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On 04/11/2011 09:19, Gordon Henderson wrote:
On Fri, 4 Nov 2011, Anthony Williams wrote:And then there is the issue that it is an *iPad*. This is just as bad as buying Windows kit, if not worse. Apple keeps a very tight control over what is and isn't allowed to run on an iPad. If they wanted tablets (and I'm not sure that is a good idea, for the reasons above) then Android tablets would surely have been cheaper and a better prospect; at least Android is linux-based, and you are in full control over the device, rather than being held hostage to Apple.
I'm currently prevented from using the google marketplace (and thus downloading or updating apps) because I don't have a gmail account and no way of re-creating one and telling the phone I have a new one either. (I can add a 2nd google account to the phone, but it's locked to the very first one you use with no way to change without a factory reset)Don't get me started on the Android Marketplace. I legitimately bought a Viewsonic VPAD10 from Amazon UK (not a reseller, Amazon themselves), and it came with a third party marketplace that doesn't have half the apps the official one has. Looking online it appears you can't access it without an Android *PHONE* which is pathetic. I created a GMail account (although I already have several) specifically for the Pad but it still won't accept me connecting to the Android Marketplace. The forums are full of people complaining about the same thing - how do they expect developers to make money when they bar access to the Marketplace in such a stupid fashion? Having written to a computer magazine I got the reply that my device isn't 'authorised by Google'. What a load of *very naughty words but this is a public mailing list*..
JulianPS if you're a moderator, sorry I slipped up and sent from wrong account before :)
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