Tablet?

[Manu]

What kind of tablets do you guys have?

ipad? Fire? Android? Waiting for Windows 8? Who needs a tablet?

I got a Kindle Fire for Christmas and it is pretty good. I think for the price point its an excellent gadget. I feel my usage would be pretty limited if I had a more expensive tablet like an ipad.

I'm definitely looking forward to convertible Windows 8 tablets, so I can replace my aging laptop.

[jwreck]

No tablet for me.

[colonel]

I bought one of the original hp touch screen tablets. While it's technically portable it's humongous by today's standards.

I use it as my home PC.

[Lulu]

Good to know on the Fire. I debated getting one but I really just want something to fool around with during the day... my phone is too tiny. That's about how much I want to spend on something like that.

[Manu]

Lulu, I think for playing around the fire is great. i'm not a big Android fan and Amazon does a great job of hiding it most of the time. That said, the web browser is not nearly as good as an ipad, iphone, or Windows Phone browser. It does play flash which is nice. But to do some book reading, light web surfing, and play some games, the fire is great.

[Dreamy]

What kind of tablets do you guys have?

ipad? Fire? Android? Waiting for Windows 8? Who needs a tablet?

I got a Kindle Fire for Christmas and it is pretty good. I think for the price point its an excellent gadget. I feel my usage would be pretty limited if I had a more expensive tablet like an ipad.

I'm definitely looking forward to convertible Windows 8 tablets, so I can replace my aging laptop.

I brought my husband the Samsung Galaxy 10.1 tablet for Christmas. He loves it. He and my son are Android fans. I am waiting to decide which one I want. I do like the iPad 2 the best so far. My daughter has the Kindle Fire and likes it.

[Chachma v'Oz]

I brought my husband the Samsung Galaxy 10.1 tablet for Christmas. He loves it. He and my son are Android fans. I am waiting to decide which one I want. I do like the iPad 2 the best so far. My daughter has the Kindle Fire and likes it.I also have my eye on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 but I'm holding off buying it until at least next month. In March Apple is coming out with its newest iPad and the prices of competing tablets may drop. That Tab has everything my wife and I want for use in the home and while traveling.

I have some questions about setting up the wireless network in our house, though. I know I can get a router so that we can use the tablet at home, but I'm curious about what else I can do with the router, like hooking up the TV to it for watching streaming video.

[Jesse11]

Good to know on the Fire. I debated getting one but I really just want something to fool around with during the day... my phone is too tiny. That's about how much I want to spend on something like that.

[adisonhardy]

Recently, I purchase Samsung galaxy tablet configure with android and according to me it is the most compatible and easy to use tablet. Although Most of people prefer to use Apple Ipad but I like to use samsung galaxy tab than any other tablet.

[Chachma v'Oz]

How do you print something with your Galaxy?

[Geoffrey]

I have an iPad 2 and the "new" one. They are great. I am trying to get several for work

[DngrMse]

I have a Kindle. A basic kindle. I love it. It's simple, has a great display, amazing battery life, and enough room to store 3400 books. It's small, very lightweight, and since getting it, I've stopped purchasing 'paper' media entirely. (Mostly...I've picked up a few classic Sci Fi books from ebay recently). I can read numerous books at once, and the device marks my place on each one. Like reading a good book, you forget it's there, and quickly lose yourself in the story you're reading. Fall asleep while reading...no problem, it will power off by itself, and save your place. Turn off it's built in Wi-Fi, and the battery will last for over a month...I've had mine for almost a year, and I've charged it maybe four times? If you manage to fill it's internal memory, you can copy it to your pc, and fill it again. And again. And again.

This is the device everyone should have.

[BooRadley]

The only reason I'd buy a tablet is for reading, and then only for when I travel. I'd prefer a book, but for people who travel a lot I can see the value in having several books and magazines on one device. I only travel about once a month, and it's always a direct flight, so it's not worth it. 1 hr from DC to NY -- I grab a magazine at the airport.

If I had to take a train into town as part of my daily commute, or if I had to travel a lot, particularly on long flights, I'd probably get one. I don't see a use for it, other than that.

[Manu]

I've had a crazy run of work travel DC twice, NY twice, SF twice and Chicago in the past 3 months. The Fire was amazing. I was able to read a few books, have everything with me, and also have a quick way to check email.

[Monster]

I bought an Acer Iconia A500 refurbished for almost the same price as the B&N Nook Tablet. Full Android OS, 10.1" screen, and a full sized USB port.

It's mainly a reader for me, but as I do so much of my reading on the fly and use GDocs for a lot of it, I've found the tablet to be a nice thing to have. It's wifi only, so no additional 3G/4G plan, just connect and download what I need, then read on the go.

So far, I'm liking it. Good battery life, good interface, and since I've got pretty big hands the "extra size" of the thing isn't that big of a deal. I was amused that the reviews called it thick and bulky, since it's barely thicker than other tablets.

[Malcolm Wright]

I haven't ventured into the tablet world. I always have to have a laptop handy and it needs to be top of the line or close to, so after that kind of expenditure I had never considered getting a tablet as well.

Starting to open my mind to it but now is not the time financially so we'll see. I'm pretty committed to Apple for the rest of my hardware (because I can't deal with Windows - pissed me off one too many times - and I need Unix), so it would make sense to get an ipad for me.

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[Chachma v'Oz]

Recently I have purchased Samsung galaxy 10.1 tablet and it is one of the best tablet I have ever use. It configure with Android OS and provide lots of application which make portable computing experience more Superior and comfortable.That's what I intend to buy. By what process can I print using this tablet using my regular printer? I don't mind buying a wireless printer when the printer I have now dies, but I'd like to set up something that would allow me to print from my standard HP Deskjet 932C from the tablet until then.

[Manu]

http://support.google.com/cloudprint/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1686197

The easiest way is with Google Cloud printing. It basically lets you use a webservice to connect to your local PC via chrome. There are other apps (at least on ios) that allow connectivity to wireless printers or network printers. So I think there should be a few options like that on Android as well.

The Galaxy Tab is a sexy as hell tablet, just a bit pricey for what I needed.

[Notalibtard]

Lenovo 10.1 screen.

[Chachma v'Oz]

http://support.google.com/cloudprint/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1686197

The easiest way is with Google Cloud printing. It basically lets you use a webservice to connect to your local PC via chrome. There are other apps (at least on ios) that allow connectivity to wireless printers or network printers. So I think there should be a few options like that on Android as well.

The Galaxy Tab is a sexy as hell tablet, just a bit pricey for what I needed.So with Cloud I would still need a desktop to connect my printer to? What I mean is that I was hoping there was some way to limit my hardware to just the tablet and my existing printer, plus whatever I needed for wireless connectivity for my printer. I'm thinking of when my desktop dies, I would want to use just our tablets for everything and not replace the desktop.

[Manu]

On IOS HP has apps that allow you to print directly to network connected printers. I assume something similar exists for Android, but I do not know.

[Geoffrey]

Brother has an app too. I have a networked laser AiO and I can print to it. Pretty neat.

I'm more concerned with printing from our work network, once we deploy our tablets.

[Manu]

Geoff, a lot of the bigger copiers / all in ones from Xerox and Ricoh have network printing modules. They work via email. Forward an email to an address, it responds with a pin code, go to the machine and punch in the code for it to print. We use that for one of our Ricohs at our corporate offices so visitors can print and it works great.

[UhOhXplode]

I have a Kindle Fire. It was one of my presents last Christmas. Its easy to surf and forum with and I can use it in bed to read and watch cool youtubes. I got a Gumdrop case with it too and it doesnt slide in my hands like it did without the case but I learned something too. If I log onto a forum on my desktop I'm not logged onto it on my Kindle Fire so its like having 2 pc's. I have to check both to see if I'm totally logged off of everything. Btw Kindle Fire Ftw! :D

[Xavier Tremely]

I was an early adopter (2004 Fujitsu Stylistic ST4120) and have had a few tablets since, but am now shopping for a Tegra 3 (CPU*) model, either the Asus Transformer Prime convertible, or the Asus Memo 370T.

[Charles]

I don't understand what the big deal with tablets is. Why not a simple small laptop? Especially vs an iPad? A small laptop is a REAL computer with USB ports, a real keyboard to easily type with and they are much less expensive.

[Xavier Tremely]

I don't understand what the big deal with tablets is. Why not a simple small laptop? Especially vs an iPad? A small laptop is a REAL computer with USB ports, a real keyboard to easily type with and they are much less expensive.

Except that they're not: Laptop are typically $300-1200; tablets between $200-$800. Many people are comfortable with using a touch-screen keyboard, many tablets have a USB port, and most of all, they are so very lightweight.:nice:

[Red]

I have an iPhone 4s, an iPod 3 with Verizon 4g and , and a Mac Air 13". The iPhone is great for when I'm out running errands and need info/internet access, music in my vehicles, pictures, etc. The Mac Air makes for a great laptop at my desk for business, World of Warcraft, and browsing the web. But for browsing before bed, reading on the recliner, renting/watching movies while traveling, and internet access anywhere, my iPod 3 rocks.

[Geoffrey]

Geoff, a lot of the bigger copiers / all in ones from Xerox and Ricoh have network printing modules. They work via email. Forward an email to an address, it responds with a pin code, go to the machine and punch in the code for it to print. We use that for one of our Ricohs at our corporate offices so visitors can print and it works great.

maybe so, but I have an app to do it!

[Geoffrey]

I've recently found my iPad3 to be extremely useful at work. We have a corporate account with ArcGIS and a GIS department of 5 or so people. We are working on interfacing it with our logging system for FAA required discrepancy reporting. I can take my personal iPad out on the airfield and use the GPS to help me locate items we've marked via our ASOCS logging system (it has a map feature with lat/long). We are working towards getting more iPads in a few months for Mtx and our department in an effort to go paperless.

Very cool stuff we are doing and would hate to do on a laptop.

[Charles]

I've recently found my iPad3 to be extremely useful at work. We have a corporate account with ArcGIS and a GIS department of 5 or so people. We are working on interfacing it with our logging system for FAA required discrepancy reporting. I can take my personal iPad out on the airfield and use the GPS to help me locate items we've marked via our ASOCS logging system (it has a map feature with lat/long). We are working towards getting more iPads in a few months for Mtx and our department in an effort to go paperless.

Very cool stuff we are doing and would hate to do on a laptop.

Sure, there might be 2% of tasks for which having a tablet is a good idea.

[Xavier Tremely]

After working with a touch interface, going without it is just annoying: ("Oh, yeah, I can't just point at what I want to click on; I need to grab this fiddly mouse or use this funky touchpad to indicate what I want to do...")

I've got my eyes on the upcoming Transformer Book (http://digitaljournal.com/article/326046).:drool:

[Manu]

I've recently found my iPad3 to be extremely useful at work. We have a corporate account with ArcGIS and a GIS department of 5 or so people. We are working on interfacing it with our logging system for FAA required discrepancy reporting. I can take my personal iPad out on the airfield and use the GPS to help me locate items we've marked via our ASOCS logging system (it has a map feature with lat/long). We are working towards getting more iPads in a few months for Mtx and our department in an effort to go paperless.

Very cool stuff we are doing and would hate to do on a laptop.

How do you feel about using a personal device for work? Do you care?

[Shrike]

Got the "New" iPad just a couple of weeks ago and I love it. Has the best battery life of any comparable tablet, phenomenal retina display a ton of cool little features and, of course, access to the most apps. I use it for just about everything and leave my computer for the more typing intensive tasks.

[Charles]

Daughter just got an Android tablet. Knowing little about tablets I recommended she download some sort of antivirus so we downloaded AVG from Google Play for free. Personally, I use Microsoft Security Essentials for our PCs in the house and I am VERY happy with it. (I also use Family Safety - very happy with it too.)

Any recommendations on tablet antivirus? (I've read some stuff online that says tablet AV is pretty useless and also there aren't too many threats out there?????)

[Spiritinthesky]

iPad which I love when I can get it away from the kids!

[sambitshankar]

I have heard today that LG has introduced a Windows 8 touch optimized monitor which can even be used as a duplicate screen with ur PC as well as laptop. Why don't have plans for it. This was the new announcement I was talking about (http://gadgeticworld.com/2012/11/01/lg-announces-touch-based-windows-8-monitor-lg-touch-10-et83/). It even has IPS panel display and multi touch support upto 10 touch points.

[UhOhXplode]

I've been thinking about getting Windows 8 and I know a girl who's making a review for it too - with the old Start function enabled. I've also been thinking about getting a Nexus 7. I'll drop a link to the review when it's ready.

[Himanshu]

Recently I bought Samsung galaxy note 800. It is also known as Samsung galaxy note 10.1. Its a fantastic tablet with 10.1 display screen, powered by 1.4 GHz Cortex A9 processor of 2GB of RAM. It runs with Android 4.0.3 (Ice cream Sandwich)

[talkingman]

I recently got the iPad mini and it is amazing. I can run all the native apps that I bought for my iPhone 5 and there are huge selections of spam (http://wspaasdfasdfasdad+mini+cases) on the market right now. Anyways, rambling aside, I am definitely happy with my purchase and I am a firm believer of "Once you go Apple, you never go back."

[Geoffrey]

and I am a firm believer of "Once you go Apple, you never go back."

I recently switched from iOS to Android :shrug:

[abhi1234]

I am not a tablet freek, I have a android phone and laptop and i am quite happy with it. My friends and relatives have ipad which i use occasionally.

[vpiya]

i have no tablet

[Chachma v'Oz]

I waited long enough to get the Samsung Galaxy 10.1, so the other day I got their 32GB Google Nexus 10 instead. It's my first tablet and it's incredible. I downloaded the owners manual, figuring I'd read it before playing with the tablet and it's 150 pp long! This thing is amazing, compared to my 8-yr old Windows desktop. It's doing everything I wanted it to do and things I never imagined possible.

I charged it up overnight after getting it, then spent all afternoon and evening surfing on it while watching TV, running it for 10 hrs total. I'd used only 2/3 of its battery capacity. I found some articles online about Tips for Nexus 10 and they were helpful, pointing out things the manual apparently doesn't mention.

Just understanding the manual is challenge enough. It gives instructions like "go to Chrome: Menu -> Settings -> Security and do this or do that with no guidance at all about what "go to Chrome: Menu" means or where Chrome: Menu is. This morning I woke up and had apparently been puzzling on it while I slept and now I realize what it was referring to. It seems like the manual assumes the operator has used a tablet before and is familiar with mobile device terminology.

Just getting started isn't even addressed. It explains how to plug in the AC power cord properly and how to press the ON/OFF button, but nothing about what to do when the security screen comes up. Where to do you go from there? I tapped and swiped and finally did something right and Chrome opened up. Would it be so hard to mention how you access Chrome in the instructions?

By the time I get this thing figured out and the manual digested, it'll probably be obsolete. It has an amazing range of features.

[Chachma v'Oz]

Since I'm using this tablet only at home right now as I read the 209 page owners manual and try to figure it out, is it okay to leave the power cord plugged in all the time?

[Chachma v'Oz]

I've had the tablet for a week and a half now and I can sum it up in one word: incredible. I worked my way through the manual a couple of times and got oriented to the device's features and have been playing with it since. I downloaded some apps: Skype, a barcode/QR scanner, a free WiFi locator and a scientific calculator. With 32GB I can handle of lot of apps.

I bought this for my wife but she wanted me to get checked out on it first so I could explain it to her. Now I want to keep it for myself and get another one for her. I was going to get myself a notebook next but this thing seems to fill my needs so I may just get another one of these tablets for her.

[Geoffrey]

tablets are great. I have 2 iPads and a touchpad

[weepinbell]

I have to say i don't really understand the hype for tablets... i don't really see something an other advantage than the portability of it. If i had something like that, it would be the laptops that you can switch the screen, like the ThinkPad Helix from W8

[Chachma v'Oz]

It depends on how you'll be using it. We have a Nexus 10. It's perfect for the purpose we bought it to serve. A notebook was more than we need or want to lug around and a smartphone has too small a screen for some of our purposes.

[weepinbell]

Yeah, makes sence... maybe i don't really like them cause I don't need one, I don't really carry my laptop. My phone is enough for my on-the-go needs

[Capricorn]

I prefer a light 13 inch laptop to a tablet. I have a 15 inch Mac and a Toshiba 13 inch Portege with Win 8. Both Intel icore 7. The Portege is really light and acts like my tablet. Somehow never felt the need for a tablet, as my phone can do anything the tablet does.

[Thurston]

Hi, my current tablets are Prozac, but previously I used Seroxat