Android Tablet vs iOS 5, iPhone and Ipad

I was posed a question this morning by a co-worker.  What's your take on the Sony tablet?

Here's my take.  I've purchased many Sony computers.  I've purchased several Sony phones and cameras.  I'm a big fan of Sony.  I went to the Sony Store, played with and almost purchased the Sony tablet.  Here's the catch.  It runs Android.

Don't get me wrong.  I'm also a big fan of Android and Google.  I'll discuss Google more in a moment.  Also realize, this co-worker, like myself, spends a ton of time traveling and is on the road constantly.

So, I'll try to answer more than just the question asked.  

I have switched my whole digital world back to an iOS-centric, Google Driven experience.

I personally have owned several Android devices, both phones and a tablet.  I've spent many hours pouring through articles and reviews both before and after purchasing.  The main problem I find with Android is the fragmentation in the marketplace.  This has been discussed for many years, and supposed to be somewhat fixed with the new 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS.

I finally had to spend more time working my day job, and stop trying to make my "digital world" work on several different devices and OS's.  

I went and purchased the iPhone 4S.  I already had an iPad2.  I use an iMac at the house and a PC at the office.  I mentioned Google.  I sent my first Gmail in March of 2007.  I just went and looked it up.  It was a test email to my son.  Over the past 6 months I've migrated my entire world over to Google.  Mail and Docs and Calendars, Oh my!

My IT guy called to make sure I was still alive.  He'd not heard from me in awhile.  I've moved all my information off the exchange server.  When I said iOS-centric and Google Driven, let me explain.  All my devices pull their information from Google.  Google, the free version, hosts all my data.  I do back everything up on a weekly basis, but in all honestly over the past many years, I've never had any problems.  It's just a ritual I can't break.

My phone pulls from Google.  My iPad pulls from Google.  At the office, I use the web version of the Google Apps.  At home, my iCal and Address Book pull from Google.  I mainly use a Chrome browser, even at home.

Bottom line.  Remember the travel part?  I travel with one cable and one charger.  My iPhone and my iPad work in perfect harmony.  If I want to change settings on one, it's virtually the same to change it on the other.  Most of the apps I use, work on both the phone and the pad and pull from the cloud anyway.

I hope this helps.  Please feel free to comment or ask questions if I've left anything out or unanswered.

Thanks for following and sharing!

David