[Nexus 7 General] bigbird21:
"I preferred using my iPad for all my everyday tasks: email, forum browsing, RSS feeds, podcasts, surfing, movies, and list goes on. After I got the iPad my laptop (a new MacBook Air) started collecting dust, and sometimes I would force myself to use the Air just so it would get some use. But I just can’t see the Nexus 7 (or any Android tablet) being that type of replacement. I don’t see it being better than the iPad in any meaningful way. It’s not that it’s a bad device, it’s just that the iPad is that good. I had fun with Android, and I think that as an OS it has come along way but they still have some major tweaks to bring up the usability to the level of iOS. "

if those are the reason, Android is a much better laptop replacement than iPad can ever be.

1. email. (Tor can be centralized, so no network can correlate your traffic by using other apps to spy. Apple does not allow you to mess around with networking stack at such level) Or Gmail for the less paranoia. K9 is open source. There are several browsers in the market, to access web based email. All this can be masked with tor.

2. Forum browsing. This is a mundane task. Android store is filled with branded forum reader. (XDA forum app anybody?) A lot of them have widgets, notification, PM... bells and whistles... what have you.

3. RSS feed. This is one of the earliest category in android software-dom. Clock with RSS feed. Widget with RSS feed. Torrent with RSS feed. RSS reader. Games with RSS feed...

Not being able to find some sort of RSS feed to fit ones need is impossible. There is even an app for "build your own RSS app"

https://play.google.com/store/search?q=RSS&c=apps&sort=0

My tip: try not to put all your feed in one service. Just in case big brother is profiling your feed and tracking you all over. Split it using 4-5 different services/apps. Definitely avoid service like instagram, Flipboard, google reader. you gonna get pwnd one day.

4. podcast is far superior in Android simply because the machine can be left overnight and takes care its own business. (torrent, downloading podcast, feed) and be ready first thing in the morning. The most common apps are exactly the same. Plus the output is audio. visual user interface hardly matter outside quickly managing files.

5. surfing. iPad is the last machine I want to use browsing the net. I don't know what apple inc. is listening and collecting. I'll stick with my combination of browsers, various setting, and hacks on android, thanks.

6. movie on iPad? sure if your only preferred channel is iTune. In that case one should be laughed at as a sucker or a limited dupe. Otherwise android is currently the most convenient and only viable portable movie machine. I am talking about entire cycle of movie consumption. (all the way from alternative stores choice, other finding method, masked torrent, multi tasking, overnight d/l, streaming tools, various server remote control to access lockers, direct download, no fuzz movie players. open source networking tool to manage files, etc, etc)

When watching interesting movie from the darkest recess of internet bowel is the goal, Android is the only remotely viable tool. wtf...iPad can't even play the most basic kids anime .mkv + subtitles without fussing around with this and that. try finding those in itune stores. Live is far richer and interesting than what uncle steve allowed you to find using iPad.