If any company can build a full-sized tablet computer capable of rivaling Apple Inc.’s iPad, it is Samsung Electronics Co. Except it didn’t.
It is not because of a lack of effort. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, running Google Inc.’s Android operating system, was the best non-Apple tablet of 2011. Apple thinks it’s because Samsung violated their patents, and in June a federal judge halted US sales of the Galaxy Tab, part of a broader legal battle between the two tech giants.
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I think the constant drumming of the number of apps available to Apple products is a bit silly at this point. Once you get maybe a thousand apps, most become alternate versions of apps that do the same basic thing. Some apps may be better than others, but how do you know? Nobody can check out even a couple of thousand apps, much less over 200,000, so it just becomes a confusing mess. You end up depending on a few reviews or a recommendation from a friend. It would be appropriate, I think, to ask Mr Bray how many Apple apps he's tried, and likewise how many Android apps.
Honestly, the thing keeping me from buying an iPad right now is the lack of Flash support. The thing keeping me from buying an Android tablet is that it isn't an iPad and I've already got an iPhone I've purchased apps for.
So what don't you like vs. the iPad? The display was the only negative vs. ~10 positives. Is this a review?
Actually, past reviews indicate that Mr. Bray likes Apple products best no matter the evidence. Notice he uses the proprietary label "Retina" for the 2048x1536 display. Since Retina is an Apple brand, other manufacturers will never be able to use that term, even if their displays have higher resolution. An unbiased reviewer should make that clear and explain what the actual resolution is.
I should have made it clear that all Apple "Retina" displays are not created equal. The actual resolution varies depending on the device. The iPhone "Retina" display is 960 x 640, I believe.