[ale] need tablet buying advice, bought nook, liked it, returned it

Wed Apr 4 12:04:03 EDT 2012

You left waiting for permission to buy new toy.

On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Lightner, Jeff <JLightner at water.com> wrote:

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>  Waiting for features almost never works out for tech gadgets because
> once they’re available some other cool new feature is pending so it becomes
> a never ending game.****
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> Waiting for price drops on the other hand so long as you don’t want the
> latest features often makes sense.****
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> *From:* ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] *On Behalf Of *Ron
> Frazier (ALE)
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 04, 2012 10:41 AM
> *To:* **Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts**
> *Subject:* Re: [ale] need tablet buying advice, bought nook, liked it,
> returned it****
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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-)
>
> Ron
>
> On 4/4/2012 9:12 AM, Cameron Kilgore wrote: ****
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> 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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> It might behoove you to wait until Google IO when its expected they'll
> announce the "Nexus" tablet.****
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> --Cameron
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> ****
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> On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Chesser.Damon <Damon.Chesser at suntrust.com>
> wrote:****
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> Check out the Le Pan II, Microcenter has them at $279.00.  You can buy
> them online for $279.00.  I own one.  Very happy with it.  9.7" screen
> 1024x768, wireless b,n, and I think G.  No G3 or G4.
> http://sortable.com/tablet/Le-Pan-II-specs
>
> Damon at damtek.com****
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Ron
> Frazier (ALE)
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 5:58 PM
> To: **Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts**; Ron Frazier (Linux)
> Subject: [ale] need tablet buying advice, bought nook, liked it,
> returned it
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm back on the tablet hunt again.  I bought a Nook yesterday, used the
> SD card trick to put CM7 on it without affecting the original system,
> really liked it, then returned it.  BN works so hard at foiling anyone
> trying to run something else, it's a major pain.  I got CM7 to boot,
> then shut down the tablet.  Rebooted into BN, since I wanted to be able
> to flip back and forth, and then tried to boot CM7 again.  I never got
> it running again.  I reflashed the SD card and tried again.  Again, I
> got CM7 to boot only once.  The BN software was 1.4.1 I think.  Anyway,
> while I really like the tablet, I just don't want to be fighting the big
>
> corp all the time to keep my alt version of the software running.  So,
> I'm back in the market and, if you all have experience with such things,
>
> I'd like some advice.
>
> I'd like to get the following minimum features.  The Nook didn't have
> some of these, but I wanted the ability to read BN books in the BN
> store.  I realize I won't be able to do that with another tablet.
>
> 7" or 10" screen (10" is probably not possible in my price range.)
> capacitive touch screen
> Android 3.2 or 4.x, or at least upgradable to 4.x.
> 1 GHz processor, preferably dual core
> 1 GB ram
> 16 GB flash
> sd or micro sd card slot
> front and back cameras
> microphone
> headphone jack
> hdmi output
> usb port (full USB functionality is preferable)
> access to full android market and google apps
> accelerometer
> wifi b/g
> Thin is good.  The nook is .48" and feels good in your hand.
>
> The following features would be nice to have but not critical.
>
> haptic feedback
> wifi b/g/n
> gps
> gyroscope ? (I saw this on a spec sheet somewhere.  Is that different
> from an accelerometer?  If so, what's it for?)
>
> I'd like to keep the price of the tablet itself under $ 320.
>
> I haven't studied all the specs yet on these, but my current candidates
> are:
>
> Acer Iconia 7 - Best Buy - $ 259 (or was it $ 269)
> Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 - Best Buy $ 300 (currently, normally $ 350)
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> By the way, Best Buy now has 30 day returns, 30 day price match, and 30
> days of tech support by phone.
>
> I'm sure there are other tablets which meet this criteria.  I'd
> appreciate your thoughts on this.  I don't want to root anything or
> fight the designers to make it run.  The tablet has to run Honeycomb or
> Ice Cream Sandwich natively.  I could go slightly higher in price, but I
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> want to also have some money for a case, android book, etc.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ron****
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