[clug] Vaguely off topic: iPeds and other Android tablets - availability and comparisons to that Apple one

[Jim Croft]

c'mon... the dealbreaker is, it is closed and doesn't run linux  :)

doesn't have microSD memory card slot either.  and requires iTunes
(ptui!).  and they don't give you access to a directory structure and
the ability to create stuff and move it aound... and...

but having said that, it is a nice package and they are a lot of fun
to play with...

jim

heard the other day that someone had jailbroken on and put android on
it.  I guess people are already trying to sneak a version of linux
inthere.  I am hanging out for the clones. every phone and computer
manufacterer will be making one of these soon.



On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 12:16 PM, Lana Brindley <lanabrindley at gmail.com> wrote:
> Found out last night that iPad doesn't have a USB port.
>
> lolwut?!
>
> That's a deal breaker for me, even if I had at any point thought I might buy
> one. Which I haven't.
>
> L
>
> On 4 August 2010 12:12, Andrew Boyd <facibus at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> not really Linux-y per se but I'm interested in realistic comparisons
>> between the emerging Android tablets and that other one from Apple.
>> Does anyone know of a local (ACT) supplier of iPeds? I've played with
>> a few iPads - the "is it three times better than an iPed for three
>> times the money?" question is bugging me. Unless I'm totally missing
>> something there aren't a lot of direct comparison reviews about (based
>> on odd Google searches). All I have to go on for iPed info is vendor
>> brochurespeak on eBay.
>>
>> Cheers, Andrew
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