Picked up an ASUS Transformer Infinity Pad for Christmas and I am loving it so far. The keyboard dock with the additional SD Card Reader and an USB port have been awesome.
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Anyone else spend much time on one of these? I'm seriously considering buying one of these and am still weighing my options but so far all reviews on the web and from people I've spoken to have been positive.
ShakyJake
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I'm looking for a cheap tablet for school stuff -- really don't know much about them. Any opinions on this Android 4.1 tablet by Indolian (never heard of them, but Amazon user reviews are positive so far)? I've used a relative's iPad for a few minutes but no basis for comparison beyond that.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...A34462N3Y5KQ4R
Kinda want to keep it under 300 bucks.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...A34462N3Y5KQ4R
Kinda want to keep it under 300 bucks.
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What "school stuff" specifically? I find tablets pretty awkward for taking notes(hard to type fast) or actually doing any large amounts of typing(papers, or even long emails). If you're mainly going to be using it as a e-reader for textbooks/books I'd seriously consider a 7" tablet like the Nexus 7, as holding a 10" tablet for long periods of time reading can get a little awkward and tiresome, especially cheap/lower-end 10" tablets which will tend to be heavier than some of the higher end tablets.
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Yeah, mostly as an e-reader and videos. I have a couple of hours to blow between end of work and start of class so I decided to sign up for a couple of Coursera courses -- I want to be able to watch the instructor videos. I'm not really interested in using a tablet as a note-taking device, although recording audio wouldn't be a horrible idea, but I'm not actually interested in typing stuff.
As for why not the Nexus 7, I guess I incorrectly assumed any Android 4.x device is essentially a Nexus 7...? I guess it goes beyond just the OS?
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Nexus 7 is specifically the Google brand tablet(currently made by Asus). The Nexus line of products are nice because you get pure, 100% unaltered Android, and Android updates the instant they are available. You're not getting some weird, altered version of android that a lot of phone and tablet manufacturers like to mess with to customize it to their likings(which usually means unneccessary bloatware, and slow updates)
Think of the Nexus products just like a fresh install of Windows from Microsoft, rather than an install from Dell or HP or whoever with all their extra crap built-in slowing it down and wasting your time.
Think of the Nexus products just like a fresh install of Windows from Microsoft, rather than an install from Dell or HP or whoever with all their extra crap built-in slowing it down and wasting your time.
My grandma is going to start chemotherapy soon, so we decided to get her a tablet to pass the time. She likes reading books/newspapers, simple games (sudoku, crosswords, card/casino games) and extremely basic web browsing. We were looking at the demo units in Best Buy today, and it seemed like the 7" tablets might be a little small for an older person even though they'd be easier to hold for extended periods of time. I have read all of the reviews that say the Nexus tablets are the best, but I'm sort of leaning towards a Kindle/Nook for their simple UIs. I'm not sure that the normal Android UI would be intuitive for her.
Have any of you bought a tablet for an older relative? Which one did you end up with, and why? Also, how did it work out?
Have any of you bought a tablet for an older relative? Which one did you end up with, and why? Also, how did it work out?
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Too soon to say whether it was the right choice, but I got a Kindle 8.9" tablet for my parents for Christmas for the same reasons you cite. I thought the 7" version might be too small / frustrating for older people (especially for web-browsing purposes), and the Fire UI makes it so easy to use and get content that it just made sense. The tablet is very thin / light and I don't think it'll be much of a problem to hold for long periods of time.
My mother uses a first gen Kindle Fire and enjoys it, she figured out how to use it herself after a few weeks. My father uses a full sized iPad with no problem, they are both in their 50's for what its worth.
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I got my parents an acer A500 10 inch tablet almost 2 years ago when they first came out. ( I picked one up to get familiar with them, Dad loved it. Mom stole it from Dad.) This year Dad passed on. And Mom is 72 and the acer is getting to heavy for her. So i picked up a Samsung Galaxy 2 7 inch for her. And We wiped her older tablet and gave it to a Niece. 2 days after Christmas Mom trades the niece the new tablet for her old one. She said she can handle the weight, it does her no good if she can't see the damn thing. I might get her a transformer or may just leave it alone. Not sure yet.
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After I got a 9" Lenova A2109 my mom borrowed it and liked it so she got one, before that she had a first generation kindle - which she still uses to read books but the tablet for browsing. After my dad played around with hers he got a 10" Asus but he normally sits it flat on the table and browses the internet with it.
Dad is 72 and mom is 69.
Thanks for all the responses. For those who chose the Kindle:
The one issue I noticed with the Kindle was the lack of a good way to go back/home. Sometimes there's a little icon on the side, sometimes there's a bar, and sometimes we just had to tap the middle of the screen to bring up menus (no visual cue). My mom is pretty impatient and gets frustrated easily with technology, and the lack of a consistent returning mechanism was enough to make her put it down in the store. I think she was happier with the nook's home button and the consistent home/options/tasks bar on the stock Android devices. My grandma is more patient, but she's 81 and can just barely use a web browser after having a computer for 10+ years. Did any of your relatives have issues with that? Did they get the hang of it pretty quickly?
The one issue I noticed with the Kindle was the lack of a good way to go back/home. Sometimes there's a little icon on the side, sometimes there's a bar, and sometimes we just had to tap the middle of the screen to bring up menus (no visual cue). My mom is pretty impatient and gets frustrated easily with technology, and the lack of a consistent returning mechanism was enough to make her put it down in the store. I think she was happier with the nook's home button and the consistent home/options/tasks bar on the stock Android devices. My grandma is more patient, but she's 81 and can just barely use a web browser after having a computer for 10+ years. Did any of your relatives have issues with that? Did they get the hang of it pretty quickly?
I dunno wtf is going on. Walmart has the 32 gig Nexus 10 tablets now for 500$ but nothing on display, which was what I was hoping for when I went there. Somehow walmart has online stock for sale even though google play doesn't.
Best Buy says they're not going to carry any nexus stuff, ever, when I went there to check it out.
This has been seriously fucked. Why would you let walmart carry your shit, out of all the vendors?
Best Buy says they're not going to carry any nexus stuff, ever, when I went there to check it out.
This has been seriously fucked. Why would you let walmart carry your shit, out of all the vendors?
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Because Wal-Mart is THE vendor if you're only going to have 1 chain carry your products. Wal-Mart is so far ahead of everyone else in # of retail stores it isn't even funny. Wal-Mart has more stores than Target, KMart, Best Buy, Office Max, Office Depot, and Staples combined.
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Lenovo to release 27-inch "cofffee table" tablet.
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/01/...nch-tablet-pc/
5 people at once can use it, it recognizes 10 fingers at once as input. Would be an awesome party device for playing board games or even table-top strategy/RPG games. Price needs to come down a tad though, $1699 is a little steep.
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/01/...nch-tablet-pc/
5 people at once can use it, it recognizes 10 fingers at once as input. Would be an awesome party device for playing board games or even table-top strategy/RPG games. Price needs to come down a tad though, $1699 is a little steep.