[Nexus 7 General] kaus1108:
This is not at all a review,although that is the name given to it. There are certain strong points that the iOS has and he has only looked at those areas and found them inferior in Android.

If you say that in android audio from all sources continue to play then you must also mention that in iOS downloads stop because the OS pauses multitasking. So if I am downloaing something I cannot go to another app in iOS, but in android I can. To get this special benefit I just need to know that when I switch on one audio source I have to close another and it takes one time to learn this, but there are so many other multitaking benefits I can get that this one issue really does not matter. In iOS all the other Android multitasking features are totally absent. He does not even talk about them.

Android is extremely powerful compared to iOS and so much more flexile. Try finding an address from the web on iOS. You ave to copy the address then close the browser, next open google maps, paste the address and then search. In Android I just long press on the address in the browser and up pops a menu from where I select google maps. Less than one third the time.

Regarding apps, in Android you can install both market and non market apps legally so there are plenty of options and its plain simple that you have to search for the right apps,just like iOS and if you spend some time you will find fantastic apps. Nobody spends his whole life searing for apps, within the first few days you always find what you need. Besides there are certain killer apps like web browsing, email, navigation, video and audio playback and in these killer areas Android is definitely superior. Android will play any format of video or audio without any need to convert, iOS just isn't there. Android will display complete web pages unlke iOS which will not play flash vidoes.

Regarding smoothness I will say it is a personal thing about how you wish to use your gadget. I do not have a Nexus 7 but I did have ipad2 and now I use galaxy ab 7.7. I am running a custom ROM based on the stock ICS and I do not find it to be less smooth than the ipad2. I cannot comment on the smoothness when compared to the ipad3 because I have never used one. But if at all there is a difference it is a very minor one. With Android you are part of a vast ecosystem of developers and tweakers and with time this has only got better because almost everyone is inolved and it sure feels good when there is suh a huge number of involvement. With the passage of time this has only got better. Today when I use my Galaxy S3 pone with a modified ROM I can not only say but also prove that it is miles ahead of the iphone 4S.

In the end it is a very personal choice about which system you want to follow. Both offer you their benefits and their drawbacks, neither is perfect. Whatever drawbacks you can put up with is up to you. Android is more open and gives you plenty of opportunity to customise and also has a bigger support for media both audio and video. In Android you can have your media on multiple micro sd cards and insert which ever one you want to access. Your storage is unlimited and quickly accessible. In Android you can cut and paste files and the OS would recognise them. All these are dreams for iOS.