<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I pre-ordered the Kindle Fire and really like it. I have mine rooted and have loaded ADWLauncher on it. I didn't know that people had ICS running on it already. I remember when it first came out I was working with a few members of XDA-Developers to get it working. Contrary to popular opinion, I have ound the 7" tablets to provide the best compromise between portability and usability. If I need a larger screen to do "real" web browsing I have my 12" UltraBook.<br><div>
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<br><div><div>On Feb 25, 2012, at 4:10 PM, Jim Lynch wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 02/25/2012 12:43 PM, Collin Pruitt wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">On 2/25/2012 10:50 AM, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Hi all,<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Here I am replying to my own email again. Well, I've been thinking <br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">and thinking about this. There's no doubt that I WANT a tablet, <br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">although that would be one more computer to maintain and one more to <br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">try to prevent from getting viruses. Android is a huge virus <br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">target. However, my NEED to go to Atlanta Bread Company or Starbucks <br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">and look at websites, check email, or check financial charts is not <br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">that great, when I can generally go back home in 10 minutes and get <br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">access to my computers. When I had that Pandigital tablet for a few <br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">days, I couldn't get it to attach to Atlanta Bread Company's internet <br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">at all. And, when I've had my laptop there, performance is spotty at <br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">best. I can always take my laptop somewhere if I really want to. In <br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">the end, I think I might want to keep or reallocate the $ 200 more <br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">than I want to have a tablet. I think that I might just get a new <br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">slim case for my 15.6" laptop as well as a separate power supply. <br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">That way, if I want to go portable, I can just put the computer into <br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">standby mode, put it in the case and go. Now, if I had a couple of <br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">thousand dollars to burn, I wouldn't flinch about spending $ 200, but <br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">that's not the case. Regardless, thanks to those who responded. I <br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">learned a good bit about the HP Touchpad tablet and the Acer Aspire <br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">One netbooks during my research. If I were going to buy something, <br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">it would probably be either one of those or a Kindle Fire or an Acer <br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Iconia tablet.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Sincerely,<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Ron<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I think you should try to look at it from this perspective: A tablet <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">is a convenience device. Press the power button, slide your finger to <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">unlock, then open your app, all of which can be done in under 5 <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">seconds, while a laptop takes much more time to do the same thing <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">with. That's why I got a tablet of my own, so I can stop lugging my <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">laptop everywhere with me for simple tasks like reading email and <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">looking up websites. I don't need a Core 2 Duo with 4GB RAM and a <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">15.4" screen to check Facebook or read the news. I also don't always <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">have the time or the space to bring my laptop out. It's uncomfortable <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">at best to hold a laptop with one arm while trying to reasonably do <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">something on it.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Basically, don't ever intend on doing something intense on a tablet <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">device, because that's not what it was designed or purposed to do. <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">It's purely a device of convenience and speed.<br></blockquote>I went for a compromise after getting tired of lugging the laptop around <br>and got a Toshiba Netbook. Upgraded the memory to 2G and replaced the <br>HD with a Sony hybrid 4 Gb SSD cache in front of a 500 Gb drive. I love <br>it. I installed Linux Mint 12 and it boots up in less than a minute and <br>works fine. The keyboard is acceptable and I hate touch pads, but <br>that's all there is. When I'm not in range of free wireless, I have an <br>Android and can crank up the Wifi in it. Not the fastest game in town, <br>but gives me connectivity most anywhere I am likely to be.<br><br>For less than a pad, I have a more capable box, IMHO anyway.<br><br>Jim.<br>_______________________________________________<br>Ale mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Ale@ale.org">Ale@ale.org</a><br>http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale<br>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br>http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo<br></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>