Otto motivi per cui Android straccia iPad

clipped from www.linuxfordevices.com Eight ways other tablets can beat the iPad Display limitations Lack of multitasking Crippled video output No cameras No Adobe Flash support No standard USB port or SD slot No real GPS -- Unless you pay extra for 3G connectivity, the iPad doesn't include a GPS receiver. On the more expensive models, the device's navigation functionality is described as assisted GPS, meaning that it probably requires the user to have a cellular data plan and be within reach of a carrier network. Apple might have given the iPad the ability to revert to autonomous GPS -- as provided by Linux-based PNDs (personal navigation devices), but we doubt it. Awkward text input -- This might seem like a niggling complaint on our part, given that the iPad does include a software keyboard and an optional keyboard dock. But the device does not appear to include anything to make the on-screen typing experience easier, such as the predictive technology, nor does it have haptic feedback to let a user know when a "key" has been pr

Ovunque, in giro, trovi critiche all'iPad.

Stavolta noto questi ultimi due punti: il GPS "solo assistito" (cioè solo con connessione internet attiva!!!)... "forse" (dicesi "forse") Apple potrebbe anche abilitare la navigazione GPS autonoma ("senza pagare internet"), ma... "we doubt it", cioè "ne dubitiamo"!!

E che dire del "text input"? Dovrebbero tutti portarsi sempre in giro la tastiera? Non c'è infatti niente nell'iPad che renda in qualche modo comodo l'input di testo...!