Elisha Grey invented the telephone

John, I hold my Android in the same way! Could you and I maybe form some type of reconciliation/bluetooth group between opposing sets of fans?

Asus make some lovely laptops now, the most lovely thing on the macbook pro that I haven’t come across on other laptops is the trackpad, it’s fantastic! But it seams Asus have a trackpad that feels slightly different, but your finger glides across it just as effortlessly as the macbook pro, then it’s just a matter of hardware which isn’t a problem.
Macbook Air is probably the best ultrabook all right.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 is better than the iPad 3 for sure.
And as for the iPod, well, that’s still the best in it’s league too.
It’s most definitely not Apples game. Add price/value for money into the mix and Apple looses more traction.

Paul: Asus Zenbook which is best non-apple ultrabook is not bad at all, but it still slightly behind Macbook Air in overall comparison. I am glad you’re not afraid to admit that :)
You say Samsung 10.1 Tablet – I say you are wrong big time :)
I know you probably won’t believe me, but I have 10.1… definitely best thing about it is multi pressure stylus pen and sort of multitasking – 2 windows next to each other. It’s god android tablet, but saying Note 10.1 is beter than iPad New (3) is complete madness! 10.1 screen is joke compare to new iPad, it’s even joke to compared to say Asus Inifinity TFT700, which has best screen amongs non-iPad tablets, but still worse than the new iPad. What is that 1024x720 or so in the 3rd quarter of 2012? Samsung, oh really ? :)
Then have a look at 10.1 build. iPad is absolute premium class, there is no bad spot in it. Note 10.1 is cheap plastic, push bit harder at the back cover and it dents forth and back.
Now talk about performance. iPad 3 loaded with apps and stuff still works as fast as day 1.
Note 10.1 drops in performance a lot after reaching number of apps. This is not my imagination, google note 10.1 slowdown.
Then finally, check available apps and how many actually makes any serious use of its stylus pen.
Samsung Note 10.1 – interesting tablet and worth having one, but probably not the best of all android tablets.
And then – the best android tablet is still worse than new iPad. Trust me on this one :)

Paul: also you mentioned Apple is not best anymore when you consider quality / price. Another one you are wrong with as many other people who remember old times or try to compare top apple product with mediocre competition product (obviously apple much deerer then). Try to compare roughly same specs / class products and here you go:

Asus Zenbook vs. Macbook Air – same specs (or very similar) – price is also very similar, check online buddy I quoted few online shops and they cost about the same, depending on specs from 1200 to over 1500 euros both.

Samsung Note 10.1 vs. iPad 3 – big LOL, Samsung 16GB WiFi most places sell for 539 Euro.
iPad 3 16GB WiFi – 479 Euro.

Apple is most expensive…. really ?

I’ll concede my pricing figures were not entirely up to date, but if you’re seeing that much of a price difference between the note and the ipad then you’re not shopping around. A quick google and I found loads of sites selling those for the same price, but you’re right, the Apple isn’t wildly more expensive.

Regarding the slow down issues on the Note, the Note has true multi-tasking, the iPad doesn’t. the iPad never runs more than one app at a time. Run only one app at a time and see if you still get those problems. Also, I don’t have any tablets, but I’ve played around with both and I like the finish of both – I prefer the look of the Note.
But again I don’t have one so I can’t comment further.

Reasons I’m leaving Apple products behind:

They’re too restrictive – Apple lock everything down.
They don’t look after their older customers – Apple OS updates regularly require you to upgrade all your apple software to be compatible with the new OS – this costs too much money. Their complete ignorance to the Wifi Issues on the 2011 macbook pro’s pushed me over the edge. they won’t even acknowledge theirs an issue.
I have to run windows 7 on my macbook pro to get the wifi working.
You cannot simply copy files to your iDevices what the hell is up with that???
You cannot customise your devices ( I realise that this is part of what makes them easy to use, but it’s a pain).
As of this years version of the macbook pro you cannot upgrade the ram or hard drive after you purchase your device. That’s a disaster!

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No one is forcing you to select the story and read it, or are they?

They are the largest (in value) company in the world, they re-invented the Mp3 player and the phone in the last decade and employee thousands of people in Ireland, particularly the Irish employment factor means that how well their products sell has a direct impact on Ireland so their product launches are important in Ireland.

None of this can be said or Samsung, so a new phone from Samsung just isn’t that newsworthy

I agree with Jonny… I think that The Journal are milking the Iphone hype!

Whats a Samsung?

@Jay :Apple take existing technology and make them fashionable they dont invent anything .First smart phone IBM ,Tablets have been around since the early 90′s ,Samsung invented some important tech without which nobodies phone would work the same goes for Nokia,Motorola and Ericsson but not Apple !

apple invented trend and hype. Samsung design and manufacture apples processors ;/

Those with Samsung galaxy 3′s seem to be the most vociferous. Plus apple employ thousands in cork. I can’t understand the animosity towards them.

I don’t think people have issues with Apple per say, more with the people with iPhones and iPads that have to talk about it constantly, they may be few and far between, but everyone knows a one.

That person who says I’ll ring you on my iPhone , or I’ll put that in my Calendar in my iPhone, or I’ll search that on my iPhone, the list goes on.

If you have t got an iPhone then you haven’t got a phone. Plain and simple

@rodrigo detriano go find an app that can show you what a life is .

Chris: Galaxy S3 owners tell you during iPhone discussions.

oh…if anyone has done what I’ve did…what’s the best method in transferring contacts from iphone to Samsung??? I see a few methods on web but what works perfectly?

Here ya go:

https://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=183711&topic=1284986&ctx=topic

Import them into the contacts list in your gmail account then they’re automatically transferred to your phone.
I find it’s best when making a new contact to select “gmail contact” when prompted by your phone, that way when you switch your phone again (presuming you stay with android) or get another android device the contacts will be added when you associate the device with your gmail account.