Comments on: Asus Goes for the Jugular https://isource.com/2011/04/13/asus-goes-for-the-jugular/ #1 Source for iPad, iPhone, iPod, Mac and AppleTV Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:23:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.6 By: Erik https://isource.com/2011/04/13/asus-goes-for-the-jugular/#comment-34627 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:23:28 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=36827#comment-34627 Android doesn’t need to kill the iPad to be a success. The market has room for at least two table operating systems. Hell, I think Microsoft will at least do okay with their tablet offering even if they wind up a distant 3rd in terms of market share.

Android has a long way to go to catch up with Apple, but they will do fine if they can manage to fix some of their bugs, and actually release their 3.x source code so that all manufacturers can install it. 3.0 is definitely a half-baked OS. Nevertheless, I’ll be buying the Transformer when it is available in the US.

]]> By: Jhrogersii https://isource.com/2011/04/13/asus-goes-for-the-jugular/#comment-34602 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 01:36:16 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=36827#comment-34602 The first thing that comes to mind when I see this is the Motorola Atrix 4G. It looked like such a compelling concept when it was announced, with the netbook dock and TV docks available to extend the experience past the phone. With Motorola and all of their Android device experience and the power of a dual-core processor, it seemed like a slam-dunk. In reality, it was rushed to market, and the final shipping version received lukewarm reviews. A few writers that I trust absolutely trashed it after living with the thing for a couple of weeks. it just didn’t come together. You might put the Sony Ericsson ExperiaPlay in the same category, as well.

In the same vein as the Atrix and the ExeriaPlay, I will have serious doubts about the build quality of the Transformer at that price until I hold it in my hands. Then there’s the OS, which even by the admission of hardcore Android fanboys and Google themselves isn’t fully cooked yet, and this thing probably isn’t going to win over the mass market. The mass market wants the easy experience that Apple has mastered, and no Android tablet is offering anything close to that at this point. It may very well be a very compelling device for the tech-centric crowd, but I just don’t think $100 off will get grandmas and school kids to go Android.

All that said, I would love to pick one up cheap to play with a few months down the road if it turns out to be halfway decent.

]]> By: patrick https://isource.com/2011/04/13/asus-goes-for-the-jugular/#comment-34601 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:28:42 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=36827#comment-34601 I love all the talk of the Xoom being rushed to market, or the same for the supposedly tablet-ready version of Android. It is April of 2011 right. One full year after the iPad hit the market.

If that’s iPad rivals rushing, I’d hate to see what it’s like when they’re taking things slow. 🙂

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