During this increasingly interesting War of Ecosystems, I have been trying to get an overall picture of how different factors compare between platforms. It’s easy and commonplace to compare every living thing to the number of apps in the AppStore, but that’s been long far from the most important issue. With this admittedly incomplete —and probably incorrect at times— comparison table, I wanted to shed some unbiased light into the advantages and disadvantages of buying into Apple, Microsoft or Google’s world. I will confess I’m all in with Microsoft, but what works for me may not work for you. I hope you find it useful. For corrections suggestions, please write me @luiskamino.
PS: Yes, I omitted Amazon —on the basis of lack of a phone platform and big tablets/computers— and Blackberry —on the basis of zzzzzzzzzz…
Most Windows tablets and hybrids use Windows 8, not Windows RT. Windows RT is only used on ARM machines, but most Windows devices are Intel.
Of course. I don’t say otherwise. I just included what the average consumer will care about: that the main point of RT is the lack of legacy app compatibility (regardless of the technical reason for that)
Great comparison! Just one correction: Office 2013 RT includes OneNote, so RT-tablets will have it too (source: http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/13/3327540/office-2013-rt-features-release-date-preview). For non-RT tablets there is OneNote MX that can be downloaded from the Windows Store. Other than that, this is an amazing overview.
you are right! I will fix that. thank you for the comment!