Tablets

It's very difficult to fully brick a Nexus 7. Did you go on XDA and attempt to fix it? I've had 4 of them and never had any issues.so

What do I need to get a tablet, maybe a Kindle Fire, to receive TV from an HDTV antenna? All I have is the antenna.

lurker_sl said:

What do I need to get a tablet, maybe a Kindle Fire, to receive TV from an HDTV antenna? All I have is the antenna.

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Watch TV on Android Tablet,watch DVB-T TV on Android


Geniatech Mygica PT115 Tuner Watch DVB T TV on Android Phone Pad Receiver USB HD | eBay

Well, that was easy. Thank You.

I updated my Nexus 7 to Android 5 (is that Lollipop?). It's slow as shit now. I've performed a factory reset and cleared the cache which improved it some. But it's still close to being unusable.

Yeah, a couple weeks after I did cache partition deletion/format, my Nexus 10 is back to being a piece of shit again. Chrome has crashed at least half a dozen times for no reason. Pretty ridiculous that physically it's pretty much spotless, but it's quickly becoming useless because of shit software.

Friend of mine wants to sell me one of these for $500? Docking Station included as well.

Samsung ATIV Smart PC Pro 700T review - CNET


Any opinions? Need a laptop for the wife to do our financials with Quickbooks and other basic office tasks with.

Eomer_sl said:

Yeah, a couple weeks after I did cache partition deletion/format, my Nexus 10 is back to being a piece of shit again. Chrome has crashed at least half a dozen times for no reason. Pretty ridiculous that physically it's pretty much spotless, but it's quickly becoming useless because of shit software.

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I had to stop using Chrome on my Nexus 10 in favor of Firefox because Chrome can't handle imgur's gifv format. Its annoying. I prefer Chrome but since 90% of my tablet use is browsing reddit not handling gifv makes it a non-starter.

Tenks_sl said:

I had to stop using Chrome on my Nexus 10 in favor of Firefox because Chrome can't handle imgur's gifv format. Its annoying. I prefer Chrome but since 90% of my tablet use is browsing reddit not handling gifv makes it a non-starter.

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Baconreader app? AlienBlue?

I prefer the full site as well, but on my phone it's a bit clumsy. Probably fine on a 10" tab.

Yeah the full site is awkward on my S6 but on my Nexus 10 it works perfectly fine. I never felt the need for a 3rd party app.

ShakyJake_sl said:

I updated my Nexus 7 to Android 5 (is that Lollipop?). It's slow as shit now. I've performed a factory reset and cleared the cache which improved it some. But it's still close to being unusable.

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2012? For me the last update made it usable again. Switching applications (and tabs in Firefox) is still slow but I can run at least one application at a time. There have been times previously where I wondered about finding a rom for the original shipping version (4.2?) and trying it as I think people blaming the hw are full of shit.

To me Google's handling of the Nexus devices hasn't been impressive, sure you get the latest updates but unless your hardware isn't the latest it feels like no one bothered to test it.

Killswitch_sl said:

Friend of mine wants to sell me one of these for $500? Docking Station included as well.

Samsung ATIV Smart PC Pro 700T review - CNET


Any opinions? Need a laptop for the wife to do our financials with Quickbooks and other basic office tasks with.

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My wife has an older model, the 500T, and it's kind of a piece of shit. Also has some Samsung bloatware. That said, hers has an Atom processor, so my complaints might not be relevant in a full version of Windows.

So, is there any kind of heir apparent to the Nexus 7 out there or coming out soon? A 7" tablet that can hang with the new stuff for ~$250. Or I guess bigger for a similar value.

My OG N7 is starting to show it's age.

Grimmlokk_sl said:

So, is there any kind of heir apparent to the Nexus 7 out there or coming out soon? A 7" tablet that can hang with the new stuff for ~$250. Or I guess bigger for a similar value.

My OG N7 is starting to show it's age.

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Samsung had the Galaxy Tab 8.4 S2 going through the FCC type approvals in the past few months.

I'm not particularly against a screen that's 9-10", just have grown to like the N7 form factor for laying around and playing. Wouldn't be opposed to larger though, just haven't seen one that combines that low price point with the power and vanilla android I crave.

I love the Nvidia Shield. It's about as close as you can get to stock without having a Nexus. It's super powerful and handles everything smoothly. I previously had a Galaxy Tab S 10 and I hated that the goddamn browser would stutter a bit, whether because of lack of power or Samsung bloat. The screen is good but not great (definitely not as good as the amazing Tab S screen). It's a little on the expensive side but if you do any of the gaming related stuff it's definitely worth it (attach a telescoping ipega controller on it and it's pretty sweet). I wish the size was just a little bigger but 8 is still pretty good. My girlfriend has a Nexus 7 and I appreciate the extra real estate.

Really tempted to pull the trigger on this:

Google Nexus 9 LTE Tablet w/ Portfolio Case (Black) #Nexus_9-LTE_Portfolio_BNDL - Expansys USA - $345

I wouldn't need the LTE version, but even a Wifi-Only Nexus 9 is like $479 retail. This is a hell of a deal, I'm just not familiar with this seller/site at ALL (got the link from Slickdeals)