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The official tablet (and other useless electronics) thread!
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11-17-2011, 11:59 AM
So, android shit is blowing up. Release of ICS, release of HC and ICS source code, and now Amazon has released the source code for the Fire, and B&N has come out with an "updated" nook color with more speed and more RAM.
The next sixth months in the android biz might be pretty crazy.
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11-17-2011, 12:16 PM
Barnes & Noble needs to give up.
'76 911S | '14 328xi | '17 GTI | In memoriam: '08 848, '85 944
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth 
11-19-2011, 01:00 PM
Mike Wrote:you know what i'm really impressed with? kindle fire. as expected.but its not even apple product?!!!?!!?!  hock: how do you like the 7" form factor comared to 10" ipad?
11-20-2011, 10:15 AM
it's (a 7" size versus a 10" size) much less usable for surfing and "real computing" things, but it's almost so small that you can take it anywhere... almost. in fitting with one review i read, which i might agree with if i had more time with the device, the 7" doesn't do any one thing particularly well (they suggested everything about the device fits that description and that will be its downfall).
did you know i own a pc!? and a client recently wanted to go all mac, but i recommended against it!? yeah. this mind is pretty open.
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11-21-2011, 12:12 PM
Android people, "Documents To Go" is free today through the Amazon app store, if anyone is interested. Usually $14.99
11-21-2011, 03:49 PM
^^ Good looks!
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11-25-2011, 12:22 PM
anyone get in on any of the good tablet deals today?
I put android on one of my touchpads. Results: meh. The apps selection is great, but everything else is a whole lot of meh. Android email app is laughably bad. Calendar is terrible. Facebook app isnt great. Web browser is pretty good. So I boot into android just for games. I guess I should hold out judgement until ice cream sandwhich (and dont get me started on stupid ass cutesy version names) but havent they had enough time to get this shit right?
11-25-2011, 12:55 PM
I saw a 32gb Transformer for 400, but that's it.
I prefer the gmail apparently to the native one on both my phone and tablet. I don't use it on my phone cause you can't adjust the size of the font for the inbox and it drives me BONKERS to have kindergarten sized text.
'76 911S | '14 328xi | '17 GTI | In memoriam: '08 848, '85 944
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
11-26-2011, 09:38 AM
Evan Wrote:havent they had enough time to get this shit right? nah, the next release will be the one! :vomit:
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11-26-2011, 06:36 PM
Evan Wrote:I guess I should hold out judgement until ice cream sandwhich (and dont get me started on stupid ass cutesy version names) but havent they had enough time to get this shit right?I think one of Android's weaknesses is they have a sort of 'ship first, polish later' attitude. So they've iterated on Android a lot but there are still some rough areas that could've used more polish. Apparently Honeycomb was a serious rush job so that they could get some competition to the iPad before the lead got insurmountable. I'm looking forward to ICS but I'm also prepared to be let down =/
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11-28-2011, 11:53 AM
Evan Wrote:anyone get in on any of the good tablet deals today? Is it still in Alpha version for the Touchpad, i was waiting to do mine. Looking forward to, you know, having any apps.
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11-28-2011, 02:55 PM
Mikey, still enjoying the kindle fire? Still want one, maybe merry christmas to Justin....
11-28-2011, 02:57 PM
Ken Wrote:Is it still in Alpha version for the Touchpad, i was waiting to do mine. Looking forward to, you know, having any apps.yeah. its really more beta though. its real solid. everything works, even 3d games, touchstone, etc. occasionally the android market crashes but thats it. the install is real easy too
11-28-2011, 07:33 PM
JustinG Wrote:Mikey, still enjoying the kindle fire? Still want one, maybe merry christmas to Justin.... it's not mine. i got to use it for a day.
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4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant) 2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red) No longer onyachin.
12-01-2011, 11:20 AM
The Prime looks sexay.
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'76 911S | '14 328xi | '17 GTI | In memoriam: '08 848, '85 944
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth 
12-01-2011, 01:48 PM
what the hell man. Get a laptop! :dunno: I mean, for $450 you can get a pretty baller netbook with touchscreen that runs windows
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12-01-2011, 02:27 PM
i'm with chan... i don't get it.
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4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant) 2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red) No longer onyachin.
12-01-2011, 02:42 PM
BLINGMW Wrote:what the hell man. Get a laptop! Cause I don't want the keyboard all the time and a 16 hour battery life? :dunno:
'76 911S | '14 328xi | '17 GTI | In memoriam: '08 848, '85 944
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
12-01-2011, 04:09 PM
i was going to :facepalm: but im tired of being the tablet h8r :p
do you really go 16 hours of computer use without access to an electrical socket?
12-01-2011, 05:08 PM
Evan Wrote:do you really go 16 hours of computer use without access to an electrical socket? I spent 2 hours in a hotel lobby, 4 hours in an airport and 6 hours on a plane on a single charge... but that's not typical. I like not having to fight for a socket in an airport or go a week at home without dealing with power cords.
'76 911S | '14 328xi | '17 GTI | In memoriam: '08 848, '85 944
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth |
