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**Chris** · 25-03-2011, 14:18

I've been using an iPad for a couple of weeks now and I'm completely sold on the usefulness of the Tablet concept. However, I am still very frustrated with Apple's implementation of it.

The lack of Flash is a major, major irritant. If it were just a few random website videos I'd not mind, but it's absolutely everywhere, especially on the BBC, and not just in their news video. All their interactive stuff uses it as well. I'm simply not prepared to make wholesale changes to the way I use the worldwide web just because Steve Jobs is engaged in some sort of peeing contest with the boys over at Adobe.

I'm also unhappy with the way the stuff you can run on it is limited via Apple's control of the App Store. I want to choose a web browser that I can customize and get running in the way I want it to, for starters.

I've been looking at Android tablets and am thinking that I may look to buy something later this year once there's a decent number of midrange devices running Android Honeycomb.

25-03-2011, 14:18	#240
Chris Trollsplatter Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,272	Re: The Apple iPad Thread I've been using an iPad for a couple of weeks now and I'm completely sold on the usefulness of the Tablet concept. However, I am still very frustrated with Apple's implementation of it. The lack of Flash is a major, major irritant. If it were just a few random website videos I'd not mind, but it's absolutely everywhere, especially on the BBC, and not just in their news video. All their interactive stuff uses it as well. I'm simply not prepared to make wholesale changes to the way I use the worldwide web just because Steve Jobs is engaged in some sort of peeing contest with the boys over at Adobe. I'm also unhappy with the way the stuff you can run on it is limited via Apple's control of the App Store. I want to choose a web browser that I can customize and get running in the way I want it to, for starters. I've been looking at Android tablets and am thinking that I may look to buy something later this year once there's a decent number of midrange devices running Android Honeycomb.