[ale] new tablet

[damon at damtek.com]

Try a nexus device. I have a nexus 7 original and a 7 2nd gen. Both are running the latest version of the OS and get updates when ever Google updates Android. Drawback, Nexus 9 is reported to have an underwhelming screen. Advantage: neus 7 is the best rated 7" tablet on the market and runs straight Android by default. No having to wonder is the MFG will get you updated.
Which reminds me: it's not Android you have a beef with. It's the MFGs who don't upgrade once they modify the stock Android.
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Sent from myMail app for Android Monday, 14 September 2015, 01:43PM -04:00 from Chuck Payne < terrorpup at gmail.com> :

>I have a few tablet..
>
>I have a new Samsung 10.5 ( Galaxy Tab S) from T-Mobile so far I am
>loving it, not as bad as I thought, not the bloat ware, but they do
>want you to use their app store for a lot of things. It helps that I
>am running Android 4.4.2.  They are using part of the Storage now for
>memory so you should never try to fill the pad up.
>
>I have a Winbook from Microcenter 8" that just go updated to windows
>10, that ok. I use for when I have to access my switches as they only
>play nice with Windozes.   You can use up to 64G SD card and install
>it only. It only had 2gigs not a power horse. I have install a few GNU
>Windows Apps like VLC and been happy with it. I am still trying to
>figure the bios setting so I can install Linux on it.
>
>I have to take care of the Apple iPads, I don't like them because they
>are so closed. With my other tablets I can swap sd cards and read
>comics and e-books, ipab well I am not going to convert to buy another
>copy because it closed.
>
>We have a Dell Venue 11" with Docking stations, only thing I don't
>like is the weight, it is heavy. I am fixing to do a try and buy for
>Dell Latitude 13" 2 and 1, that like the Asus Transform Tablets, that
>I loved back in the day, but since I only got up Android 4, a lot of
>apps are getting dated.
>
>Not to start another string but I really wish Android get off it ass
>let you update like Windows and iOS, I hate this buy it and never
>upgrade bs that seem to be the model of the phones and tablets. I love
>Android, but I am just tried of shelling out cash to be current.
>
>On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 1:23 PM, Paul Cartwright < pbcartwright at gmail.com > wrote:
>> On 09/14/2015 10:56 AM, Alex Carver wrote:
>>> Also do a comparison using Firefox on the tablet.  I find on my S4 phone
>>> that Firefox is a little less troublesome than Chrome.  I do know that
>>> Firefox can start up in a blank mode (it starts up with its bookmark
>>> list rather than the last page).
>> I figured out blank page startup.. about:blank and menu- add to homepage...
>>>   I run mine with Adblock Plus,
>>> Ghostery, and Self-Destructing Cookies.  Unless the page is graphics
>>> intensive which fills up the RAM cache it stays pretty responsive.
>>> _______________________________________________
>> I will have to look for those apps.. I have those on my desktop, didn't
>> think about tablet..
>>
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