Re: Android Tablets
I spent a long time researching and comparing tablets, bought a used ipad for $300 a month before the ipad3 came out and used ipad prices plummeted ... tried it for a while and experienced all of the good and bad aspects (plenty of both), so listed it on craigslist for the same price, had lots of fanboy buyers so sold it instantly. Then resumed research and comparisons, tried a dozen different tablets, and finally settled on a Motorola Xoom that I bought like new in a box with the latest ICS (Ice Cream Sandwich version of Android) for $200 on craigslist. It initially worked much better and much more impressively than the ipad, but I have since run into a lot of annoying issues with it. So, the jury is still out for me. Meanwhile, our daughter and son-in-law have ipad 1 and ipad 2 respectively, and in spite of the closed source limitations, I have to admit that both work vastly superior, overall, to any android tablet. Motorola tablet tech support has been very responsive, but even so, I still can't get the Xoom/android ICS tablet to work anywhere nearly as good as either of the older ipads. Very, very frustrating. So, I am now very tempted to go back to a used ipad 2 (in spite of my disdain for apple) just because it does, indeed, work vastly better than any android tablet. See the spec comparison I initially made between ipad and android at these two links: http://www.upquick.com/simple/android.htm http://www.upquick.com/simple/xoom/ivx.htm Android clearly has better specs. ipad just works better. I'm in the market for an Android tablet. I'm seriously looking at the Amazon Kindle Fire but the Asus Transformer is not bad either, just a little expensive. I'd like to not go over $300. Any recommendations? A little history, I've previously had the HTC Hero and Samsung Galaxy S both running Cyanogenmod, and I'd really like something that I can stick with Cyanogenmod, though the Fire is lacking in some areas, as far as I understand there is no audio support... Thoughts? --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Android Tablets
I have worked with phones and tablets that were running CyanogenMod and strongly suggest looking at their compatible devices. It is a wholly new experience from stock roms on most any device it runs on. On Mar 30, 2012 11:37 PM, j...@actionline.com wrote: I spent a long time researching and comparing tablets, bought a used ipad for $300 a month before the ipad3 came out and used ipad prices plummeted ... tried it for a while and experienced all of the good and bad aspects (plenty of both), so listed it on craigslist for the same price, had lots of fanboy buyers so sold it instantly. Then resumed research and comparisons, tried a dozen different tablets, and finally settled on a Motorola Xoom that I bought like new in a box with the latest ICS (Ice Cream Sandwich version of Android) for $200 on craigslist. It initially worked much better and much more impressively than the ipad, but I have since run into a lot of annoying issues with it. So, the jury is still out for me. Meanwhile, our daughter and son-in-law have ipad 1 and ipad 2 respectively, and in spite of the closed source limitations, I have to admit that both work vastly superior, overall, to any android tablet. Motorola tablet tech support has been very responsive, but even so, I still can't get the Xoom/android ICS tablet to work anywhere nearly as good as either of the older ipads. Very, very frustrating. So, I am now very tempted to go back to a used ipad 2 (in spite of my disdain for apple) just because it does, indeed, work vastly better than any android tablet. See the spec comparison I initially made between ipad and android at these two links: http://www.upquick.com/simple/android.htm http://www.upquick.com/simple/xoom/ivx.htm Android clearly has better specs. ipad just works better. I'm in the market for an Android tablet. I'm seriously looking at the Amazon Kindle Fire but the Asus Transformer is not bad either, just a little expensive. I'd like to not go over $300. Any recommendations? A little history, I've previously had the HTC Hero and Samsung Galaxy S both running Cyanogenmod, and I'd really like something that I can stick with Cyanogenmod, though the Fire is lacking in some areas, as far as I understand there is no audio support... Thoughts? --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Android Tablets
I'm in the market for an Android tablet. I'm seriously looking at the Amazon Kindle Fire but the Asus Transformer is not bad either, just a little expensive. I'd like to not go over $300. Any recommendations? A little history, I've previously had the HTC Hero and Samsung Galaxy S both running Cyanogenmod, and I'd really like something that I can stick with Cyanogenmod, though the Fire is lacking in some areas, as far as I understand there is no audio support... Thoughts? -- Regards, Nathan England ~ NME Computer Services http://www.nmecs.com Nathan England (nat...@nmecs.com) Systems Administration / Web Application Development Information Security and Consulting (480) 559.9681 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
