Dear Mr. Blackthorn and List, Regarding power concerns, you may want to wait until Tablets come out that support AMD's Turbo Dock. Just trying to bring this information to light.
In tablet mode, you’ll still get support for 1080p HD video playback, 3D gaming, and other features. But you might not want to run CPU-intensive tasks that can drain your battery, so why does your CPU need to run at full speed? According to AMD, its Turbo Dock technology can boost your CPU and GPU performance by up to 40 percent when you attach a keyboard dock. Turbo Dock technology should be available later this year when hybrid tablets based on the AMD Temash platform hit the streets. Temash is a low-power chip that supports 2-4 CPU cores and AMD Radeon HD graphics with support for DirectX 11 graphics. If you are interested, here is a link to my source of this information : < http://www.slashgear.com/amd-turbo-dock-promises-perfect-balance-for-your-win8-hybrid-20270270/ > I would like to thank all the members of this list for the helpful information that they have made available to this list. I am in the market for a tablet and one that I can either add a linux distribution too or root for full capabilities. My main interest for rooting is because some OEMs want to control what gets loaded, but they do not seem interested in keeping the Op Sys updated or allowing the buyer the capabilities to protect their investment with being able to back the system and/or files up. I noticed that this thread has moved on to smartphones, but I wanted to bring this latest information to light. Thank you for your understanding. Sincerely, Harvey Rothenberg Systems Integrator "Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards." -- Unknown --- On Thu, 2/21/13, Matt Simmons <[email protected]> wrote: From: Matt Simmons <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [lopsa-discuss] Android Tablet recommendation? To: "Steve Wormley" <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Date: Thursday, February 21, 2013, 1:10 PM Interesting. I've used the high power Kindle charger and I thought that it might have the same issue. Is it Nexus-specific? Is there a specific high powered Nexus charger that I should be using? I didn't notice anything special about the one that came with it, and I'm pretty sure I shoved it in the drawer that all of my other generic USB wallwarts go in. --Matt On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 1:05 PM, Steve Wormley <[email protected]> wrote: The Nexus 7 charging issue only occurs if you use a charger that can only put out 0.5A, or, more often, the Nexus can't tell and only uses 0.5A(like an iPad charger) There are various incompatible ways for dumb chargers to indicate their power output. The one the Nexus 7 wants is the data lines on the USB cable tied together. If I use an iPad charger it will slowly discharge if the screen is on full. When I put in the extension cable I cut open and shorted the data lines together on the Nexus 7 side it charges fine with an iPad charger even with the screen on full, Wifi, GPS and Bluetooth on. There are also reports of a similar looking problem when a compatible charger is used with a low quality cable that just can't pass enough current.-Steve _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/ -- LITTLE GIRL: But which cookie will you eat FIRST? COOKIE MONSTER: Me think you have misconception of cookie-eating process. -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
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