I would imagine that heat dispersal is one of the major issues with the smaller model, regarding the processor. I’ll have to think hard before I jump into this market.
======================================== My compliments and kindest regards Gordon Smith: <[email protected]> Accessibility & Information Technology Support Specialist.. This Message Was Created Using 100% Recycled Electrons. If you can avoid printing it, please do so. Think of the environment, save a tree! Contact: • UK Free Phone: 0800 8620538 • UK Geographic / Global: +44(0) 1642 688095 • UK Mobile/SMS: +44 (0)7804 983849 • Vic. Australia: +61 38 82059300 • US/Canada: +1 646 9151493 ---------------------------------------- On 16 Nov 2017, at 20:10, Dane Trethowan <[email protected]> wrote: The LTE version is the one I have. Also bare in mind that the Specs of the smaller Galaxy Book vary considerably to that of the large, with the large you get a 256GB SSD and an Intel I5 Processor whereas with the smaller you get a 128GB SSD and Intel I3 processor. I’m wondering if the keyboard is the same with the smaller version? I wonder this for the obvious reason size, the keyboard would have to be smaller so what’s been sacrificed. ********** “For the gardener nothing is more handier than bulbs, I mean the 1’s you put in the ground and not the electric light 1’s.” > On 17 Nov 2017, at 3:03 am, Gordon Smith <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > No! The Galaxy Book sells for £699.00 for the 10.6-Inch version and £899.00 > for the 12-Inch. I’m not sure how much the LTE-enabled versions go for, I’ll > check. > > ======================================== > > My compliments and kindest regards > Gordon Smith: > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Accessibility & Information Technology Support Specialist.. > > This Message Was Created Using 100% Recycled Electrons. If you can avoid > printing it, please do so. 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Australia: > +61 38 82059300 > • US/Canada: > +1 646 9151493 > > ---------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > On 16 Nov 2017, at 15:41, Dane Trethowan <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I can't be sure of that as I don't know the conversion rate from pounds to > Australian dollars but I think it would be near the mark yep. > > > > > On 11/17/2017 1:07 AM, david griffith wrote: >> Wow – I have just looked on Amazon and the price for that Tablet appears to >> be £1,400 – does that sound right? >> David Griffith >> >> My Blind Access and Guide dog Blog >> http://dgriffithblog.wordpress.com/ <http://dgriffithblog.wordpress.com/> >> My Blind hammer Blog >> https://www.westhamtillidie.com/authors/blind-hammer/posts >> <https://www.westhamtillidie.com/authors/blind-hammer/posts> >> >> From: Dane Trethowan <mailto:[email protected]> >> Sent: 15 November 2017 21:46 >> To: Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm! >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Techno-Chat]: Tablet Computing >> >> The Samsung tablet in question is the Samsung Galaxy Book 12, its a higher >> spec and more powerful machine than the Tab and I think its more recent too. >> >> >> ********** >> “For the gardener nothing is more handier than bulbs, I mean the 1’s you put >> in the ground and not the electric light 1’s.” >> >> >> >> >> >> On 16 Nov 2017, at 4:01 am, David Griffith <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> >> OK glad to be contradicted. >> I looked up the Samsung 12 on UK Amazon. >> Is it this one on the UK Store ? >> http://tinyurl.com/y8ml9a9o <http://tinyurl.com/y8ml9a9o> >> In my defence it does not scream out a sim card in its specification though >> I did notice a description of 4G WiFi on its description. >> The main issue I think is that at over £700 including delivery It is >> significantly more expensive than the tablets I was looking at – about twice >> the cost of other PC tablet machines and nearly 3 times as much as the Asus >> Chrome Books and 6 times as much as some of the Kindle options. Even my sim >> based 64gb iPad was only £450, admittedly a few years ago now. so I am >> probably looking at the wrong end of the market. I am not at all sure I >> want to pay over £700 for a tablet I am only going to use occasionally >> whilst out or on holiday. My main Desktop machine with 16 GB ram, 512 GB >> SSD main drive with 4TB secondary drive which I used every single day only >> cost me £550 , with Windows and Office though it was custom built by an >> engineer I know. If I could find a cheaper Tablet option like a Chrome Book >> at about £250 with a sim slot I would go for it like a shot. >> David Griffith >> >> >> From: Dane Trethowan [mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>] >> Sent: 15 November 2017 15:28 >> To: Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm! >> Subject: Re: [Techno-Chat]: Tablet Computing >> >> I’m sorry to contradict you but all the devices we have been talking about - >> including my Samsung Galaxy Book 12 Windows Tablet - do allow for SIM card >> data thus they are totally portable so use on a mountain top, park bench or >> in a cafe, the choice is yours. >> Actually the use of SIM cards in modern day computing goes deeper and runs >> wider than I possibly thought, my New HP Probook 404 G3 can also take a SIM >> card. >> Many of the Android tablets out there naturally take a SIM card too though - >> as I said earlier - at present I don’t believe the current crop of Android >> tablets are anywhere near up to speed when it comes to Windows or IOS >> offerings, even the build isn’t as good. >> Will that change? I sincerely hope so but its taking a long time. >> >> >> ********** >> “For the gardener nothing is more handier than bulbs, I mean the 1’s you put >> in the ground and not the electric light 1’s.” >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 16 Nov 2017, at 2:00 am, David Griffith <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> The biggest and surprising failing for nearly all of the Android / Kindle / >> windows Tablet options out there I see is the failure to include a Sim >> option for genuinely mobile computing. WiFi devices may be feasible for use >> in cities but quickly grind to a halt when travelling or when you are in a >> cottage in the country which does not have WiFi. I find this extremely odd >> as it is precisely when I am away from home and in this situation away from >> WiFi that I am most likely to need to use these sorts of devices. If they >> are portable devices they should in my mind be most useful if they can be >> used wherever there is a mobile signal rather than reliant on clumsily >> piggy backing on somebody else’s WiFi. >> I started looking at chrome Books but no mobile sim options I can find, >> similarly for Windows tablets Kindle tablets and most Android tablets. This >> is the strangest lack I find in the mobile tablet sector at the moment. You >> could cobble solutions together I suppose by using Dongles or tethering but >> elegant this is not. >> In these situations only my iPhone and my old iPad Mini with data sim cut >> the mustard and provide some web connectivity for me. People are often >> surprised that my old iPad can connect to the web anywhere but this is old >> not new technology. In ancient times of early Kindle Keyboard models you >> could use a data sim but bizarrely no more as Amazon has completely >> withdrawn data sim options for Kindle and they are all WiFi only now. As >> useful as a choclate teapot on a motorway or in a country cottage without >> WiFi. >> If anybody can point me to a newer genuinely portable device with this >> functionality I would be interested. >> David Griffith >> >> >> From: Dane Trethowan [mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>] >> Sent: 14 November 2017 21:15 >> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> Subject: [Techno-Chat]: Tablet Computing >> >> Firstly the Samsung Galaxy Books are Windows based tablets so if you >> purchase a Galaxy Book you're literally purchasing yourself a mini Windows >> 10 Pro machine, nothing wrong with that whatever. >> I was asked what I thought the best Android tablet was. >> Only my opinion of course but I don't think there's any best Android tablet >> right now and I'm astonished that I'm making such remarks as there very >> clearly should be some very good Android tables around but for some reason >> there isn't. >> When it comes to build the iPad range are tops, I've not yet seen an Android >> tablet come even close. >> When it comes to Power the iPad keeps moving ahead. >> So we have the iPad but then that's not everything that people may demand >> from a tablet, yes its powerful but perhaps not versatile enough and that's >> where a good Android tablet should be in its element but no, not yet, the >> only alternative then is a Windows tablet such as the Galaxy Book. >> The Galaxy Book isn't quite as well built as an iPad but its a tough build >> all the same as all modern Samsung phones and tablets seem to be thus should >> last you hears to come. >> I'm working on a series of audio demos for the Samsung Galaxy Book 12 at the >> moment and will release them shortly. >> >> >> On 11/15/2017 7:32 AM, Gordon Smith wrote: >> The latest model is called the PixelBook. The main advantage is that there >> is now full 100% Android app support built-in which means, of course, that >> you can install TalkBack and BrailleBack. Specs look quite good, although I >> still think that the Samsung Galaxy Books, based on what I’ve read and what >> I’ve been told, offer a better alternative. >> >> ======================================== >> >> My compliments and kindest regards >> Gordon Smith: >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Accessibility & Information Technology Support Specialist.. >> >> This Message Was Created Using 100% Recycled Electrons. If you can avoid >> printing it, please do so. Think of the environment, save a tree! >> >> Contact: >> >> • UK Free Phone: >> 0800 8620538 >> • UK Geographic / Global: >> +44(0) 1642 688095 >> • UK Mobile/SMS: >> +44 (0)7804 983849 >> • Vic. Australia: >> +61 38 82059300 >> • US/Canada: >> +1 646 9151493 >> >> ---------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 10 Nov 2017, at 10:14, Joshua Gregory <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> >> >> I'll have to take a look at that, thank you! >> On >> Fri, Nov 10, 2017, 12:07 AM Dane Trethowan <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Hi! >> No first hand experience hereas yet. >> I've thought about getting a Chromebook to look at and I do know someone >> who uses a Chromebook fulltime, he's totally blind and loves it, he came >> from using an Apple Mac Mini and Voiceover. >> Further to this, may I suggest you look up the AFB Access World magazine. >> There you'll find a series of reviews and articles that have tracked the >> Chromebook and the Screen Reading technology. >> >> On 11/10/2017 1:34 PM, Joshua Gregory wrote: >> > >> > Hello, >> > I was wondering if anybody has had any experiences with Chromebooks >> > and the chromevox screen reader. What were your experiences? Did you >> > like it, did you not? Was there anything that stood out to you in >> > comparison to, say, windows and nvda or narrator? Thanks very much! >> > >> -- >> ********** >> "For the gardener nothing is more handier than bulbs, I mean the one's you >> put in the ground and not the electric light one's." >> ********** >> ------------------------------ >> This post, like all posts to the Techno Chat E-Mail group has been scanned >> by our server-side antivirus/malware solution. This should not, however, be >> viewed as a substitution for your own security strategy. We assume no >> culpability whatever, implicit or otherwise, for any compromise to your >> systems as a result of opening any post to this group. Suffice it to say >> that we remain vigilant within the boundaries of reason. We strongly urge >> you to do likewise! 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