I sadly and most regrettably purchased an iPad first generation for my dad
more than a year ago Back when I didn't understand the full implications or
importance of things like this. Won't ever make that mistake again. For that
product, or any Apple or other proprietary hardware / software company again.
If it was mine, I would have returned it post haste.
And after actually using the thing, I have NO IDEA why these are so popular.
You can't actually DO anything with it. You have no option of installing your
own applications. And its been continually getting more buggy and slow as
time has passed. Half the time it doesn't want to connect to Wifi, even
though my GNU/Linux laptop does just fine. You know I've seen a 65 year old
new anchor using one of these things for his Live broadcast notes?? Seriously
how ignorant can someone be, other than just wanting the envy of the viewers.
:-S
Do you guys have any opinions on the KDE Vivaldi 7" or the Zareason - Zatab
10" Tablets? I was considering purchasing one to use for Business purposes,
but don't know if they use non-free drivers. Both are fully unlocked by
default and the companies encourage hacking. Both are using the same ARM10
processors and the same Mali 400 GPU. Aaron Siego (creator and developer of
the Vivaldi) has said that the Broadcom WiFi is non-free, but are working to
get it freed.
I would much rather pay $400 for a fully open and freedom based tablet, than
pay 200 for one that is made by a company that is perfectly fine with being
pushed around by Apple. As any numb skull lawyer with modest historical
knowledge of techology would see there are numerous prior works and products
that invalidate most if not all of Apple's patent claims.
