Why People Aren't Buying iPads Anymore - Page 3

HarryT · 07-28-2014, 06:31 AM

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Originally Posted by shanghaichica

I like android phones. I've been using one for the past 2 years now and don't think I could go back to an iphone (didn't get on with the 5S earlier this year) but the ipad is king when it comes to tablets.

My real issue with switching from the iPhone is that I have my entire music collection in iTunes, and my iPhone is my music player. I'd need something equivalent for Android. I'll start a new thread in the Android forum to ask how I'd go about doing that.

tompe · 07-28-2014, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Josieb1

This is exactly why I didn't get on with the 7 inch android tablet I had. Some apps that I use on my iPhone and large ipad just don't exist on Android and there aren't any other suitable apps, plus I disliked how the emails were displayed, all the addresses (I have multiple) merged. Just generally the iPads work smoother and more seamlessly. I'll never be without one, I just won't upgrade every year.
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Which apps do not exist for Android?

Most people install a third party email reader which you can configure how they work. I use K9.

ProfCrash · 07-28-2014, 10:40 AM

Most of the apps I want are available on Ipad and not on android. I like board games and the games that I like tend to start on IOS and some migrate to Android but not many. You are talking about games there sell for $5 to $25 and those do not sell as well on Android.

I cannot look them up at work but it is a common complaint mentioned on board Game Geeks, so much so that there is an IOS games section and they specifically highlight when a game is being made for both Android and IOS or when a game has migrated. But they almost all start on IOS.

Heck, kickstarters for these games list Android apps as a stretch goal.

I have an IPad 3 and might upgrade sometime in the near future. Probably as LM gets closer to an age that I am comfortable with letting him use an IPad on a semi regular basis. Maybe a year from now.

eschwartz · 07-28-2014, 11:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

My real issue with switching from the iPhone is that I have my entire music collection in iTunes, and my iPhone is my music player. I'd need something equivalent for Android. I'll start a new thread in the Android forum to ask how I'd go about doing that.

Does this help?

http://lifehacker.com/5839312/how-ca...-android-phone

Josieb1 · 07-28-2014, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by tompe

Which apps do not exist for Android?

Most people install a third party email reader which you can configure how they work. I use K9.

Documents by Readale
Downloads HD
Strategery

Just to name the three most important ones.

Josieb1 · 07-28-2014, 12:50 PM

My RSS reader Feedler Pro is also IOS only.

tompe · 07-28-2014, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Josieb1

Documents by Readale
Downloads HD
Strategery

Just to name the three most important ones.

In Android you can usually just open documents you want to open without a special app designed to work around limitation in iOS...

I find a lot of youtube downloaders for Android. Does Downloads HD does something else?

Since I never play games I always forget that there is a difference there.

tompe · 07-28-2014, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Josieb1

My RSS reader Feedler Pro is also IOS only.

I use Feedler also (on Android). What does the Pro version give you that is essential? I am curious about what I am missing. Or is the Pro version only useful if you are offline sometimes?

Josieb1 · 07-28-2014, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by tompe

I use Feedler also (on Android). What does the Pro version give you that is essential? I am curious about what I am missing. Or is the Pro version only useful if you are offline sometimes?

Feedler wasn't on Android when I had my tablet so I can't say, I was forced to use Feedly or Digg, neither of which I liked.

Josieb1 · 07-28-2014, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by tompe

In Android you can usually just open documents you want to open without a special app designed to work around limitation in iOS...

I find a lot of youtube downloaders for Android. Does Downloads HD does something else?

Since I never play games I always forget that there is a difference there.

Documents is the only app I know of that incorporates a web browser that allows the download of mobi files from independant publishers as a document which can then be emailed to Amazon for delivery to my Kindle.

Downloads HD allows me to save videos from a friends' server and play them within the app and export them to my pc. Plus it can save web pages and export them to my pc as well. I don't use this app for You Tube.

Strategery is hubby's main game, it's never been developed for Android.

Josieb1 · 07-28-2014, 02:48 PM

At the end of the day ios works seemlessly for me. I have the same apps on my iPhone, my air and my mini. It's not worth my time to try to save money now by starting again with Android unless it's for my phone which is used far less than the iPads. I'd have to work out what's apps I need to replace the ios only ones. I write reviews in Pages which easily export to dropbox and to my pc in word.

From my experience with Android I needed three steps with Android for every one on iOS, it was messy and uncoordinated. And I hated the file system. Yes I'd get an android phone as all I'd want that for that apart from phone and texts is music and audiobooks, plus Facebook, but for a tablet which I use as a laptop replacement during the week I wouldn't use anything but an ipad. It's worth every penny.

tompe · 07-28-2014, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Josieb1

Feedler wasn't on Android when I had my tablet so I can't say, I was forced to use Feedly or Digg, neither of which I liked.

Ah, sorry, feedler seems to be on Android but it is Feedly I use and like.

tompe · 07-28-2014, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Josieb1

Documents is the only app I know of that incorporates a web browser that allows the download of mobi files from independant publishers as a document which can then be emailed to Amazon for delivery to my Kindle.

Downloads HD allows me to save videos from a friends' server and play them within the app and export them to my pc. Plus it can save web pages and export them to my pc as well. I don't use this app for You Tube.

But since you have a file system on Android all of the above is easily done with standard apps.

Josieb1 · 07-28-2014, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by tompe

But since you have a file system on Android all of the above is easily done with standard apps.

I could never get a mobi file downloaded from a publisher and loaded on my tablet so I could then attach it to an email and send it to Amazon. I tried more than once.

tompe · 07-28-2014, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Josieb1

I could never get a mobi file downloaded from a publisher and loaded on my tablet so I could then attach it to an email and send it to Amazon. I tried more than once.

Well, if you can download it in Chrome it will end up in Downloads and all these files you can easily email (just share them with an email app).

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07-28-2014, 10:40 AM	#33
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	Most of the apps I want are available on Ipad and not on android. I like board games and the games that I like tend to start on IOS and some migrate to Android but not many. You are talking about games there sell for $5 to $25 and those do not sell as well on Android. I cannot look them up at work but it is a common complaint mentioned on board Game Geeks, so much so that there is an IOS games section and they specifically highlight when a game is being made for both Android and IOS or when a game has migrated. But they almost all start on IOS. Heck, kickstarters for these games list Android apps as a stretch goal. I have an IPad 3 and might upgrade sometime in the near future. Probably as LM gets closer to an age that I am comfortable with letting him use an IPad on a semi regular basis. Maybe a year from now.

07-28-2014, 12:50 PM	#36
Josieb1 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,086 Karma: 18051062 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: UK Device: Kindle Scribe, Coloursoft, PW SE, Kindle 6, Kobo Libra 2	My RSS reader Feedler Pro is also IOS only.

07-28-2014, 02:48 PM	#41
Josieb1 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,086 Karma: 18051062 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: UK Device: Kindle Scribe, Coloursoft, PW SE, Kindle 6, Kobo Libra 2	At the end of the day ios works seemlessly for me. I have the same apps on my iPhone, my air and my mini. It's not worth my time to try to save money now by starting again with Android unless it's for my phone which is used far less than the iPads. I'd have to work out what's apps I need to replace the ios only ones. I write reviews in Pages which easily export to dropbox and to my pc in word. From my experience with Android I needed three steps with Android for every one on iOS, it was messy and uncoordinated. And I hated the file system. Yes I'd get an android phone as all I'd want that for that apart from phone and texts is music and audiobooks, plus Facebook, but for a tablet which I use as a laptop replacement during the week I wouldn't use anything but an ipad. It's worth every penny.

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