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.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.
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.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.
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.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?
Weird, bestbuy canada carries the nexus line.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?
The Razer Edge is a total desktop/gaming computer, shoved into a 10-inch tablet.
Unlike some other Windows 8 machines claiming to be tablet/laptop hybrids, the Edge backs it up with sheer force of guts. It's got a damn discrete graphics card. It's from Nvidia's GT series?not the more powerful GTC?but it's still a plenty impressive feat of engineering to get the thermals working on something like that.
There are two models, the Razer Edge and Razer Edge Pro. The basic Edge has a Core i5 processor, a Nvidia GT 640M GPU, 4GB or RAM, and a 64GB SSD. The Pro has a Core i7, the same GT 640M GPU, 8GB of RAM, and either a 128 or 256GB SSD. The base Edge starts at $1000; The Pro models go up to $1500. Both will be available in Q1 of 2013
The main drawback on the spec sheet is the display: it's a 1366x768 panel, the same as many previous-generation ultrabooks. That's condensed a little more than usual, onto a 10-inch screen instead of 11.6 inches, but for a machine packing enough chops to render impressive graphics, it's a tough pill to swallow?especially when lined up next to tablets like the iPad, the Nexus 10, and all the other beautiful screens out there.
Beyond its specs, the defining feature of the Edge is probably its gamepad case, which latches onto the Edge and gives you control of your tablet with the familiar two analog sticks at your thumbs, face buttons, shoulder buttons, and a d-pad. It ends up looking like a Wii U controller on steroids. We're getting hands on with the Edge as you're reading this, so we'll let you know how it holds up to actual use, but it was pretty darn solid when we saw it in action a year ago.
In addition to the control pad converter case, the Edge also has a keyboard attachment, and HDMI out to allow it to connect to a television, and it's compatible with all gamepad-enabled games. Meaning, you can turn this into a super powered, $1500, ultraportable Xbox is you really want. And since it runs full Windows, you can use whatever game store you like?Steam, Origin, the Windows Store, etc.
Battery life is just "comparable to other tablets out there," which should mean between 8 and 10 hours of normal tablet use, but Razer was noncommittal about what that means for game time. The optional battery pack adds "up to two hours" of gaming, though.