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Originally Posted by Mivo
When I looked into jailbreaking my iPad, all methods to do so would also prevent me from performing in-app purchases. For me, that was a definite dealbreaker. Have newer jailbreaking methods changed that? Can jailbroken iOS devices use the regular AppStore and get in-app purchases?
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Hmm, I've never encountered that problem, I'm able to buy and install "official" apps without any of those problems.
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Originally Posted by PatNY
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.
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Some of the theming stuff will slow a device down, I don't use any of that, I don't experience any slow down but I don't install loads of apps from Cydia, just the few useful ones: SSH, PHP, mySQL, MyWi, BiteSMS and iFile.
There isn't a lot of difference in the number of hoops to jump through for jail breaking iOS compared to rooting and installing CyanogenMod.
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Originally Posted by PatNY
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.
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Ok, I was being a little facetious there but I have been unable to find a decent code editor which supports adding my own plugins (similar to Sublime, iOS has Textastic) or a good task management app similar to iOS's OmniFocus, that's just the two examples I can think of off the top of my head, there are more.
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Originally Posted by PatNY
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.
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Fair enough, I'm not gonna argue as I've not really looked into reading apps for Android, I'll take your word for it, I will say you can pry Marvin out of my cold, dead hands though.
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Originally Posted by PatNY
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.
What flavor of Android? Maybe your device is running an older Android version that isn't compatible with most of today's current apps.
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I've got a device running 2.3 and another running CyanogenMod 9, which is essentially Android 4.
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Originally Posted by PatNY
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
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That's another advantage of an iPad, there are a lot of clip-on keyboards. Whilst there are keyboards for Android tablets they aren't quite the same, seamless fit, that won't bother a lot of people but I like that my keyboard fits over the front of the tablet exactly.
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Originally Posted by pl001
Absolutely. Neither Android or iOS even come close to Windows RT for my productivity needs. No platform is perfect or everything to everybody.
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I'm curious, how easy is it to find anything to run on RT?