Tablet?

[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!

[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.

[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.

[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/...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 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."