Ditch my ipad?

[SpacemanSpiffVT]

I actually never once noticed a lack of tablet optimization with the N7 because it wasn't a 10 inch tablet. Being only ~7" I used it in portrait more often than not and it felt like a really big phone more than a small tablet. So apps looked and operated just fine.

Apps that looks bad compared to IOS (off the top of my head)
ESPN Score Center
twitter
the Google music player app
Facebook and the messenger
ESPN Fantasy Football
soundcloud

 

[preslove]

Nothing specific, maybe unity as I have an an android phone. Tbh, I don't need to "upgrade" I've grown more comfortable with an android tablet as I bout my wife a tablet 2. I guess my real issue is messing around with my touchpad and android, never felt complete.

Keep the iPad. IMHO, the optimal combo is an android phone and an iPad. Google maps is far superior to Apple maps, android gives you free out of the box tethering, and the ios apps lead is far less pronounced with phone apps than with tablet apps. The only things that an android tablet will give you over an iPad is torrent apps and better video compatibility.

I've never seen the use for 'unity' and much prefer having access to both ecosystems.

 

[SpacemanSpiffVT]

Keep the iPad. IMHO, the optimal combo is an android phone and an iPad. Google maps is far superior to Apple maps, android gives you free out of the box tethering, and the ios apps lead is far less pronounced with phone apps than with tablet apps. The only things that an android tablet will give you over an iPad is torrent apps and better video compatibility.

I've never seen the use for 'unity' and much prefer having access to both ecosystems.

I think i agree with this. I really want a nexus 4 and I guess paying the premium for an ipad right now is worth it until Android catches up.
And the resale value of an ipad is a great point as well, I can sell the 4th gen one to someone later.

Another thing to add is i never use itunes to buy movies or music so i am not super tied to apple as it is. Hmmm

anymore thoughts?

 

[Aikouka]

I honestly have no idea what trouble people seem to have with iTunes. I use it all the time as it saves me from having to download an update multiple times (once on my phone, once on my iPad). Before I got an iPad, I used to update on my phone and randomly sync the app updates to iTunes. Now, I've reversed that and download updates on my computer and randomly sync them to my phone/tablet. I even buy a lot of MP3s from Amazon, and I have no problem dealing with those. The Amazon MP3 Downloader adds them to my iTunes library for me.

I actually wish that I liked my Android tablet more, because I feel like I wasted the money on it. Other than the poor battery life with the Android OS, I think my biggest problem with it is the fact that I bought an ASUS Transformer tablet. Now, I really like the idea of the Transformer tablet, but I think the problem stems from the fact that Android still really isn't designed to run with a touchpad/keyboard, and it isn't as seamless as you are used to on a typical desktop OS. In other words, I think I would like my TF300 more if I stopped using the keyboard and treated it more like a tablet. Also, I would like it more if it automatically turned on when I opened it up like my iPad does. Apparently, the TF300 used to do it, but the feature in the Android settings doesn't appear to work properly anymore... at least that's what I read online, and it didn't work when I tried it.

 

[sygyzy]

For the record, I love the Nexus 7. I don't think it's rough around the edges at all. I have absolutely no issues with it. I am telling the OP to stay with the iPad because I just know he's going to start bitching if he moves to Android.

 

[SpacemanSpiffVT]

the main issue i had with the nexus 7 before i returned it was the screen was acting wonky and the apps kinda sucked.

I just ordered a nexus 4 so now what do i do? Lol

 

[Ravynmagi]

The Nexus 7 is awesome for $200. The small complaints I have with it is the poor color calibration, probably the worst colors I've seen on a tablet (maybe not as bad as the Xoom). Colors are a bit washed out, greens and yellows look too pastelish, and the white saturation is bad. But it's got a nice DPI and most folks may not really notice the color issues.

The speaker was the other complaint, pretty weak.

For the most part I was okay with the app experience. Got phone optimized apps, but since it's a 7 inch screen it wasn't a big deal. Sometimes it was a good thing. Though I do miss some of the nicer iOS apps like DirecTV, ESPN ScoreCenter, and CNN. Phone version of Twitter was just fine, and I started using Plume recently which seems to be a pretty good tablet optimized Twitter client so far. I definitely love the phone version of YouTube a lot more than the ugly ass carousel tabletized YouTube app. In fact I'm not a big fan of carousel UIs at all, that includes Google Music and Kindle OS's home screen.

 

[Rottie]

Throwing around selling my 3rd gen ipad for a nexus 10. Any nexus 10 owners or even converts. I thought the Ipad was the end all for tablets, but after buying my note 2, I might be convinced otherwise. My only regret is the apps bought for my ipad.

just get rid of ipad cuz you bought Note 2! :hmm: