iPad vs Android Tablet
The release of the iPad has spawned considerable
interest in tablets and a lot of companies are aiming to have a pie of the iPad
market. More recently, Android tablets are also gaining popularity as possible
iPad replacements. What most people do not know is that Android tablets are not
the same, unlike the iPad, and is just a common name for a wide variety of
devices with different specs from different manufacturers. The biggest
difference between the iPad and Android tablets is the operating system since
the iPad runs on iOS while Android tablets run on Google’s Android; both
starting on smartphones and are now being used in tablets.
Since the specs of Android tablets vary from one
device to another, there is no point in comparing them as they would not hold
true for all devices. Let’s just point out the things that are common to all
android tablets.
The biggest selling factor for the Android
tablets against the iPad is Flash. Flash is the most popular software that is
being used for showing online videos; aside from the other things it can do.
The iPad cannot show videos from Youtube and a lot of other sites due to the
lack of Flash. You also cannot install Flash in the iPad by any means.
Another difference between the two is
multi-tasking. Up until iOS 4, multi-tasking was clearly absent in the iPhone.
iOS 4 introduced a tweaked version of multi-tasking to both the iPhone and the
iPad. It is tweaked because only some applications have it and switching to
another application actually means that the other app gets ‘paused’. Android
tablets have true multi-tasking where applications run in the background while
you are using another application. There is also no coding requirement in order
to take advantage of multi-tasking so the makers of apps need not bother
themselves with that extra step.
Lastly, the iPad is still in the lead when it
comes to the number of available apps; thanks to the long list of apps made for
the iPhone. Android tablets do inherit some Android apps but since Android is
pretty young, the number of apps is relatively low.
Summary:
1. The iPad is a single product while Android tablet is a common name for a
variety of products
2. The iPad runs on the iOS while Android tablet
runs on Android
3. The iPad lacks flash while Android tablets
have it
4. The iPad does not have true multi-tasking
while Android tablets do
5. The 5. The iPad has more apps than Android
tablets
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