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dakini · 07-30-2014, 02:37 PM

I can't believe I sat down and read all 100+ replies since my last post.

We went very quickly from hardware to apps and the personalities associated with each o/s ... really fascinating commentary that the way this is playing out, among this thread's participants, is that tablets aren't about the hardward and o/s but about things completely out of the control of apple, samsung, or even the lesser-known companies ...

Also, what I find interesting is how much of the talk has gone to proving that each speaker is a "specialist" with need for "specialist" apps -- and how the other o/s just won't do -- because it doesn't have an exact app, or doesn't have the right price point.

Finally, I just have to speak up for the casual user of technology. Some of us aren't looking for complex apps. We're looking for basic email, web browsing, a favourite game or two. We're not luddites. We just don't need the tablet to do some one arcane task or need one specific interface. And we're part of that consumer base as well. So when y'all are getting your knickers in a twist about whether an app was on droid or apple first, some of us just shrug ...

07-30-2014, 02:37 PM	#129
dakini not "it" Posts: 236 Karma: 1687996 Join Date: Aug 2012 Device: Kindle 7th gen	I can't believe I sat down and read all 100+ replies since my last post. We went very quickly from hardware to apps and the personalities associated with each o/s ... really fascinating commentary that the way this is playing out, among this thread's participants, is that tablets aren't about the hardward and o/s but about things completely out of the control of apple, samsung, or even the lesser-known companies ... Also, what I find interesting is how much of the talk has gone to proving that each speaker is a "specialist" with need for "specialist" apps -- and how the other o/s just won't do -- because it doesn't have an exact app, or doesn't have the right price point. Finally, I just have to speak up for the casual user of technology. Some of us aren't looking for complex apps. We're looking for basic email, web browsing, a favourite game or two. We're not luddites. We just don't need the tablet to do some one arcane task or need one specific interface. And we're part of that consumer base as well. So when y'all are getting your knickers in a twist about whether an app was on droid or apple first, some of us just shrug ...