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I'm not sure how many apps are out for Aviation on android but I just saw this:

http://www.gearxs.com/CrystalView-1...-Tablet-PC?filter_name=crystal&src=email

It's probably a good tablet for Internet, music, photos, documents... However, it's not good for cockpit use because it doesn't have a built-in GPS nor Bluetooth capability to talk to an external GPS receiver.

I REALLY like ForeFlight on my iPad.

I really like NOT owning an Apple product.

I'm green Hung...I broke down and joined the dark side. I couldn't get the aviation apps I wanted in Android, my phone died and...Yes I can say it now...Hi, my name is Andrew and I bought an I-Phone....

It really makes no difference to me that people buy and love their Apple products. I just don't like their overprice and the way Apple designs/controls their software. My one and only experience with Apple was an iPod Touch and I didn't like that everything (including deleting a song) has to be done through iTunes. I sold it soon after that.

I think that changed with iOS 4.0, Hung.

I tried an el-cheapo generic 10-inch Android (>$150) for aviation purposes. It was an exercise in frustration. As Hung said, it's probably good for basic things like browsing, Angry Birds, etc., but it probably won't have the oomph (RAM, disk space, etc.) you need. My guess is that complex aviation apps won't work well. I bought it to display PDFs of FAA charts, and the tablet choked because of large file size. I wound up re-selling it on eBay and buying an iPad+iPhone. My iPad, at 4x the price of the cheap tablet, does all tasks well, reliably, and with no frustration or wasted time. You can read about my experience:
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Agreed! iTunes is a POS, but I learned to live with it and am generally happy with my Apple products.

If you want an Android instead of Apple iOS, you should probably just pay the money and get a good, name brand, high-quality one that is known to work reliably with aviation apps. The price for a top-quality Android will be close to an iPad.

As always, your mileage may vary.

I agree with you Hung, that is why it was a painful move for me to make. Shortly after - The apps started coming out on Android

The design and control of the iOS is why apps appear first on the iPad. Developers know that an app will work on any version of the iPad, unlike the multiple versions they have to make for Android devices. Also, they know that an iOS update is not going to break their app, unlike what happens on Android.

I've resisted purchasing Apple products for the longest time due to their cost, but finally broke down a couple of weeks ago to buy a used Powerbook off Craig's List. I'd been buying the OS DVDs from Apple and then installing them on lower cost, generic PCs to create "Hackintoshes" for my living room and for my daughter's laptop. Unfortunately, I was spending too much time fixing the cheaply built PC hardware. PC vendors are in a race to the bottom, where since they all run Windows OS the only way to make more profit than the other guy is to save on build cost by cheaping out. I had her laptop in pieces spread across the dining room table to yet again replace a broken power jack when I decided enough is enough.

I currently run an Android tablet, but the next one will be an iPad. The set top box computer hooked up to my television will change to a Mac Mini as well. The short term savings just aren't worth the long term cost.