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Hi all,<br>
<br>
Here I am replying to my own email again. Well, I've been thinking and
thinking about this. There's no doubt that I WANT a tablet, although
that would be one more computer to maintain and one more to try to
prevent from getting viruses. Android is a huge virus target.
However, my NEED to go to Atlanta Bread Company or Starbucks and look
at websites, check email, or check financial charts is not that great,
when I can generally go back home in 10 minutes and get access to my
computers. When I had that Pandigital tablet for a few days, I
couldn't get it to attach to Atlanta Bread Company's internet at all.
And, when I've had my laptop there, performance is spotty at best. I
can always take my laptop somewhere if I really want to. In the end, I
think I might want to keep or reallocate the $ 200 more than I want to
have a tablet. I think that I might just get a new slim case for my
15.6" laptop as well as a separate power supply. That way, if I want
to go portable, I can just put the computer into standby mode, put it
in the case and go. Now, if I had a couple of thousand dollars to
burn, I wouldn't flinch about spending $ 200, but that's not the case.
Regardless, thanks to those who responded. I learned a good bit about
the HP Touchpad tablet and the Acer Aspire One netbooks during my
research. If I were going to buy something, it would probably be
either one of those or a Kindle Fire or an Acer Iconia tablet.<br>
<br>
Sincerely,<br>
<br>
Ron<br>
<br>
On 2/23/2012 8:42 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:
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Hi Michael T.,<br>
<br>
I was wondering, what did you have to do to the Fire to get it to run
ICE? And, are you still limited to Amazon's limited set of options, or
do you have the full Android Market? I'm presuming you rooted the
device. Are you using Cyanogen Mod 9? If so, was it hard to do? Can
you attach a keyboard to the Fire?<br>
<br>
Sincerely,<br>
<br>
Ron<br>
<br>
On 2/22/2012 7:52 PM, Michael Trausch wrote:
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cite="mid:CAMBGJbHDBkUDjk_Uh7jQih_NTe6ApRbHOhcr-HYMv3DHyKrnRQ@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">
<p>Ice Cream Sandwich on the Kindle Fire. I don't need all the
bells
and whistles.</p>
<p>Only thing I would like is the ability to insert a SIM card and
use a Bluetooth headset, and be able to have the tablet actually *be*
the phone...</p>
<p>--<br>
Sent from my Ice Cream Sandwich powered Kindle Fire!<br>
Pardon any typos...</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 22, 2012 5:50 PM, "Ron Frazier
(ALE)"
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style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi
guys,<br>
<br>
I just recently bought a Pandigital SuperNova tablet for $ 200 from Best<br>
Buy, kept it a couple of days, and returned it. I don't really have $<br>
300 - $ 500 to spend on a tablet. It's actually a really cool device,<br>
with a 1 GHz processor, 512 MB of RAM, and 4 GB of shared storage. It<br>
has an 8" capacitive touch screen, SD card slot, USB host capability,<br>
HDMI out, wifi, bluetooth, and dual cameras. It's pretty snappy to run<br>
and plays video on Youtube well and displays web pages well when you add<br>
the Dolphin web browser. I really liked it, BUT ... I was really<br>
annoyed by the fact that it is running Android Gingerbread 2.3, will<br>
probably never be updated, and doesn't have the Android market place.<br>
It has Getjar, and I installed Amazon market. However, you still have<br>
only about 1/10 the selection of applications that you would with the<br>
Android market place. I was particularly bothered by the fact that I<br>
could not install Firefox, nor the Barnes and Noble Nook program without<br>
having access to the Android market place. It has a built in BN app,<br>
but it's not the same thing. I could potentially root it and install<br>
the Android market place, and it may be possible to install the Android<br>
market place without rooting it. However, it would become more obsolete<br>
over time and possibly more subject to viruses. Also, every time there<br>
was a firmware update from Pandigital, I would be worried about the hack<br>
failing. In the end, I decided to return it.<br>
<br>
I'm wondering if you guys know of any similarly priced alternatives that<br>
are running Android 3.2 Honeycomb or Android 4.x Ice Cream Sandwich. In<br>
terms of screen size, I don't really need 10". I think 8" is about the<br>
biggest thing I can thumb type on when it's in landscape mode. It's<br>
also a nice size to carry around, but still big enough to read the print<br>
on the screen without a microscope.<br>
<br>
I was also disappointed in some ways with Android, although I didn't get<br>
to play with it too long. For example, though, you can't even print<br>
from your applications without adding a $ 13 specialized app from the<br>
app store.<br>
<br>
I was also wondering if anyone knows of a solid Linux tablet that's not<br>
Android. That would give me more of the features I'm used too and more<br>
traditional applications. I don't want to primarily use the tablet for<br>
content production, but I want it to be able to run my same (or<br>
equivalent) applications when I need them and I'm out and about. I want<br>
to be able to attach a keyboard and mouse and do real work on it if<br>
needed. Most of the time, though, I'd use it for content consumption.<br>
It would strictly be a backup computer for when I'm away from my desk.<br>
I may consider a netbook, if there's nothing really in the tablet<br>
space. It looks like non Android Linux tablets aren't really there yet,<br>
but maybe you guys know of some. I'd like to see Ubuntu or Debian<br>
running on a tablet. The CPU's and memory are certainly powerful enough<br>
for some versions of Linux.<br>
<br>
I've only just begun research into non Android Linux tablets, but I ran<br>
across this link which looks interesting.<br>
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/spark-the-first-free-software-linux-tablet-is-on-its-way/10255"
target="_blank">http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/spark-the-first-free-software-linux-tablet-is-on-its-way/10255</a><br>
<br>
Sincerely,<br>
<br>
Ron<br>
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(PS - If you email me and don't get a quick response, you might want to
call on the phone. I get about 300 emails per day from alternate energy
mailing lists and such. I don't always see new messages very quickly.)
Ron Frazier
770-205-9422 (O) Leave a message.
linuxdude AT c3energy.com
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