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Originally Posted by Unleash_the_Phury
But the xoom doesn't have flash. It has the promise of flash.
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And again I lead with... HUH?? The Xoom has had Flash for over a week now.
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Originally Posted by Unleash_the_Phury
I'll have to dispute the claim that you give up functionality with an iPhone. I understand in certain cases this would be true, but as an iPod addict who pretty much needs some aural stimulation or at least the option of it 24-7, I find it incredibly functional to have my iPod and phone be the same device. The convenience of everything syncing with iTunes can't be underscored. Yes, android phones play music but when I could either drag and drop 2 or 3 podcasts a day to an sd card or just plug my phone into the computer, I'll take the second option every time.
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Ok, from this it's obvious that you have never used an Android phone. There are a ton of apps that you can load on your computer that will sync files just like iTunes. Also, Google Music went live in-house TODAY (the ability to cloud-sync is already built in to Honeycomb). Which means it is likely that Google will beat Apple to having a production cloud-based music service within the year. Given the choice of plugging into iTunes or never having to plug in at all.. I'll choose the latter... BUT if you want to talk about what is ACTUALLY out there... well, there are plenty of iTunes-like syncing apps for android. The fact is.. you are just like my girlfriend was... she had NO CLUE what she was missing until she was around me and my EVO. Did you even know that there are TONS of Youtube videos that you iPhone can't play but my EVO can?
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Originally Posted by Unleash_the_Phury
Also, to say we're a mere twelve-eighteen months away from computer-equivalent tablets when nobody seems to be able to develop an efficient Flash-capable tablet after a year (moreso on Apple's side) of R & D seems a bit optimistic. I get that we're moving forward in quantum leaps when it comes to technology, but I'll believe that a tablet can replace my computer when I hold one that's capable of it, not when someone releases a spec sheet or tells me how great the new operating system is.
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#1 the Xoom has Flash, so do the new Samsung tabs, etc etc etc
#2 I
currently use a Win7 tablet that works just as well as my desktop except that it's battery life sucks
#3 in terms of pure computing power... we are 6 months away... I don't think 12-18 months to put that power to use is much of a stretch at all.