To iPad or not to iPad?

[Dan n Nic]

I'm looking to buy myself a tablet, and had almost decided that I was going to pay the extorsionate amount and buy an ipad, until I found this
http://uk.store.creative.com/entertainment-devices-mp3-players/ziio-10/948-20230.aspx

My question is, has anyone else got an android based tab and what do you think of it? The thing I like about this over the iPad is the fact that you can use a SD card so you are not just stuck with the 8/16GB.

Any CONSTRUCTIVE advice/comments gratefully received.

[Organisys]

I have a netbook with approx 7 hrs batt life. Half the price of an iPad.

Why bother?

[Dan_GTi8v]

I've never understood the point of an iPad, I know they say less is more, but in this case it just isn't

[Kerrse]

I'm looking to buy myself a tablet, and had almost decided that I was going to pay the extorsionate amount and buy an ipad, until I found this
http://uk.store.creative.com/entertainment-devices-mp3-players/ziio-10/948-20230.aspx

My question is, has anyone else got an android based tab and what do you think of it? The thing I like about this over the iPad is the fact that you can use a SD card so you are not just stuck with the 8/16GB.

Any CONSTRUCTIVE advice/comments gratefully received.

Ipads can come in 32 & 64gb

[gjroe78]

I would'nt buy any tablet but an iPad, but i would only be buying it for watching films, web browsing and the games/apps if  you want to do anything else get a small laptop 

[Jay]

There are plenty of alternatives, that one is using an older version of Android. Look for one running Android 3, otherwise called Honeycomb.

Most will be running the nVidia Tegra 2 CPU, which is pretty good but newer CPU's are coming out and early next year we will see QUAD core's in Phones and Tablets (that's like having 4 CPU's/Processors).

The Motorola Atrix is quite cool, as is the new Asus EEE Transformer that's a tablet but docks as an Android netbook/laptop.
There are also dual booting Android/Windows 7 tablets, Viewsonic is one of the rebranders.

The iPad is fine for most people, but I don't like being locked down into their ecosystem (anyone saying 'but aren't you being locked down to Google's ecosystem' doesn't know a thing about Android and/or Openness). I also like being a geek and installing different ROMs.

[simonpolly]

 I brought my wife an ipad2 I found it to be very quick for web browsing but on the downside you cannot run flash video and most apps you have to pay for. I am going to get an android based tablet for myself far more free apps and you can run flash video, you would be surprised how many websites use flash player.

[Guy]

I brought my wife an ipad4 I found it to be very quick for web browsing but on the downside you cannot run flash video and most apps you have to pay for. I am going to get an android based tablet for myself far more free apps and you can run flash video, you would be surprised how many websites use flash player.

you mean... there are other websites apart from this one?! when did this happen? 

[Dan_GTi8v]

I brought my wife an ipad4

That must of set you back quite a bit!

[Guy]

I brought my wife an ipad4

That must of set you back quite a bit!

wives. expensive biz.