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Originally Posted by pilotbob
When did I say Firefox was an OS? I think you misread my post. When you asked what app I would run on the OS I said Firefox.
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Yes, that's pretty much the only app I wish I could run on my iPhone, but can't (un-jailbroken...I'm still not sure if you can jailbroken). It is something that is a significant negative for me (for the iPhone, as well as the iPad), though possibly not sufficient to dissuade me from the iPad.
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And there you hit the nail on the Head... "Apple Vetoed". If this had a "real" OS that wasn't locked down and you could load and run your own apps without going through the "app store" I would consider it a real or full blown OS.
BOb
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This is not a deal-breaker for me. My specific requirements and limited needs generally are amply-and-more covered by the app store (except for Firefox - all those wonderful fart apps just don't compensate
). Saying that, I still manage to empathise with the above. I can easily see that when it came to a choice between a Linux/Windows/iPhone OS X tablet, the first two would instantly be shortlisted for some due to the more "open" nature of the OS. Full OS X on the iPad might have kept it there too. For me, I just recently had a realisation about my requirements, desires, and abilities, and that for this type of device's slot in my complement of gadgets, I didn't need a "full blown OS".
I'd like a stylus though,
and the keyboard dock was a significant clincher for me.
Cheers,
Marc