Geek Syndicate
Moore’s Law (Gordon Moore, Intel Corp.) then you accept the hypothesis that memory either doubles in density or halves in cost approximately every two years, meaning that your tablet can grow with you. From a cost point of view, depending on screen size and memory configuration you can get an Android tablet from £99 upwards. Several e-book (epub) and pdf readers are available, as well as many geek-oriented apps including Marvel, Dark Horse and DC Comics readers, IMDB, BBC iPlayer and Kindle Reader. ple is $540 billion; a month after they released the current iPad (3rd iteration) Apple shares jumped from $500 to $600 PER SHARE – that is the impact of this company. They are the largest global purchaser of semiconductors and their production company, Foxconn, garners fame and infamy in equal measures. you can get. At least with Android tablets you could swap out cards with extra films or music on board. That said, Apple’s philosophy is to use the best components available – the sound output, camera resolution and perhaps most evidently, the image quality of the new “retina” screen, all attest to that practice. Apple’s winning hand is iTunes. It simply works. Content is easy to find and buy, and due to its popularity, vendors are just falling over themselves to write content for iPads. Because Apple enforce a rigorous testing procedure, when you buy an app you know it works. That’s not to say that there isn’t plenty of free content available too: check out the iBooks store for plenty of free comics and books, as well as the range of apps like Avengers Origins (interactive books read by Stan Lee), mini-episodes of Misfits, and of course the Geek Syndicate podcast app! I’ve tried to give an even open handed analysis here; Montoya is getting a Galaxy Tab S3 for his birthday in August (shh – don’t tell him!), so no doubt he will give a review on that next issue. I’ve already reviewed all the various iPad versions and geek apps in last month’s magazine. Moving forward, you WILL need a tablet... it’s just a question of which one. The best anecdote I can offer up is this: I work for an electronics firm, and here the non-technical staff love Apple, but the techies love Android – you just need to find yourself... ‘nuff said!
Apple iPad
Steve Jobs’ legacy clearly lead the pack by a country mile, making high quality products that people are willing pay a higher price for. Apple also offer tonnes of content online, all available with relative ease. Don’t forget seamless connectivity: iCloud, AppleTV (you can shoot and edit a video on an iPad and beam it on to your 40” telly just using WiFi)– they want you to be dependent on them for your infotainment in and out the home. Be under no illusion: Apple don’t fret about customers, employees, share prices etc – they focus on products. Get that right, and all the rest will fall into place. And they have enough resource and third-party partners to address and capture the corporate ma ???????]????A???A?????????????????????I??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????M????????????????????????????????????????????????()=????????A??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????t???????L???????????????????????????????????????????M???????????????????????????????????????e?????????]?????A???????????????????????????????????e???????????????????????????L??????????????????????????????????????????%???????????????????? ??????99????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????? ????? ?? ???????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????e????()I??????M????(?((0