09-13-2012, 03:05 PM
so... after a month of using this thing for a few hours a day, i have grown to hate the nexus 7.
basically comes down to:
it's too small. there is some magic number between 7 and 11 for an uber portable and useful device. i have yet to find it.
the display isn't very good. I SEE PIXELS.
cheap build quality. mine rarely leaves my desk so no problems yet, but numerous coworkers have had theirs literally fall apart.
i miss my ecosystem (read: app store chock full of non-FTP and indie titles that don't suck).
the app store is a mess. in order to download a vpn client from a reputable company, i had to sift through a dozen or so versions for different devices and oses.
android is getting better, but still pretty buggy garbage (got a chrome icon stuck on ALL of my "pages" that was not functional or deletable, the VPN options display off the screen [just a polish thing... there are many more issues like this], and so many "things" aren't clickable since there isn't a standard device size... couldn't imagine using some of these apps on a phone). granted, this last one is the case on really shitty apps on ios as well, but "really shitty apps" seem a lot more prevalent on android.
going back and forth between an ipad3 all day, the ipad feels like a breath of fresh air.
interestingly, while android tablets are getting better, the ipad market share continues to increase... and the number that shocked me the most from yesterday's apple fap-a-thon, 91% of all tablet web traffic is from ipads (with only a 62% market share). what i gather from that is either android apps use a lot less bandwidth or they suck, and people don't use them.
...
and onto phones... the iphone5 isn't anything spectacular. yes, i will be getting one. no, not because i'm certain it's the absolute best phone out there, but i'm fully invested in the apple ecosystem, it doesn't suck, and i'm due for an upgrade. it makes sense for me. the phone market is much more competitive than the tablet one.
basically comes down to:
it's too small. there is some magic number between 7 and 11 for an uber portable and useful device. i have yet to find it.
the display isn't very good. I SEE PIXELS.
cheap build quality. mine rarely leaves my desk so no problems yet, but numerous coworkers have had theirs literally fall apart.
i miss my ecosystem (read: app store chock full of non-FTP and indie titles that don't suck).
the app store is a mess. in order to download a vpn client from a reputable company, i had to sift through a dozen or so versions for different devices and oses.
android is getting better, but still pretty buggy garbage (got a chrome icon stuck on ALL of my "pages" that was not functional or deletable, the VPN options display off the screen [just a polish thing... there are many more issues like this], and so many "things" aren't clickable since there isn't a standard device size... couldn't imagine using some of these apps on a phone). granted, this last one is the case on really shitty apps on ios as well, but "really shitty apps" seem a lot more prevalent on android.
going back and forth between an ipad3 all day, the ipad feels like a breath of fresh air.
interestingly, while android tablets are getting better, the ipad market share continues to increase... and the number that shocked me the most from yesterday's apple fap-a-thon, 91% of all tablet web traffic is from ipads (with only a 62% market share). what i gather from that is either android apps use a lot less bandwidth or they suck, and people don't use them.
...
and onto phones... the iphone5 isn't anything spectacular. yes, i will be getting one. no, not because i'm certain it's the absolute best phone out there, but i'm fully invested in the apple ecosystem, it doesn't suck, and i'm due for an upgrade. it makes sense for me. the phone market is much more competitive than the tablet one.
I Am Mike
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
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4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.