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Originally Posted by JSWolf
What I can see possibly happening is that when a good Android tablet comes out, it might give the ipad a run for it's money since a lot of the apps are written for both. I can see Flash being the big difference.
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Flash IS the big difference.
As well as Android's open platform.
As well as the considerably better specs of Tegra 2.
There is very little reason not to expect that Flash 10.1 will run well on Android 2.2. It looks good in the videos, and Google has been working with Adobe to integrate Flash into the OS.
NVIDIA also appears eager to jump in and tout that it has worked with Adobe to make sure Flash runs well on Tegra 2, which kills the iPad's older generation processor both in video and gaming performance, and in battery performance. You can see the various processors compared in
this table from pdadb.net.
The most important factor in the tremendous success of the iPhone OS was the brilliantly designed UI, which until Android 2.1 really didn't have any rivals - not even close.
But these times are over, and IMO Android 2.2 will be the one that knocks the iPhone off its dominant position.
So, yes, it is Flash. Steve Jobs knew what was coming ("Make no mistake they [Google] want to kill the iPhone"), so he went on this great FUD attack, to deflect the inevitable comparisons and criticism.
It did work with some, but frankly, if Jobs had kept his mouth shut, I most likely would have bought one of the first iPads, hoping that when Flash came of beta, it would have ended up on the iPad.
Anyway, with all these wars about Flash here, I find that so many of my otherwise intelligent, knowledgeable friends, are totally unaware that the iPad doesn't support Flash. They simply assume that it works like their desktop browser.
I guess, it will be up to the advertising departments of Google, HTC, Samsung, etc., to point out the differences. It's FLASH, stupid! Google really needs to hire James Carville....