(I have an Android 2.2 'free' phone that I like quite well and the quad core Nexus 7 is a rocket ship compared to it.) But what seems responsive in a GUI may well not be anywhere fast enough for music. I can't weigh in on that, although I am the mostly happy owner of a new Google Nexus 7 tablet and it is certainly, overall, impressively quick at responding to the user. Now, that is reportedly beginning to change. Its a massive exaggeration of course, but its not that far from truth either.Fanboy or not, you haven't been imagining the platform dev superiority of iOS and iDevices for pro/semi-pro music applications. Androids are for teenagers and people who can't afford an iPad or an iPhone. Touch DAW works very well as a remote controller on android.įlame suit on: People who want a real tool buy an iPad or an iPhone. If your an exclusive apple user they make sense but for a person who uses other operating systems and devices apples walled garden just starts to grate after a while.
I am not a teenager and I can afford anything I want, the iPad and iPhone drove me nuts from an everyday computer user point of view. The iPad lives in the studio and I use an android phone and tablet for everyday life. Its a massive exaggeration of course, but its not that far from truth either.I have an iPad and have had an iPhone. Its not power that counts- its the stability and efficiency of an operating system on hardware SPECIFICALLY designed for that OS that makes the difference.įlame suit on: People who want a real tool buy an iPad or an iPhone. I just wanna be able to use it for things like remote control or MIDI.Ĭall me a fanboy, but it seems like the same reason most pro studios use macs.
it only -really- makes sense if you -do- buy into the whole Apple family and the iCloud.īut $200? Fer sure. plus using with my PC stuff is a real drag. It's true that I fall into the 'too cheap' category.
My guess is that Windows 8 for tablets is gonna suck, but now that I think about it, I'd expect them to get audio drivers right faster than Google. It should be wide open so people innovate more.īut when it comes to desktops. Yeah, if you're clued in you can hack it, but it makes Android as closed as Apple. The other drag is that, at least for me in Seattle, I got a real shock to find that my phone is locked to only use 'AT&T approved' apps. Apple (and Microsoft) have definitely been the innovators. He points out that 'Open source' is only as good as the people making it. I'd recommend Jaron Lanier's book "You Are Not A Gadget" to anyone.