Ed would be a better source than me, but I don’t think it’s uncommon for Android devices to be mostly button-less. Iv’e seen several phones that only have soft keys for home/back/so on.
> On Jan 12, 2015, at 2:26 PM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: > > My wife and I did a vacation wholesale club presentation (like a timeshare > but not a timeshare) this weekend, and for our troubles we ended up with a > small 7" Android tablet. It's a Chinese product judging from the "manual" > (more like a leaflet) which came with it. I was dubious, but the thing > powered up and works seemingly normally. It has a model number if you look > at the system info, MDI-somethingsomething I think, but no markings of any > kind on the case itself. > > It's running Android 4.4.2 Kit Kat (mmmmm), and seemingly does all the normal > tablety stuff. I have to say that the Google Play store is very nice, and > that the experience using it is very similar to the now-closed WebOS store > (we hardly knew ya). The browser works fine; in fact, it plays Youtube about > a million times better than the TouchPad which is problematic for the HP for > some reason. > > The odd thing about it is that there is no center button like on my TouchPad > or an iPad. Is that normal for Android tablets and devices? The only way to > switch between cards/apps/windows/whatever they are called is the soft "Apps" > button on the screen? It works alright but does take some getting used to. > I had thought I was closing apps by using the soft "Back" button, but it was > actually just backing out to the Home Screen, so I had a bunch of them > running in the background. > > Anyway, nominally this is my wife's device because getting it as a freebie > gift from the presentation was her idea, but I don't know if she has any > interest in using it instead of her beloved laptop. The screen is nowhere > near as nice as my TouchPad, and it's smaller, so right now not sure how to > proceed.Other than getting a case for it, of course. > > Just thought it was amusing that I have sort of backed into being an Android > owner, heh. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek > <http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
