Dec 20, 2010
Why Android devices are better news reading devices than iPads for most New Yorkers
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Here’s a scene that happens every day with my new iPad: I wake up late, gather my stuff together and rush out of the house on the way to a meeting/class/appointment. I hop on the the subway, pull out my iPad, open up Pulse, Flipboard, NYT, WSJ or any other news app only to discover I forgot to open them up while I still had 3G or wifi service. So now I have a shiny new iPad loaded with great news apps that are full of yesterday’s news.
I know I’m only complaining that the iPad doesn’t have true multi-tasking, which has been a sore point for iPhone and iPad owners since they debuted. However, for New Yorkers, this is a huge drawback as many of us probably turn on our iPad or news app on our iPhone for the first time every day while on the subway. It’s a huge problem and I wish there was a way around it.
When I used to have a Droid (before it was stolen), I would keep all my news apps open in the background. Sure, it drained the battery a bit, but every morning I had all the news I wanted at my finger tips, whether or not I was 30 feet below the streets of New York hurtling downtown on a 3 train.
