Trying to understand PB vs iPad
Hi, as most of you know Apple announced the new iPad today. For this very reason lot of thread on the subject have been made discussing how the Playbook compares to Apple device.
I received my Playbook about a week ago and I love the size and the way the Os behave and how multitasking works. But one thing I hear often when people compare the two is that the iPad can't do what the Playbook can do.
I have had an iPad 2 for about a year now and got used to it and at the moment I can't see myself becoming as productive with the Playbook as I am with an iPad. Beyond tech specs, when I compare the two I find myself preferring the iPad because of how large and deep is the App Store is when compared to App World. IMO App are often what gives a platform it's real power, far more than the tech specs. I have yet to find apps that are as well designed as Reeder, 1Password or Omnifocus for example.
Beside games, app available on both platform are often in advantage of the iPad because the Playbook app is missing some functions and Kobo is the best example. Also again beside games, where major like EA, Rovio or Gameloft big developer don't seem to jump on the Playbook with app missing like dropbox, sugar sync, Kindle or Netflix (they confirmed they had no plan for Netflix on the PB).
Indeed one could argue that the Android player will bring a lot of app but let's face it, android player is far from a perfect experience of converted app and stability is often an issue. I also contacted some android developer like Avatron Software maker of Air Display or gReader developer and even when I tell them that their app is working fine once converted to the playbook, most of them tell me that they have no interest of porting their app at the moment.
So what I am missing, what can the playbook do so well that the iPad can't? I would be very happy to realize that my playbook can achieve far beyond what I see being it's potential at the moment. Or maybe I'm simply inexperienced at the moment with the device and I'll find app that will blow my mind... So what is it I am missing?
Thanks