On Jan 1, 10:30*am, Oscar wrote:
On 1/1/2012 9:25 AM, iBoaterer wrote:





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On Dec 31, 10:41 am, X ` Mandump-on-conservati...@anywhere-you-
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On 12/31/11 9:33 AM, wrote:

On Sat, 31 Dec 2011 08:09:36 -0500, X `
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On 12/30/11 9:09 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:26:25 -0800 (PST),
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I know nothing about them, but my wife want's one [and I get to pay
for it]. What are the advantages [or not] over a Xume, iPhone, and a
host of other lightning technology talkie gadgets out there?

First, let's look at what it IS. It is a marketing tool from Amazon to
hawk their digital wares. It has a decently large screen, though Ipad
is larger. It has about 15K apps to Ipads roughly 100K apps. It is
light in memory at 8GB. It does not have 3G, but does have b/g/n
Wi-Fi. It has no camera. She may not want some of this and may want
things not listed.

So if she is looking for a reader with some netbook/tablet capability,
it may be OK. Best feature is the price. I personally am passing on
one because I can pay a bit more for a really good netbook.

I think this is a LOT like buying a boat. Figure out what you are
going to use the reader/tablet/netbook/notebook for and then find the
features that meet your requirements.

If you like to read books and magazines on a small computer screen, the
Kindles and similar readers are ok. I still prefer reading books the
"traditional" way, although I did read an entire "beach" novel on my
laptop the last time I flew cross country. It was ok.

The lack of 3G/4G on a tablet may not be so serious an issue. Most
places you end up using a tablet will have free wifi available, which
means the need to pay for an additional 3G appliance (in addition to a
smart phone) is not overwhelming. Wifi is faster, anyway.

On my hardware, 4G kicks wi-fi's ass.

I don't have a 4G cell or tablet, so I can't compare its speeds to
Wi-Fi. When I'm away from Wi-Fi, 3G speed is more than adequate for my
needs. I don't "net surf" very much on my cell phone, and the other apps
- emails, messages, et cetera, seem fast enough on 3G when Wi-Fi is not
available.

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My #2 son gave us a Blackberry Playbook for Christmas. When I bundled
our phone/internet/cable tv services last summer, I lost my Wi-Fi
modem.
I had to call and schedule my service provider to come in on the 3rd
of January to swap out the basic modem for one capable of Wi-Fi.
It was no big deal up till now because the only one using that feature
ws my #1 son on his infrequent visits from Toronto.
I probably wouldn't have bought a playbook myself, but now that I have
one I'm anxious to see what it can do.
I'll tell you one thing...the 3 meg front camera and the 5 meg back
camera are limited for indoor use on a dark day. *It claims to have
1080i video.... whick is ok outside in the bright light.
Also got an iPod Nano for Christmas.. so I had to visit a nearby audio
store earlier this week to pick up a new pair of Grado headphones.
Good grief..they cost as much as the iPod but do have a nice sound.
(supplied 'bud style' headphones sounded crappy& *fit worse)

All you had to do is buy a $15 wireless router.

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Sorry...no installation fee and I get the 1st 12 months rental
'free'. After that, it'll be $3.00 per month. I'll decide what to do
them... maybe switch over to a competitor who now offers fibre
optics.

On Sun, 01 Jan 2012 11:54:48 -0500, wrote:

If I were not buying an iPad, I'd be taking a serious look
at the Galazy:

http://tinyurl.com/7cmqhlf

My wife has one and she is happy with it.

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Does it have a built in GPS?

On 1/1/2012 2:00 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 01 Jan 2012 11:54:48 -0500, wrote:

If I were not buying an iPad, I'd be taking a serious look
at the Galazy:

http://tinyurl.com/7cmqhlf

My wife has one and she is happy with it.

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Does it have a built in GPS?


My thrive has one. It seems a little slow to lock on to satellites
compared to Garmin.

Wife and I did a bit of a road trip today, I drove and she took her
kindle fire. She read the thing the whole way and back.

I really liked it because now she doesn't tell me how to drive....

It's already paid for itself!!!!

On Sun, 1 Jan 2012 18:55:38 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

Wife and I did a bit of a road trip today, I drove and she took her
kindle fire. She read the thing the whole way and back.

I really liked it because now she doesn't tell me how to drive....

It's already paid for itself!!!!


wife got me a pandigital tablet...wifi, kindle, android OS...works
great. paid about $200. nice color screen...beautiful and very useful
if you have wifi

On Jan 1, 10:05*pm, bpuharic wrote:
On Sun, 1 Jan 2012 18:55:38 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

Wife and I did a bit of a road trip today, I drove and she took her
kindle fire. She read the thing the whole way and back.

I really liked it because now she doesn't tell me how to drive....

It's already paid for itself!!!!

wife got me a pandigital tablet...wifi, kindle, android OS...works
great. paid about $200. nice color screen...beautiful and very useful
if you have wifi

yup. Her Kindle has the wifi. Don't think this this is android
though.

On 1/1/12 11:41 PM, Tim wrote:
On Jan 1, 10:05 pm, wrote:
On Sun, 1 Jan 2012 18:55:38 -0800 (PST),
wrote:

Wife and I did a bit of a road trip today, I drove and she took her
kindle fire. She read the thing the whole way and back.

I really liked it because now she doesn't tell me how to drive....

It's already paid for itself!!!!

wife got me a pandigital tablet...wifi, kindle, android OS...works
great. paid about $200. nice color screen...beautiful and very useful
if you have wifi

yup. Her Kindle has the wifi. Don't think this this is android
though.

I thought I read somewhere that the Kindle OS and the Android OS were
both based on Linux kernals? Maybe not.

On 1/1/12 11:41 PM, Tim wrote:

yup. Her Kindle has the wifi. Don't think this this is android
though.

Kindle fire is Android based. There is Amazon app store. I don't know if
the entire Google app store is available but it should be easy enough
for Tim to find out. One thing I've noticed is that the latest codecs
for the new hi def cameras weren't included with either my Archos or
Toshiba tablets. If Tim finds that true with the Fire, the easiest
solution is to install one of the many free players that work.
There are a lot of good free apps as well as terrible ones. Make sure
you install a good Antivirus before you start playing around,Tim.

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On 1/1/12 11:41 PM, Tim wrote:
On Jan 1, 10:05 pm, wrote:
On Sun, 1 Jan 2012 18:55:38 -0800 (PST),
wrote:

Wife and I did a bit of a road trip today, I drove and she took her
kindle fire. She read the thing the whole way and back.

I really liked it because now she doesn't tell me how to drive....

It's already paid for itself!!!!

wife got me a pandigital tablet...wifi, kindle, android OS...works
great. paid about $200. nice color screen...beautiful and very useful
if you have wifi

yup. Her Kindle has the wifi. Don't think this this is android
though.

I thought I read somewhere that the Kindle OS and the Android OS were
both based on Linux kernals? Maybe not.

Yes, in both cases, but Android more so than kinkle's OS. Android in
written in C.

On Mon, 02 Jan 2012 09:16:13 -0500, Oscar wrote:


On 1/1/12 11:41 PM, Tim wrote:

yup. Her Kindle has the wifi. Don't think this this is android
though.

Kindle fire is Android based. There is Amazon app store. I don't know if
the entire Google app store is available but it should be easy enough
for Tim to find out. One thing I've noticed is that the latest codecs
for the new hi def cameras weren't included with either my Archos or
Toshiba tablets. If Tim finds that true with the Fire, the easiest
solution is to install one of the many free players that work.
There are a lot of good free apps as well as terrible ones. Make sure
you install a good Antivirus before you start playing around,Tim.

We got our 8-year old granddaughter the Pandigital tablet for Christmas. It got sent back for the
Kindle Fire almost immediately. Don't know why, she just wanted it. I suppose there's something
about it that's better.