Little tablets

[Penfold]

Thanks.

I was very disciplined and left my iPad at home last week and only took the Nexus skiing. That forced me to play with it and I was pleasantly surprised.

I think I'm nailing it and getting more used to it so all good in the main

[Blunt]

After much deliberation I took delivery of a Nexus 10 today
Still working out the features and seeing what apps I can install, currently looking for an android HLSW style thingy.

[BrotherTobious]

Best advice I can give you mate is the back button is your friend and don't purchase the hlsw it isn't that wonderful

Sent from my Nexus 4

[TeaLeaf]

After much deliberation I took delivery of a Nexus 10 today
Still working out the features and seeing what apps I can install, currently looking for an android HLSW style thingy.

Try these:
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=HLSW

Edit: just seen Toby's comments about it!

[kregoron]

a little bit off topic tho still tablet..

Just got my hands on a Acer Iconia W700-6680..
Im impressed and yet a little bit discouraged..
Performance is incredible, im playing Civ 5 on it without problems, doing everything i would in my work day, easy to carry around and configure network equibment and so on.
Tho, its a bit heavy and when you push the performance, the battery runs empty quite fast

[Blunt]

Try these:
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=HLSW

Edit: just seen Toby's comments about it!

I've looked at the HLSW mobile videos and description and it didn't appeal to me.
I need something that looks similar to the PC version, hence my search for something else.

[Blunt]

The most disappointing aspect I've found is nothing to do with the actual device,
but with Google chrome mobile not having any plugins at all.
Life without adblock is awful.

What to do?

[smilodon]

You're problem solved
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/mobile/

[Blunt]

You're problem solved
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/mobile/

Thanks Smilo
:-)

[smilodon]

Well after a chat with TeaLeaf about phones and tablets yesterday I went mental and bought a Nexus 7. Justified by having just finished a huge photo assignment as well, so also acting as a bit of an indulgent treat :thumbup:

In another thread I wondered if there was much difference between a 4.3" phone and a 7" tablet?  Well the difference is huge. Suddenly my android apps spread out revealing side panels, new layouts and such like. Feedly, Gmail, Currents, Tapatalk look transformed and the whole experience of using a mobile device goes from ok but a bit fiddly to really satisfying. This might just be the best £200 I've spent in a long time. The Nexus won't replace my netbook for actually inputting a lot of text, I still prefer a keyboard for that, but as a browser email device and news/media consuming device it's unbeatable.

TL and I debated whether to go for a 7 or 10 inch device and agreed that as a mobile take it with you device the 7" form factor would probably be the better option.  We weren't wrong. Even with the stock case the 7 fits into a jean pocket and weighs next to nothing.

And to be honest even the touch screen keyboard isn't half bad. I've bought the SwiftKey tablet app and while it can't compare to a physical keyboard using the swipe touch feature makes typing pretty slick.

Next team is to find a few games to see how it competes with the PSP.

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2

[smilodon]

And only a single predictive text mistake, not bad.....

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2