Originally Posted by Mtnmedic

I'm on a diet anyway.

Except for that pizza we had the other night?

Originally Posted by DontUnderstandMyIpad

HTML5 is already used, as you pointed out. However, the specifications are not yet final. As of now HTML5 is more of a rough draft with many holes still to close, for example specifying which video format to use.

It is estimated, that the W3C will finish HTML5 specifications and set it as a standard by 2014.
HTML5 standard by 2014

So it clearly isn't official, yet.

Thanks for the correction......too much time on my hands and not enough in my mind!

I think the point I was trying to make is that HTML5 is live despite the specification not being fully locked down but more importantly flash, no matter what anyone thinks, is not coming to "i" devices.

Flash is way too power hungry for the current and almost unstoppable move towards smaller and slimmer devices which allow computers to become mobile.

I'll head over to the chemist now and buy some of his patent brain food!

The Archangel

Review: iPad 2 is not revolutionary, but it is great - Chicago Sun-Times

This is from the guy who thought the xoom was a creditable device. His review from a few days before iPad2 :
Hands-on review: How does Motorola Xoom compare to iPad? - Chicago Sun-Times

Originally Posted by Seadog

First, Flash on Xoom is still a beta version and does not work well yet. Usually at a lower resolution. Second, there are some sites which video is supported by iOS but not Android, so you might gain some sites, but not get others. My personal feeling is that Flash is dying and nothing Adobe does is going to change that. They may eventually merge it with HTML5 so they can save face, but it is still going away. And just because something is not official, really means little today. At this stage, all that is left is the minor details. Do not forget, that you could get 802.11n wifi servers for a long time before it was official. And all Apple did when it became official was to send out a update to activate it. Amost everyone was using 802.11n by that time.

I don't know if I agree that all is left are minor details. I guess I don't consider a video standard, DRM provisions and websocket communications minor. At least two of those will require non-HTML5 solutions for some time (read: Flash or Java). There are a lot of fairly major pieces left to iron out before HTML5 is close to being final.

While both have their plusses, trust me, Xoom with about 16 apps isn't going to cut it for me.

Originally Posted by SweetPoison

Except for that pizza we had the other night?

That IS my diet!

Michael "Spam, spam, bacon, eggs and spam. Hold the bacon and eggs." Sent from my iPad using iPF

Originally Posted by DaveSt

I don't know if I agree that all is left are minor details. I guess I don't consider a video standard, DRM provisions and websocket communications minor. At least two of those will require non-HTML5 solutions for some time (read: Flash or Java). There are a lot of fairly major pieces left to iron out before HTML5 is close to being final.

Look at it this way, they are all software issues that can be resolved as they get formulated. We are moving too fast for the slow normal process of bureaucracy. A new standard takes years to work all the compromises out with the various regulatory authorities, and the general public is not going to wait.

Xoom: I seriously considered it. No flash at launch. Beta thereafter. No sd card support at launch. No LTE support without mailing in your unit? Pinch and zoom clunky and choppy. Honeycomb really a beta and not thoroughly tested. Heavy and thick.

iPad 2: butter.

Originally Posted by JF7FSU

Xoom: I seriously considered it. No flash at launch. Beta thereafter. No sd card support at launch. No LTE support without mailing in your unit? Pinch and zoom clunky and choppy. Honeycomb really a beta and not thoroughly tested. Heavy and thick.

iPad 2: butter.

Very well put ;-)

iPad can not be compared to Zoom or other underperforming iPad wannabe (s).
Performance, IOS, apps, style, branding are just name of few. Why would you want an iPad wanna be when you could have the true performer? Then again iam an iPad, iPhone, Mac pro and iMac user! No virus and ease of operation.