Hey talking about educational content for the iPad, any recommendations? On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 12:20 PM, Revolution <[email protected]> wrote: > > In comparing the graphic processor power of the Nexus to the iPad... > - I think (so far) the Nexus wins... Still testing the device. > > The Nexus does things with graphics that the iPad cannot seem to do > ---- or at least, I haven't seen it do. > > Not really sure if I need "that much graphics power though". > > My tabs are not really used for games... Mostly business. > > Each of my 2 kids have iPads... They learned how to use them immediately. > > They left the droid sitting there... And walks play games on the iPads. > > And we have tons of educational stuff on the iPads... Not much available for > the droids :( > > With no power source, most apps closed, and not in constant use > - My iPads will run all day... Never have to think about it... Power still at > 80% when I get home. > > Same conditions with the Nexus... There's a noticeable drain on the battery > (about 40% left). > > That being said... The droids let you have widgets and screens savers - and I > recently installed this Koi fish background that absolutely - must suck > power... But it looks superb. That probably attributes to the power drain. > Will disable it and see what happens. > > I agree with you on Asus not including an SD card. > > Location of the Volume and Power buttons are kinda stupid. Volume up is right > next to power. Kinda sucks when you are watching a movie... You Volume Up - > and accidentally turn the device off. It's happened several times. > > The droids don't really have a dedicated back button. Sometimes you have to > press the left-arrow... Sometimes back Is located at the top left of the > screen. > > The application menu drop down is depending on the developer. It's the > developer choose where they want the menu. I've seen top-right, > bottom-right... And no no menu except via a hot link. This makes it > confusing.... With the iOS... The menu is always in the same place. Every > time. You don't have to think about it. There are just some frustrating thing > with the droid OS. > > I primarily wanted the Nexus for email. I have 5 Exchange account accounts > and a ton of imap accounts. IOS mail is not that great... But so far, nor is > are the droid mail apps I've tried. (Still downloading the playing with them). > > I don't consider $250 for the Nexus "to be that bad" considering the $800 I > spent on my iPads... > Or the $600 I spent on the MS Surface RT device (which is actually not a bad > device). > > Still waiting for the Surface Pro... thats suppose to be $1000 plus :( > Not sure how well a $1000 tablet will sell. > > Have only played with the Galaxy 7 at the store... May look into that one. > Will have same droid issues though. > > > > Sent from my iPad > > On Jan 11, 2013, at 11:42 AM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> "I just picked up a Nexus 7 32GB." >> >> The Nexus is supposed to be outstanding. A quad core processor verus a >> single core in most tablets around 100 bucks. >> >> The big drawbacks: >> >> price: 200 for the 16 GB and 250 for the 32GB >> No micro SD slot. >> >> The lack of a micro SD slot is almost criminal in my opinion. Who died and >> made google into Apple? >> >> >> >> Anyway the Galaxy 7' tablet gets outstanding reviews as well. It has a >> dual core processor and a micro sd slot and is slightly cheaper than the >> the Nexus. >> >> >> >> J >> >> - >> >> Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. >> - Henry Kissinger >> >> Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, >> go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton >> >> >> > >
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