WePad vs. iPad - which is better?
One of Apple's strengths is that their products always play well with other Apple devices, like the iPod, iMac etc. However, the Android platform has been taking off lately with the release of Verizon's impressive Droid smartphone. Help us compare specs, prices and usability to determine ... which is better, the iPad or the WePad?
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The operating systems are both fantastic, and well attuned to finger-based interfacing, which on a device designed to be operated (predominantly) without a physical keyboard puts them in the right market. The OS'es are relatively stable as well, which makes them good for appliance type devices. Neither OS really does one thing that the other doesn't that isn't a low-priority software feature, save for Android's contact syncing with Google, and even that can be corrected with the Google app for "iOS". Apple trades multitasking for battery life and overall single app performance, and there's talks of that coming as well down the pipeline.
They're both suited well for mobile content as well. Viewing video content in a close quarters location with multiple people as well (cars, airplanes, etc.), large-scale web page viewing, presentations, they both have the capability to do well in that area.
The true divider between the devices, in my opinion, is the divider between Android and iOS that really makes me wonder if the Nexus One, or an Android phone, for that matter, is the home for me: the apps.
Sure, Android makes it easy, and free for anyone to make an application. There's no wishy-washy vetting program that is frustrating. The SDK is free from start to finish. However, there's something to be said about the Apple software development system. For one, the entry fee. The iPhone Developer Program costs a developer $99 a year. It's affordable for a serious developer, but too much for Joey the 6th grader who slaps a neat, but unstable app together. It vets the approval process before it even hits them by making sure better quality apps get through. Now, that doesn't mean that lame-brain apps don't get on Apple's App Store and are prevalent on the Android Market. I'm sure anyone who owns an iDevice can attest to that. But the plethora of them on the Android Market far outshines the App Store. In addition, Android developers don't have this myriad of hardware and software to develop for. Android developers have to deal with people on multiple phones (and tablets, soon) and versions of the OS, and we're talking about major version changes, because the carrier or the phone manufacturer hasn't tested their modifications to the OS on the later versions. With Apple, you do have major version changes with iOS, but limited hardware makes the upgrade process easy and welcome for all the devices. This makes developing with the ability to use advanced features easy and encouraged by the community.
Oh, and there's a lot more apps too on iOS. But that goes without saying.
I wouldn't say I'm an Apple zealot, and I don't hate Android in the least. I do think however that the development scenario for Android puts it at a significant disadvantage from the iPad. I'm interested to try both devices, and see which performs better in my hands, but I have a clear feeling on which side has a stronger case.
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All these people touting iPad as a great media viewing device obviously missed ratios in math class. We all saw the Star Trek demo of HD playback with the black bars and that should have been the tip-off, but the drones and fanboy's just kept the brainwashing machine going...
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With the iPad, I would buy in to a proprietary system, where some 'Jobs' guy gets to decide what I can and cannot see (No flash because Jobs is in a fight with Adobe), can and cannot do (no webcam), what I can buy in its store, and what not (removing all boob-related apps, but leaving big spender Playboy?).
The WePad belongs to a totally different breed: It's the 'open source' counterpart, which will fit in neatly with all new tools developed by the most innovative company in the world at this moment: Google. With the WePad, you (probably) get all great Google apps, like maps, online docs, the works. It also has everything missing on the iPad: Webcam, flash support, epub ebook support, you name it.
But, if you decide you would like to use non-google tools that's fine too! You can easily install and use other apps, and never look at google maps again.
Google likes to compete on functionality and innovation, not on tie-in and restrictions. I like that. The WePIad will be mine.. :)
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M$For example, even when the same question was posted 3 days before with the same topic but is being ignored. Why? Is it because the person who ask is not known compare to this? So, popular makes a bigger difference even when the products is not any superior.
http://www.mahalo.com/answers/gadgets/what-do-you-think-are-the-possible-ipad-killers-has-anyone-heard-of-neofonie-wepad-android
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In the end it all depends on what you need. For instance: Want to easily rent a movie and watch it on the go? Get an iPad. Don't like being in a walled garden? Get a Wepad.
www.apple.com
wepad.mobi/en
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I will have to go with the iPad it is a marriage saver! See for yourself: http://www.mahalo.com/answers/consumer-electronics/free-ipad-contest#aec4a9e6d48f0d81c7514e778439b4ab7163adacf739c6ed46276efcfd487f374
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I like WePad better than the iPad because it has bigger and better display, it has got a webcam (while iPad hasn't), it has flash/adobe air that supports your browsing needs, it has a multitasking capability, and it has all what iPad can offer.
"Plenty of time for little-known German IT outfit Neofonie to grab some headlines with its cheekily named "WePad" - a touch-screen tablet promising similar functionality at a lower price, and without the restrictions that Apple imposes on software in its "App Store", which serves the iPad as well as iPhone and iPod Touch."
For more information about these two gadgets, see these sites:
http://www.stern.de/digital/computer/wepad-a-fresh-alternative-to-apples-ipad-1553767.html
http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/
http://techielobang.com/blog/2010/03/21/neofonie-wepad-vs-apple-ipad-fight-specs-within/
http://wepad.mobi/en
http://www.ipad-price.com/
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M$Personal knowledge and Mahalo.
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The second key factor is naming. All 'Apple' devices sell!
Wepad's advantages could fall on its use of the Android platform as its platform of choice. This comes as a huge advantage considering Android's development/growth ability; Android promises much indeed in the near future while having delivered to a satisfactory degree at the moment. It's second advantage could also lie in its support for flash in its browser; an option Apple chose to forgo.
Adhoc their intended audiences, which shall perform better? We shall indeed discover in the near future.
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I want an ipad. Some would be happy with a knock-off but not me.
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I think you've pretty much nailed it there!
Developing for Android is going to be a lot more pain for a lot less gain.
So Coreymac decides which questions become FEATURED QUESTIONS?
It's not why the original WePad question got ignored? Was it by accident?
http://www.mahalo.com/answers/gadgets/what-do-you-think-are-the-possible-ipad-killers-has-anyone-heard-of-neofonie-wepad-android
I'd like to comment on the odd fact that I was calling Apple's device operating system iOS as an unofficial term, and now it's official.