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No tablet for me.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.Originally Posted by Manu
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.
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.
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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.
How do you print something with your Galaxy?
I have an iPad 2 and the "new" one. They are great. I am trying to get several for work
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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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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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.
http://support.google.com/cloudprint...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.
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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.
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