Ipad storage and costs, how do they get away with it

zarf2007

thescouselander wrote: »

I dont know if you've used a modern Android device but they are a lot easier to use than you make out. For example, if I want to stream content from my phone to a DLNA enabled device I just press the "Throw" icon and I can select the device I want to stream to form a list. The only requirement is that all the devices are on the same network.

No intermediate boxes needed, no third party apps either - literally plug and play unlike my ipad which can only communicate with other apple devices.

I might also add that Apple falls down in other areas - for example I can connect my Android phone to my ANT+ heart rate monitor and the speed and cadence sensors on my bike but I believe this protocol isn't supported at all on iPhone.

As for stability I don't have problems on my current Android device but I would say my Ipad is extremely unstable after the iOS 8 update so I don't buy into the idea Apple products "just work" all the time.

As for OSx, it's very good and I own a Macbook but it needs extra software to talk to my Android phone where as windows will communicate directly. My Macbook also struggles to integrate with other devices like the DLNA enabled ones I mentioned above. Personally I'd prefer it is Apple could implement a bit more functionality in this area as it makes it easier to have free choice over the devices I buy.

I have used a modern android phone and it is still far from seamless.....android is a good concept but it is badly implemented and the fragmentation and vendor specific software makes it bloatware like windows. Do a test today, hand a kid an iphone and android phone, I guarantee without using either before the iphone will be 100 times more intuitive......its better than a windows phone, but it aint anywhere near apple.

RumRat

zarf2007 wrote: »

says another sad windows user.....you know you and that idiot bill gates are the type of people who set the IT industry back 20 years with that pathetic garbage you call an OS and software, please carry on in the dark while I enjoy a real system.

Can you remember last century? You don't sound old enough...

RichardD1970

Gotta love these Apple fan boy "techies" :rotfl:

Big_Graeme

zarf2007 wrote: »

OSX & iOS devices work together seemlessly.

After shelling out a minimum of £1200 I should damn well think it should.

debitcardmayhem

zarf2007 wrote: »

says another sad windows user.....you know you and that idiot bill gates are the type of people who set the IT industry back 20 years with that pathetic garbage you call an OS and software, please carry on in the dark while I enjoy a real system.

So you use *n*x

zarf2007

Big_Graeme wrote: »

After shelling out a minimum of £1200 I should damn well think it should.

yes because decent spec windows 8 equivalent hardware is so cheap isnt it....oh wait, there isnt any....

zarf2007

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

So you use *n*x

damn right. A real OS.

RichardD1970

zarf2007 wrote: »

oh go and drink yourself to death !!!!!!!!...one less !!!!!! on the planet...

You're not doing yourself any favours on the intellect, maturity or creditability front there :rotfl:

What's the saying?

Profanity is the last resort of the truly ignorant

woodworm001

Are genuine Apple users embarrassed to be associated with this growing fanboi reputation? No matter how good their products are, there is becoming a stigma associated with them. A little like BMW drivers a few years back ....

RumRat

zarf2007 wrote: »

oh go and drink yourself to death !!!!!!!!...one less !!!!!! on the planet...

School a bit stressful today was it?