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Joeboo

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Loading the gif thread is impossible on my 5ghz i5 with 32gb of ram and a 100mbit internet connection. A tablet has no chance. That thread is pure evil.
 

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Should be ok for a while. No clue what IOS9 is going to be requirements wise, but rumor is it's more of a performance update and less new features.
 

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If you found it more convenient to use your iPhone over your nexus7, why do you feel an iPad will benefit you?(serious question not being snarky) though for $100, I guess it wouldn't matter.
 

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If you found it more convenient to use your iPhone over your nexus7, why do you feel an iPad will benefit you?(serious question not being snarky) though for $100, I guess it wouldn't matter.
I don't sit up in bed when I read, I lay flat, and so pretty much anything other than my phone was too heavy and uncomfortable to hold over my head while laying flat. So that was uncomfortable for me. And in my head, the 7 inch Nexus wasn't big enough to warrant using that over my phone. It's 3 inches bigger, but I still was just meh, I'll just do that on my phone.

My hope is that going to an iPad, and having that MUCH larger screen will trigger me to want to use it, instead of my 4 inch iPhone 5s.
 

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I don't sit up in bed when I read, I lay flat, and so pretty much anything other than my phone was too heavy and uncomfortable to hold over my head while laying flat. So that was uncomfortable for me. And in my head, the 7 inch Nexus wasn't big enough to warrant using that over my phone. It's 3 inches bigger, but I still was just meh, I'll just do that on my phone.

My hope is that going to an iPad, and having that MUCH larger screen will trigger me to want to use it, instead of my 4 inch iPhone 5s.
I have the HTC One M9 phone with 4.7 inch screen. I use it heavily during the day for web browsing and reading/replying to emails and shit like that. I am extremely comfortable with using my phone for similar things that i use my Ipad for but I would never consider using the phone if the ipad is near me. The larger screen is so much more convenient.
 

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I have the HTC One M9 phone with 4.7 inch screen. I use it heavily during the day for web browsing and reading/replying to emails and shit like that. I am extremely comfortable with using my phone for similar things that i use my Ipad for but I would never consider using the phone if the ipad is near me. The larger screen is so much more convenient.
Nice! I never felt this way having the Nexus 7 for some reason. I'm hoping that the iPad will be great!

And joe, that's exactly what I need! lol
 

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those suck after awhile, they slowly loose tension, like 1 degree a day, soon you have put some cloth where the ball joint is to keep tension and then seriously think if you want to drill into your bed post.

first 30 days were cool tho, it was really good when i had the flu and could barely get out of bed, if you're flu-weak, it's nice.
 

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I'm talking to my dell rep. He's sending me a seeder Dell Venue 11 and 8 pro next quarter. I've been looking at them and wanted to try it out.
 

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So that conversation that got brought earlier up about the Ipad 2 being a good deal at 100 bucks, which it definitely still is.

I decided to finally get something new since I've had the ipad 2 for a really long time now. Didn't want an Ipad air 2 because my wife has one, and its meh so Samsung had the 100 off deal going this week so I got a Samsung note pro 12.2

Holy Fuck is that an amazing tablet. Super light weight, way better screen then the Ipad air 2 imo, better camera, doesn't get hot at all, has a real stylus etc.

That is one beautiful piece of tech, and its cheaper then the Ipad air 2. I are in Love.
 

Crone

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So that conversation that got brought earlier up about the Ipad 2 being a good deal at 100 bucks, which it definitely still is.

I decided to finally get something new since I've had the ipad 2 for a really long time now. Didn't want an Ipad air 2 because my wife has one, and its meh so Samsung had the 100 off deal going this week so I got a Samsung note pro 12.2

Holy Fuck is that an amazing tablet. Super light weight, way better screen then the Ipad air 2 imo, better camera, doesn't get hot at all, has a real stylus etc.

That is one beautiful piece of tech, and its cheaper then the Ipad air 2. I are in Love.
My friend went to turn it on and it was dead, charged it up to 100%, then did a few things, and it was already down to 17% very quickly. Thinking the battery is just shot on it. So I'm not sure I'll be getting it. Doh.
 

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I'm talking to my dell rep. He's sending me a seeder Dell Venue 11 and 8 pro next quarter. I've been looking at them and wanted to try it out.
We use Venue 11 at work (not me though as i'm not important enough!). They seem to be impressed - be interested to hear your thoughts.
 

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I bought a Samsung tab 4 8" the other week at Costco for 189. It was 50 bucks off and am really loving it. The screen is big enough for me but small enough to hold the sides firmly with one hand in portrait and thumbs can reach everywhere in landscape. MightyText lets me text from it and know when I get calls. I got a universal remote app that let's me utilize the IR blaster and wifi, so I've packed up all remotes and can use macros to control whole systems, including home automation if I go that route. I added a micro SD card but don't anticipate needing it as I've embraced my Google overlords.

it's just a perfect around the house tablet. I can browse, read, even do some work when an email comes in. It's not 1080 but picture quality but media apps all look great If I wanna chill outside and watch a movie. It's slim enough that it even fits in most back pockets and is always with me.

The only downside is its heavy for its size, though still lighter than a full 10" tablet. It's not a processing beast, but can still handle pic threads though obviously not the gif thread. Oh, the rear speaker won't win any rewards, either.

Thought I'd share as its really changed how I go about my days. I don't think a larger tablet would see as much use since they tend to end up as electronic magazines/browsers.
 

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Will be interesting to see some benchmarks, as these new Surface 3s are using Intel Atom processors, not i3/i5/i7s. I hope they perform well, I've wanted a Surface Pro for a while, I just couldn't justify $800+ for a tablet. $500 is reasonable if the performance is decent, though.
 

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Will be interesting to see some benchmarks, as these new Surface 3s are using Intel Atom processors, not i3/i5/i7s. I hope they perform well, I've wanted a Surface Pro for a while, I just couldn't justify $800+ for a tablet. $500 is reasonable if the performance is decent, though.
Note that the atoms are Cherry Trail, the first atom to ship with 14 nm process technology. The word seems to be that graphics performance will see the biggest boost. It might actually be comparable performance to the i3 in the Pro 3's, will be interested to see the benchmarks also.
 

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I like the smaller size as well. I disliked the size of Surface 3 Pro. Was a bit too unwieldy for a tablet.
 

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I think once Surface 3 comes out it will be a toss up between that and whatever the modern Dell Venue equivalent is at the time for my first tablet purchase.

I think value makes it difficult with the Venue prices, unless the Surface 3 comes with the keyboard (it won't).