Re: [silk] samsung 8.9 tablet

2011-07-15 Thread Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 8:12 PM, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: I don't agree that 7 is too small.  I have had my hands on a lot of Android devices, and the original 7 Galaxy Tab remains my favorite. Easy to carry, plenty big enough for news or browsing or email or games, light, even

[silk] samsung 8.9 tablet

2011-07-14 Thread naresh v
I have been putting off buying a tablet ,particularly after Silklister Kingsley's comment that ' there is the iPad2 and then there are tablets.. The 10.1 size for tablets is too large to hold in one hand comfortably and the 7 is too small.. I own too many apple devices already and was wondering

Re: [silk] samsung 8.9 tablet

2011-07-14 Thread Sidin Vadukut
On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 9:39 AM, naresh v xxx...@yahoo.com wrote: I have been putting off buying a tablet ,particularly after Silklister Kingsley's comment that ' there is the iPad2 and then there are tablets.. The 10.1 size for tablets is too large to hold in one hand comfortably and the 7

Re: [silk] samsung 8.9 tablet

2011-07-14 Thread Xxxrum
But it doth have a USB port,better one hand form factor and honeycomb,no? 'Naresh' Narasimhan Sent from my Phone On 14-Jul-2011, at 2:14 PM, Sidin Vadukut sidin.vadu...@gmail.com wrote: Not buying an Apple product because you have too many Apple products... is well not a good enough reason

Re: [silk] samsung 8.9 tablet

2011-07-14 Thread Sidin Vadukut
On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Xxxrum xxx...@yahoo.com wrote: But it doth have a USB port,better one hand form factor and honeycomb,no? 'Naresh' Narasimhan Sent from my Phone Yes. I've never used Honeycomb though. And I've never really struggled with the iPad on the first two counts.

Re: [silk] samsung 8.9 tablet

2011-07-14 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Sidin Vadukut [14/07/11 11:11 +0100]: Yes. I've never used Honeycomb though. And I've never really struggled with the iPad on the first two counts. Though I read everything on a Kindle if it is lengthy. best of both worlds = the kindle app on the ipad (and on my PC) I do wish a linux version

Re: [silk] samsung 8.9 tablet

2011-07-14 Thread Sumant Srivathsan
best of both worlds = the kindle app on the ipad (and on my PC) I do wish a linux version existed .. can't install Wine on my corp laptop The Kindle app is no substitute for the device itself. Backlit displays come with the inherent problem of fatigue and eye strain, regardless of whether

Re: [silk] samsung 8.9 tablet

2011-07-14 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 01:39:58AM -0700, naresh v wrote: I have been putting off buying a tablet ,particularly after Silklister Kingsley's comment that ' there is the iPad2 and then there are tablets.. The 10.1 size for tablets is too large to hold in one hand comfortably and the 7 is too

Re: [silk] samsung 8.9 tablet

2011-07-14 Thread Tim Bray
I don't agree that 7 is too small. I have had my hands on a lot of Android devices, and the original 7 Galaxy Tab remains my favorite. Easy to carry, plenty big enough for news or browsing or email or games, light, even works as a phone if you have that model. -Tim On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 1:39

Re: [silk] samsung 8.9 tablet

2011-07-14 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 07:42:40AM -0700, Tim Bray wrote: I don't agree that 7 is too small. I have had my hands on a lot of Android devices, and the original 7 Galaxy Tab remains my favorite. Easy to carry, plenty big enough for news or browsing or email or games, light, even works as a

Re: [silk] samsung 8.9 tablet

2011-07-14 Thread Tim Bray
Well, I have read a *lot* of books on the Galaxy Tab, some paperback-like and some not at all. I found it very satisfactory; but I can accept that for others, the experience might be different. -Tim On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 8:07 AM, Eugen Leitl eu...@leitl.org wrote: On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at

Re: [silk] samsung 8.9 tablet

2011-07-14 Thread Kiran Jonnalagadda
On 14-Jul-2011, at 4:18 PM, Sumant Srivathsan wrote: The Kindle app is no substitute for the device itself. Backlit displays come with the inherent problem of fatigue and eye strain, regardless of whether it's the iPad or a PC monitor. The eInk display is a winner for me when it comes to

Re: [silk] samsung 8.9 tablet

2011-07-14 Thread Kiran Jonnalagadda
On 14-Jul-2011, at 9:05 PM, Tim Bray wrote: Well, I have read a *lot* of books on the Galaxy Tab, some paperback-like and some not at all. I found it very satisfactory; but I can accept that for others, the experience might be different. What kind of battery life do you get on it, Tim? I've

Re: [silk] samsung 8.9 tablet

2011-07-14 Thread Tim Bray
The tablets have a way better battery/everything-else ratio than the handsets. For my sins, I travel too much, so on the Galaxy Tab I'll read a whole book and listen to a bunch of music and play some games on a transcontinental flight, and still be confident that it'll have lots of juice to run

Re: [silk] samsung 8.9 tablet

2011-07-14 Thread Xxxrum
So does anyone have any inside info on the launch date?the web says June 2011!! 'Naresh' Narasimhan Sent from my Phone On 14-Jul-2011, at 11:18 PM, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: The tablets have a way better battery/everything-else ratio than the handsets. For my sins, I travel too