A suggestion for fanboys of either persuasion..

I was looking at the list of devices above, and it reminded me how often I'm disappointed by the quality of participants on tech podcasts.

I won't name and shame here, but Apple guys seem to be worse than the more 'open tech' inspired Android enthusiasts. The worst of them are out and out apologists for every Apple fault, and even talk of "Apple Quality", (sorry, but be honest, how many of you have not had or heard of someone with an iPhone who has trouble with the hardware buttons?

Another thing I hear, which makes me groan, is when they infer that if you already have an 'investment' in iPhone apps it makes sense not to try a device from the competition.. a weak argument in my opinion, except for the unfortunate poor.

If you don't make an average investment on both sides of the equation how on earth can you hope to give intelligent advice?! Anyway, apps on both platforms are absurdly cheap.. it isn't going to cost more than a cup of coffee for an 'expensive' app, which you get to use on multiple devices.. get real!

And then there is the supposed question of the quality of Android apps..  I have approximately the same number of apps on both platforms, about 130 I think, and the only application I use on my iPad (iPhone) which I haven't yet found a match for on Android, is Momento, a daily journal. There are no doubt alternatives, but I'm looking for one that can be accessed via Dropbox from both platforms..

Thats enough rant from me. If you want more, try a few tech podcasts ;)

The iPad arrived early..

Just a short place reminder.  Will be back with my feelings anon.

Why I did not choose a Samsung Tab 2

A couple of days ago I very nearly pressed the button to buy the above, but there were a few key things which stopped me:

Android's Bluetooth doesn't support Foreign character keyboards.

The screen resolution was not going to make reading ebooks easier for me.

I would have been unable to view iTunes video podcasts.

Two apps were a 'must' for me:
Momento, and Mindnode Touch, neither of which are available for Android. Otherwise, the majority of my most-used apps run on both platforms.

So, regretably I chose to increase Apple's disgusting margins once again.