's harder to argue that point.

I disagree. My jailbroken iOS device is better than it was prior to jailbreaking, but it is inferior to my Android device. With a jailbroken device, you still have to go through hoops to maintain the jailbroken system in terms of themes and GUI customization as it's just an overlay over the iOS one. Android lends itself naturally and easily to GUI customization. Then there is the difficulty of jailbreaking in the first place, and also backing up and reinstalling the system, once jailbroken. My jailbroken iOS Touch also runs slightly slower (laggier) than before it was jailbroken.

And I don't understand what you mean by "some apps that aren't Twitter clients, movie player or web browsers"????? There are currently more apps on Android than there are in the Apple store, and some like Calibre Companion and other reading apps are Android-only. I haven't found any significant apps on iOS that I couldn't get the equivalent of on Android.

It's the reading apps that actually drove me to android initially. The options for those on iOS have always been paltry by comparison. Marvin is helping to close the gap, but it'll only be available for non-iPad iOS devices for the first time this Fall, and then not even for iOS5 users. Even with Marvin, I believe the overall options for reading apps are more plentiful with Android. Without Marvin, no contest.

I have WordPress running on my iPad. I can use the GitMongo app from the AppStore to check out my code and edit it in Textastic (essentially a Sublime-like editor). I'm sure I could run PHP/mySQL on Android but there just aren't the polished Git/Text editors/etc. it's that combination that keeps me on iOS.

That sounds like a specialized need. I don't know whether Android does or does not have the equivalent apps. But I believe for most people, Android will offer more choices than iOS.

I've got a couple of Android devices but the software side is still lacking, if you want to use a tablet to do some actual work the software plays a much more important part in choosing a platform than the hardware.

What flavor of Android? Maybe your device is running an older Android version that isn't compatible with most of today's current apps.

Personally, I don't do much work on a tablet. I need a real keyboard for real work so I stick to a laptop for anything work-intensive. I view a tablet as primarily for reading and entertainment.

--Pat