[citation][nom]watcha[/nom]Given the proliferation of cloud based storage eg iCloud or Dropbox, this is a non issue.20% of apps are games. Not 'most' at all.1 - Playing games in moving vehicles doesn't make normal people motion sick.2 - Who says that you have to be in a moving vehicle to benefit from an iPad? You could be in a field enjoying a BBQ, at a friends or families house, in bed, sat on the sofa, walking around town? Thousands of scenarios.So if I sit on a park table outside I'll just whip out my desktop PC?This isn't evidence, this is a misinformed opinion, especially given the number of new creative apps which have come out with the new iPad.You can play back full HD video on your iPad. You can also wirelessly stream it to a television, something no Android tablet can do. You can get HDMI leads very cheaply for the iPad.There are thousands, but here's one:Sky Sports. You can watch on Android smartphones (only recently) but not Android tablets. Sky sports have the exclusive rights to many games in the English Premier League, the biggest and most watched sporting league in the world. If you have an Android tablet, you can't watch it. You can with the iPad.http/www.sky.com/products/ways-to-watch/sky-go/Another example, Formula 1 coverage:http/www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/03/s [...] o-android/Here's an article on 'why Android is always second':http/www.gottabemobile.com/2012/ [...] ssing-app/There are also several games which only the iPad is powerful enough to run. You may not see that as 'useful' but people who enjoy gaming disagree. And that's a lot of people.Oh, and finally, many people find it useful to have battery life which actually lasts when they use their tablet ;-)[/citation]
Wow that's certainly a lot of Apple propaganda that you're pushing. If we're talking about the first and second generation iPad, decoding HD video was limited (only 1280x720p max). And again, playing multiple video formats was a HUGE issue.
I can hardly call the Sky Sports app useful, can you give us a concrete example from your supposed "thousands" that might be more convincing? Because I imagine that the world's most watched sporting league would be watched live on a much bigger screen.
Also, can you give a few more details about your claim of wirelessly streaming video to an HDTV? Assuming the HDTV has built-in wifi connectivity, you would still need an Apple TV hooked up to the HDTV, isn't it? And that would mean that it will be limited to 720p video on the HDTV. To get 1080p video, you'd have to buy the latest Apple TV. Boo.
And by the way, cloud storage is only practical for small files. It isn't even practical for storing music, unless you like hearing your songs streamed back to you at a lower bitrate than it originally was.
And regarding your misinformed opinion about "Playing games in moving vehicles doesn't make normal people motion sick", you're wrong. Try using google to get an idea of what percentage of the human population is susceptible to motion sickness. Reading books makes normal people get motion sickness, and gaming on portable devices is even worse.
Wow that's certainly a lot of Apple propaganda that you're pushing. If we're talking about the first and second generation iPad, decoding HD video was limited (only 1280x720p max). And again, playing multiple video formats was a HUGE issue.
I can hardly call the Sky Sports app useful, can you give us a concrete example from your supposed "thousands" that might be more convincing? Because I imagine that the world's most watched sporting league would be watched live on a much bigger screen.
Also, can you give a few more details about your claim of wirelessly streaming video to an HDTV? Assuming the HDTV has built-in wifi connectivity, you would still need an Apple TV hooked up to the HDTV, isn't it? And that would mean that it will be limited to 720p video on the HDTV. To get 1080p video, you'd have to buy the latest Apple TV. Boo.
And by the way, cloud storage is only practical for small files. It isn't even practical for storing music, unless you like hearing your songs streamed back to you at a lower bitrate than it originally was.
And regarding your misinformed opinion about "Playing games in moving vehicles doesn't make normal people motion sick", you're wrong. Try using google to get an idea of what percentage of the human population is susceptible to motion sickness. Reading books makes normal people get motion sickness, and gaming on portable devices is even worse.