iPad 4

[Jay Vaughan]

Don't get him an iPad, Peter .. the Nexus7 is a far better user experience all around.  There are kids apps being written for Android too - I've been following this scene a bit and there are definitely more and more "simultaneous multi-platform" releases going on ..

As for the geometry, lets just put it this way: my two year old hacks the hell out of all of the devices, and it doesn't matter a damn that the iPad is bigger than the Nexus7.  In fact, the Nexus7 gets more love precisely because its lighter, easier to tote.

If you have to go iOS for some Peter-K reason, check out the mini.  Honestly, hands get fatigued holding the iPad-normal-size for longer than 20 minutes.  Steve Jobs was wrong about this.

j.

On 28/12/2012, at 11:43 PM, Peter Korsten <peter at severity-one.com> wrote:

> Op 28-12-2012 22:33, Jay Vaughan schreef:
> 
>> Mini or big one?  Coz I just want to say that the big one sucks after you've used the mini for a while - or a Nexus7 (in my case) - because its just *sooo* much more comfortable and friendly to use the smaller format in bed, on the bus, etc.  I now think of my original iPad3 as a proper dinosaur clunker, and the new 8" format is all that I can stand to use.
> 
> I was going to ask a question about this. From what I understand, the iPad 2 and iPad mini are more or less the same price. Now the "little captain" is going to get an iPad for his 10th birthday (end of February), and I was wondering what would be best for him.
> 
> He knows his way around both iOS and Android (and actually knows the difference... kids these days), but the choice is for iOS because apparently, there are more educational/therapeutic applications. No doubt he'll be playing a lot of Super Monkey Ball on it (and I'll finally get my S3 back), but the idea is that it's a toy as much as it is a tool.
> 
> So, what would be best for him? The 2 or the mini? What are some pros and cons?
> 
> - Peter
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