Compared to its main competitor the xoom, the ipad2 is cheaper, lighter, thinner, and faster. There's no denying it. So if someone is in the market for a tablet, and does their research, the ipad2 is a logical choice.
Yes but fill rate is fill rate. It's a hard number that always translates into real world results. A 1/4 mile run may not tell you everything about a car but it sure tells you a lot.
I actually went down and played with the iPad 2 at BB yesterday. And I'll tell you something, WOW! I'm still unimpressed by iOS in general, but damn did they absolutely nail the form factor. Anyone who says that the iPad 2's thinness and lightness is not that important needs to get one of these things in there hands. I walked around to the Xoom in the store after handling the iPad 2 and it was a night and day difference. Which is sad because the Xoom is far from big or bulky, but Apple really set the bar high on form factor this time. It's a good thing I don't like iOS and love Android, otherwise I might be tempted to buy an iPad 2.
I was not expecting this! The Xoom has more ram and a Tegra 2 but yet it still took a beating when compared to the ipad 2! I was expecting the A5 chip to be kinda soft and deliver only a margin increase over the original ipad. Apple Delivered! The iphone 5 will be awesome and we have no Android devices that can counter this now that it is proven that Apple's A5 processor can easily defeat a Tegra 2.
We also have no Android devices coming in the near future that can outperform the Apple A5 chip , now that it is proven that Apple's A5 processor can easily defeat a Tegra 2
Apple iPad 2 GPU Performance Explored: PowerVR SGX543MP2 Benchmarked - AnandTech :: Your Source for Hardware Analysis and News
Apple iPad 2 GPU Performance Explored: PowerVR SGX543MP2 Benchmarked - AnandTech :: Your Source for Hardware Analysis and News
How about the same source, but with overall benchmarks?
Apple iPad 2 Preview - AnandTech :: Your Source for Hardware Analysis and News
Whether this performance advantage matters is another matter entirely. Although there aren't many FP intensive iPad apps available today, moving to the A5 is all about enabling developers - not playing catch up to software.
Whether this performance advantage matters is another matter entirely. Although there aren't many FP intensive iPad apps available today, moving to the A5 is all about enabling developers - not playing catch up to software.
That's awesome... yet another compelling reason to go with the iPad2. Only a closed eco-system can have a clear road map. Only a clear road map can make what you describe possible. With Android it just seems you're waiting indefinitely for SOME kind of support for everything that ought to be mainstream. I've given up on the idea of an Android tablet. I work too hard for my $$ to sit around waiting for a few folks at XDA to come up with fixes for all the stuff that should have worked to begin with. Everything should work on day one, the way Apple does.
That's awesome... yet another compelling reason to go with the iPad2. Only a closed eco-system can have a clear road map. Only a clear road map can make what you describe possible. With Android it just seems you're waiting indefinitely for SOME kind of support for everything that ought to be mainstream. I've given up on the idea of an Android tablet. I work too hard for my $$ to sit around waiting for a few folks at XDA to come up with fixes for all the stuff that should have worked to begin with. Everything should work on day one, the way Apple does.
Good article. The point I made was repeated again in that article:...
Folks, HW specs aside, Android still is stuck with the byte code layer. Though MUCH improved since the 2.1 or lower days, it STILL is a resource liability.
Apple improved the Safari JavaScript engine in iOS 4.3, which right off the bat helped the original iPad become more competitive in this test. Even with both pads running iOS 4.3, the iPad 2 is 80% faster than the original iPad here.
The Motorola Xoom we recently reviewed scored a few percent slower than the iPad 2 in SunSpider as well. Running different OSes and browsers, it's difficult to conclude much when comparing the A5 to Tegra 2.
A bug in BrowserMark kept us from running it for the Xoom review but it's since been fixed. Again we're looking at mostly JavaScript performance here. Rightware modeled its benchmark after the JavaScript frameworks and functions used by websites like Facebook, Amazon and Gmail among others. The results are simply one aspect of web browsing performance, but an important one:
It seems like the things google optimized are better than ****. Like browser, photoviewer, youtube, gmail, etc. Great things are coming!And the point I'd made from that article is that while the iPad2 is indeed faster on many things, when you look at web browsing, an example of something I think lots of people enjoy on tablets, the comparison is much closer between the two, not orders of magnitude difference
Maybe.You're aware that the SDK now also supports native code development?
Like sdcard,USB, flash and camera......
It seems like the things google optimized are better than ****. Like browser, photoviewer, youtube, gmail, etc. Great things are coming!
It goes both ways.
If I was a photographer like yourself, I'd give up SDcard, USB, camera & flash for the ability to handle native hi-res files and video footage while away on location.
If you were a real photographer you'd use a real camera like a Canon 1ds mkiii and a real photo editor like Photoshop.
And I'm just saying that neither I pad or xoom are cameras or editing tools.I've yet to meet a real photographer who confined themselves to a single tool.
I'm just saying.
And I'm just saying that neither I pad or xoom are cameras or editing tools.
If you were a real photographer you'd use a real camera like a Canon 1ds mkiii and a real photo editor like Photoshop.
Who is doing this? Would be nice to get a brief explanation when threads are merged. It's starting to get very confusing.
One of the mods. I know when I mod a forum and merge threads I at least give a post stating that much so as to avoid the confusion. This does seem a little odd to me, as well.
I'm not a real photographer. I was giving examples of how a real photographer like yourself could see the benefit with a so-called closed system despite it's technical spec disadvantage.
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See you can talk specs, I was giving examples of real tangible benefits for a pro-photographer like yourself. Sometimes a closed eco-system can give you real tangible workflow benefits. Unfortunately, by your response, you can easily dismiss them.
Well, it looks like the Android tablet to get now is the Samsung 8.9 Galaxy Tab w/ the Exynos processor.
It will probably have the same GPU type setup as the A5.
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