Re: Tablet recommendations?

2012-03-22 Thread Jeffry Smith
On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Kyle Smith wrote: > I'll chime in with a recommendation for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1".  It's > certainly on the upper end of the price scale (got mine for $449 on sale at > BestBuy -- shop around), but it hasn't let me down yet.  Great battery life > (I've watch

Re: Tablet recommendations?

2012-03-22 Thread Kyle Smith
On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 8:15 PM, Jeffry Smith wrote: > Just got our tax return back, and looking to buy a tablet, preferably > Android. Something in the 9-10 inch range, 32-64GB of memory. Anyone > have recommendations? If so, why those? > I'll chime in with a recommendation for the Samsung G

Re: Tablet recommendations?

2012-03-22 Thread Tom Buskey
FWIW, just before the Transformer Prime came out, there were some deals on the tf101 model. There was a black friday deal for $250. Later, gamestop had it for $300. I haven't seen it that low, even refurb, since. Apple has done an effective job tying up the production of highend lcds and it's h

Fwd: Re: Tablet recommendations?

2012-03-22 Thread Bob King
I also opted for a Transformer... I tend to use it docked to the keboard as a netbook but undock it and use it as a tablet if I am just watching media or reading something in bed or on the couch. Unlike the iPad, the transformer has a microSD and microHDMI out on the tablet. Dock adds two full-siz

Re: Tablet recommendations?

2012-03-22 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 03/22/2012 10:54 AM, Alan Johnson wrote: > > I just bought the same with doc for my grandmother-in-law who is laid > up in the hospital with a broken leg and so won't be using her desktop > for a while after returning home either. Beautiful machine. All you > could want in a tablet and most ev

Re: Tablet recommendations?

2012-03-22 Thread Chris Linstid
> > Keeping notes, reading e-mail, typing, some video - easier to carry > than my laptop. What else is a good question, as I haven't had a > tablet in the past. Currently use my phone for e-mail, music, and > some editing, as well as carrying documents to read in meetings, vice > printing out.

Re: Tablet recommendations?

2012-03-22 Thread Alan Johnson
On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 12:08 AM, Tom Buskey wrote: > I bought an ASUS Transformer (TF101). I just bought the same with doc for my grandmother-in-law who is laid up in the hospital with a broken leg and so won't be using her desktop for a while after returning home either. Beautiful machine.

Re: Tablet recommendations?

2012-03-22 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 03/22/2012 10:14 AM, David Rysdam wrote: > On Thu, 22 Mar 2012 09:33:03 -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote: >> IMHO, tablets are just starting to transform the portable computer >> market. The iPad is currently the top of the line, but some of these >> new Androids are making inroads. But... the issue

Re: Tablet recommendations?

2012-03-22 Thread David Rysdam
On Thu, 22 Mar 2012 09:33:03 -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote: > IMHO, tablets are just starting to transform the portable computer > market. The iPad is currently the top of the line, but some of these > new Androids are making inroads. But... the issue is heat and power. For the portable *computer*

Re: Tablet recommendations?

2012-03-22 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 03/22/2012 09:09 AM, Lloyd Kvam wrote: > I'm interested in this thread. I know I would use a tablet for reading > and sheet music. I tried the Nook Tablet, but the screen was simply too > small for music. Part of the challenge is imagining how else I might > use a tablet. > > A client provide

Re: Tablet recommendations?

2012-03-22 Thread Lloyd Kvam
I'm interested in this thread. I know I would use a tablet for reading and sheet music. I tried the Nook Tablet, but the screen was simply too small for music. Part of the challenge is imagining how else I might use a tablet. A client provided an iPad (original) so that I could make web site mo