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Good point about Google IO. I might wait as you say. Waiting for new
toys is hard though, especially on the rare occasions I have a small
chunk of change to spend. Actually, I've been thinking of this
purchase for maybe a year, waiting for the features to come up and
prices to come down a bit. 8-)<br>
<br>
Ron<br>
<br>
On 4/4/2012 9:12 AM, Cameron Kilgore wrote:
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cite="mid:CAF3r3HVfFwpSt--LkbSp5aFrDLRuFMda8tw7QX6muwawjwC5RA@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Asus has been crushing it with their Eee Pad series. I
have the transformer with the keyboard and it screams. ICS was
unstable, but they've patched it up.
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<div>It might behoove you to wait until Google IO when its expected
they'll announce the "Nexus" tablet.<br>
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--Cameron<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 9:04 AM,
Chesser.Damon <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:Damon.Chesser@suntrust.com">Damon.Chesser@suntrust.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Check
out the Le Pan II, Microcenter has them at $279.00. You can buy<br>
them online for $279.00. I own one. Very happy with it. 9.7" screen<br>
1024x768, wireless b,n, and I think G. No G3 or G4.<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://sortable.com/tablet/Le-Pan-II-specs" target="_blank">http://sortable.com/tablet/Le-Pan-II-specs</a><br>
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:Damon@damtek.com">Damon@damtek.com</a><br>
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From: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org">ale-bounces@ale.org</a>
[mailto:<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org">ale-bounces@ale.org</a>]
On Behalf Of Ron<br>
Frazier (ALE)<br>
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 5:58 PM<br>
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts; Ron Frazier (Linux)<br>
Subject: [ale] need tablet buying advice, bought nook, liked it,<br>
returned it<br>
<br>
Hi all,<br>
<br>
I'm back on the tablet hunt again. I bought a Nook yesterday, used the<br>
SD card trick to put CM7 on it without affecting the original system,<br>
really liked it, then returned it. BN works so hard at foiling anyone<br>
trying to run something else, it's a major pain. I got CM7 to boot,<br>
then shut down the tablet. Rebooted into BN, since I wanted to be able<br>
to flip back and forth, and then tried to boot CM7 again. I never got<br>
it running again. I reflashed the SD card and tried again. Again, I<br>
got CM7 to boot only once. The BN software was 1.4.1 I think. Anyway,<br>
while I really like the tablet, I just don't want to be fighting the big<br>
<br>
corp all the time to keep my alt version of the software running. So,<br>
I'm back in the market and, if you all have experience with such things,<br>
<br>
I'd like some advice.<br>
<br>
I'd like to get the following minimum features. The Nook didn't have<br>
some of these, but I wanted the ability to read BN books in the BN<br>
store. I realize I won't be able to do that with another tablet.<br>
<br>
7" or 10" screen (10" is probably not possible in my price range.)<br>
capacitive touch screen<br>
Android 3.2 or 4.x, or at least upgradable to 4.x.<br>
1 GHz processor, preferably dual core<br>
1 GB ram<br>
16 GB flash<br>
sd or micro sd card slot<br>
front and back cameras<br>
microphone<br>
headphone jack<br>
hdmi output<br>
usb port (full USB functionality is preferable)<br>
access to full android market and google apps<br>
accelerometer<br>
wifi b/g<br>
Thin is good. The nook is .48" and feels good in your hand.<br>
<br>
The following features would be nice to have but not critical.<br>
<br>
haptic feedback<br>
wifi b/g/n<br>
gps<br>
gyroscope ? (I saw this on a spec sheet somewhere. Is that different<br>
from an accelerometer? If so, what's it for?)<br>
<br>
I'd like to keep the price of the tablet itself under $ 320.<br>
<br>
I haven't studied all the specs yet on these, but my current candidates<br>
are:<br>
<br>
Acer Iconia 7 - Best Buy - $ 259 (or was it $ 269)<br>
Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 - Best Buy $ 300 (currently, normally $ 350)<br>
<br>
By the way, Best Buy now has 30 day returns, 30 day price match, and 30<br>
days of tech support by phone.<br>
<br>
I'm sure there are other tablets which meet this criteria. I'd<br>
appreciate your thoughts on this. I don't want to root anything or<br>
fight the designers to make it run. The tablet has to run Honeycomb or<br>
Ice Cream Sandwich natively. I could go slightly higher in price, but I<br>
<br>
want to also have some money for a case, android book, etc.<br>
<br>
Sincerely,<br>
<br>
Ron</div>
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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
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