@ytseman3 First off, I own both the iPad 2 and the Xoom. Each has it's pro's and con's. 64gig iPad 2 3G, Xoom 3G/4G. Flash has zero to do with why I purchased the Xoom, simply offering an unbiased opinion to those that maybe interested in Flash and how it performs. Enjoy your iPad 2, they are great tablets.
I have used one of these and I was watching a show on the history channel's site and the video was pretty smooth. Now can you download files from the internet using the browser and then transfer them to a PC?
@wayzom I was unable to view any of those video's prior to installing Flash 10.2. The browser (Chrome) on the Xoom will simply show a message you need to install flash as it doesn't run HTML5 native as the iPad does. The web UI is identical to my desktop PC as well, pretty clear is using flash to run the video's.
@hezeklahb I haven't done a full, flash video only battery test but it is not a 10 Dow to 1 hour. That is just Jobs being dramatic. General use of wifi, video, games etc.., I would guess I'm running in the 8 to 9 hour range, when I have watched a Flash movie on Amazon from full it was down to 72% over a 2 hour movie. I'd guess you lose a couple of hours if your only running Flash, but it works just fine for many things.
Seems like a good honest demo of 10.2, thanks.
@ytseman3 First off, I own both the iPad 2 and the Xoom. Each has it's pro's and con's. 64gig iPad 2 3G, Xoom 3G/4G. Flash has zero to do with why I purchased the Xoom, simply offering an unbiased opinion to those that maybe interested in Flash and how it performs. Enjoy your iPad 2, they are great tablets.
I have used one of these and I was watching a show on the history channel's site and the video was pretty smooth. Now can you download files from the internet using the browser and then transfer them to a PC?
@wayzom I was unable to view any of those video's prior to installing Flash 10.2. The browser (Chrome) on the Xoom will simply show a message you need to install flash as it doesn't run HTML5 native as the iPad does. The web UI is identical to my desktop PC as well, pretty clear is using flash to run the video's.
@hezeklahb I haven't done a full, flash video only battery test but it is not a 10 Dow to 1 hour. That is just Jobs being dramatic. General use of wifi, video, games etc.., I would guess I'm running in the 8 to 9 hour range, when I have watched a Flash movie on Amazon from full it was down to 72% over a 2 hour movie. I'd guess you lose a couple of hours if your only running Flash, but it works just fine for many things.
All of those videos play on the iPad (in browser and FS). How did you confirm you were using Flash?
what's battery life look like out of curiosity? Seems like that is always Apple's excuse for not including Flash, battery performance issues.