[olug] Contemplating an iPad.

[Adam Lassek]

The iPad release effectively caught every else with their pants down.

I predict it will be years before we see a competitive offering with Android or WebOS.

On Aug 15, 2010, at 2:56 PM, Dan Linder wrote:

> Ok, it looks like the iPad will fill my needs (PDA, PDF/ebook viewer,
> remote access, etc).
> 
> I was hoping to play with developing some small apps, but
> unfortunately the language I'd like to do this in (Java) is not
> available on the iPad (Apple and Steve Jobs, not a technical reason).
> 
> Since I'm also looking at getting an Android based phone in the next
> 6-8 months and the preferred Android development platform is Java
> (http://mobiforge.com/developing/story/getting-started-with-android-development),
> I'm thinking an Android tablet is starting to make sense.
> 
> But...
> 
> It seems that most of the Android based tablets are either "coming
> soon", or are too small to be a decent reader (the Dell Streak looks
> promising, but too small and low res).
> 
> The $150 tablet that was seen at K-Mart in the past few weeks
> (http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/08/08/1727223/Kmart-Briefly-Offers-149-Android-Tablet?from=rss),
> but apparently it is not licensed to get apps from the Google Android
> app store, so I'm hesitant if it has any future.
> 
> Are there any others that I'm missing that are out there now?
> 
> Dan
> 
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