If it's not an ipad air it's a downgrade......




:P

 

I'd get the Nexus, esp. if you plan on keeping it for a bit. It's fast, fully customizable and will run the latest software

 

There really is no such thing in that price range. Everything is a compromise of some kind in that price range.

Chip in an extra $50 and get the iPad Mini at $300.

 

Bang for your buck the best sub-$250 tablet experience you'll ever have.

 

What carrier are you on? If on Verizon I suggest look at the Motorola RAZR line. I know my Maxx HD has some of the best battery life of any phone on the market

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HTC is coming out with a spiritual successor to its One pretty soon, if I remember correctly. Might want to wait for that. I have a Moto X and I'm pretty happy with it. Got it for $99 with an upgrade.

 

Did this a year ago, with no regrets.

 

I also converted from iphone/ipad to Nexus 7 2nd gen/Nexus 5. Awesome stuff. No regrets

 

Ecosystem.

 

Security is why I stay. Development environment, and ecosystem are also important. As a developer it is where the money is.

 

Cisco put out a report that 99% of all attacks and malware on mobile devices was android related.

 

Are android devices more vulnerable or are they just more popular targets for hackers?

 

It is a lot of factors. Mainly how quickly the manufacturers orphan devices from updates. So there are a bunch of android devices that lack critical system updates. Also, android allows you to install third party programs outside of the play store with one system setting.

 

More vulnerable.

 

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You really should qualify Android vulnerability. Android and Windows vulnerability stem from two things: untimely updating and user judgement. Simply put, old versions and downloading scammy third-party apps/programs are the cause of the vulnerability. It's not inherently a software issue. Being updated and being judicial with installation is basically all you need to avoid compromising a handset.

It's disingenuous to imply that Apple's strategy of disallowing user control is not a tradeoff. I have gone through dozens of third-party apps and at least 10 custom roms without a single security issue.

I'll take the ability to sideload apk's any day because my own understanding of the system is good enough security with the added advantage of not needing to spend $1,000 just to play Flappy Bird.

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Less than 1% of Android viruses come from apps on the Google Play store. If you are safe about it, you shouldn't be getting viruses.

 

I never said there wasn't drawbacks, but everything I stated was true. I didn't even bring up fragmentation. :) it isn't like android sucks or something.

I will say this though. I trust a company that makes money on the hardware more than a company that makes money on your data.

As far as Apple stuff I don't like. Okay, the 100 MB cap over cell networks is stupid. Not being able to get preliminary approval for an app. In other words, I have to completely develop the app only to then see if it will get rejected or not.

But man, the apps that work between my hackintosh, MacBook Air, iPad mini, and iPhone? Sweet synergy.


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http://bgr.com/2014/03/05/android-malware-google-play/

According to this, it's actually .1% :) still, it will get worse as android phones don't see updates. Samsung is helping here, but no one else is.


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It's disingenuous to put words in my mouth. What is it with people on this forum and reading things they want to see in posts, rather than what was actually written?

A question was asked and it was answered. You turned it into an imagined dissertation on mobile OS security.

Have you been taking straw man classes from Fin D? You are literally arguing with yourself at this point.

 

Waste of effort. If you're worried about AV, just don't enable Unknown Sources, stick to your stock ROM, and only download highly rated, downloaded, and recommended apps.

 

Android fragmentation is one of the biggest buzzwords of the current tech-sphere while simultaneously being one of the least important.

http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/05/on-android-compatibility.html

http://www.extremetech.com/mobile/1...ntation-under-control-but-does-it-even-matter

Basically, Google has been detaching apps from the core of Android and placing them as Play store apps allowing for updating of components. They're also potentially going to force OEM's to push updates or get blocked from using GApps which would kill most of them. Samsung's App store isn't a factor. Only Amazon could potentially survive not having GApps access.

The point of an implication is that you don't actually have to have said it.

Just throwing things out without context is a good way to get people to make potentially wrong decisions when spending hundreds of dollars on their next smart device. Have some heart man!

How is making a side point about Android openness assigning a viewpoint that you don't actually espouse. Please tell me exactly what opinion the following sentence pretends that you have:

"'ll take the ability to sideload apk's any day because my own understanding of the system is good enough security with the added advantage of not needing to spend $1,000 just to play Flappy Bird."

That's literally me stating my opinion on the tradeoff between Android and iOS.

 

MS is selling the Dell Venue Pro 8 w/ 32gb for $229 on their store website. Its the full blown Windows 8.1 version. It's pretty good for that price.

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If you're serious about Android then go to XDA and learn how to install ROMs yourself so you don't have to worry about getting an update from the manufacturer.

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eltos is an iOS developer so I think he knows how to work the system. The problem is that my father has no clue WTF xda is and wouldn't be able to update his S3 that way.

Positive developments are the Google Play Edition phones, Motorola's commitment to updates, and Google threatening to lock OEM's out of GApps access if they don't push updates. A major problem, though, is that carriers often withhold OEM pushed updates for whatever reasons. That's holding a lot of updates back.

 

i lol'd.

 

I have used android and have installed custom rooms. I have owned the droid OG, bionic, galaxy nexus, and gs3. They all didn't meet my admittedly high standards. Look into the radios for instance. There is a reason that you can surf the web and talk over 4g networks with a gs3. That is because the two radios work independently. It also means that I only could use my phone in one spot in my house.

iPhones, on the other hand, also have two radios, but they work in tandem to reinforce signal strength. So no talking and surfing over 4g, but at least it works all over my poor signal strength house.

There are other links on fragmentation that paint a very different picture. (As does my admittedly limited development experience.) Look, I don't care if you all stay with android forever. I was just answering some questions and present why people stay with, and, gosh, actually like the apple ecosystem.

Note that I have jail broken, and built hackintoshes, so again, I am not a newb or anything.


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And what is with this infantile $1000 flappy birds crap? Seriously...


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Depends on where you get your apps from, what version of Android you're running, and how secure you feel in general. If you stick to Google services and don't browse porn, you're probably fine.

An implication has to actually be constructed in order to be inferred. You created your own implication and then retroactively attributed it to me.

A question was asked and it was answered in the most direct, simplest possible terms. There was no hidden meaning.

Chill.

 

I bought an HP Google Chrome for $250. Needed to have a keyboard. Love this thing.

 

What do you love about it?