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Tablet for student

Hey guys, just wanted to know if anyone else is using the tablet for school. I see tons of kids with ipads and wanted to know if xoom will be able to function well for notes etc. will microsoft live apps work for onenote?
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I'm a student as well and plan to use the Xoom as my little studying tool. Right now, the iPad is definitely the best tablet for a student. It has some absolutely stunning applications, especially for history and chemistry. So far, I've seen nothing come even remotely close on android as far as quality goes, but I'm sure things will improve. As far as note taking applications goes, I'm not too sure what's available yet that's been optimized for tablets, but I'll find out on Thursday!

Not really. I personally hate using my laptop for taking notes, and I laugh at the kids in my lectures who pull out an ipad and start hammering away at the screen to write down. Frankly it's too slow.
It will be great for somethings, but to replace laptop like functionality in my opinion would be a no go

deadpixell said:
Not really. I personally hate using my laptop for taking notes, and I laugh at the kids in my lectures who pull out an ipad and start hammering away at the screen to write down. Frankly it's too slow.
It will be great for somethings, but to replace laptop like functionality in my opinion would be a no go
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If you had a dock and a wireless bluetooth keyboard, that would be phenomenal in class. Only downside is that it would attract attention like you're a damn celebrity or something.

I'll be using it for school. Word is that it will come with quickoffice which will do any Microsoft Office thing you would need it for. It can open, save, and create new documents. Goodbye netbook

Arcadia310 said:
If you had a dock and a wireless bluetooth keyboard, that would be phenomenal in class. Only downside is that it would attract attention like you're a damn celebrity or something.
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Depending on the classroom you might not exactly have room for that as some people can hardly put their laptops on the desk .
It won't be for everyone, someone people will love it for note taking, I for one still prefer hand writing my notes

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If you had a dock and a wireless bluetooth keyboard, that would be phenomenal in class. Only downside is that it would attract attention like you're a damn celebrity or something.
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Geez, you might as well get a netbook then =\

yep. Tablet+keyboard rocks. With quickoffice you can do almost anything needed in common use. I think there is onenote and other cool apps in the market. I personally use it in school, the only problem is that my school policy doesnt support non windows devices(which is stupid) and i have no internet.
G-Tablet works great so far.
Hope it helped.
"Geez, you might as well get a netbook then"
Netbooks are like poweless laptops. It is better to have a great device that can be both, a netbook and an entretainment system(With great software). XD

Pazzu510 said:
yep. Tablet+keyboard rocks. With quickoffice you can do almost anything needed in common use. I think there is onenote and other cool apps in the market. I personally use it in school, the only problem is that my school policy doesnt support non windows devices(which is stupid) and i have no internet.
G-Tablet works great so far.
Hope it helped.
"Geez, you might as well get a netbook then"
Netbooks are like poweless laptops. It is better to have a great device that can be both, a netbook and an entretainment system(With great software). XD
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I may invest in a keyboard.
Anybody know if its possible for students to get any discounts with VZW?

Eclair~ said:
Geez, you might as well get a netbook then =\
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True, but a tablet is much more versatile than a netbook. If the Xoom was $600 it'd be the perfect purchase, but $800 is cutting it a little close, especially after taxes. I plan on returning and rebuying the Wifi version when it comes out.

I personally plan on using this tablet at school, but not as a laptop replacement. There is now way I could possibly type all of my bio notes without a keyboard and I don't have room to drag around my bluetooth keyboard. I will just type them in my laptop and then they will sync with Evernote onto my Xoom. I orderd a capacitive stylus the other day... I am hoping in can use it for drawing quick diagrams.

Lawl, you buy a tablet, then buy a bluetooth keyboard. You might as well buy a mouse after too.
See the irony here?

PoisonWolf said:
Lawl, you buy a tablet, then buy a bluetooth keyboard. You might as well buy a mouse after too.
See the irony here?
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Lol. I'm putting the Xoom on my own plan in my name. My phone line is still under my dad's, he gets 25% off accessories, so I'll buy the accessories with his plan at the same time :S

yep, but you cant deattach the screen of a laptop and use it as a tablet when you like it, thing you can do it with a tablet, a good portafolio case and a wireless mouse.

Im thinking with the onenote sync, I will be able to use it with some type of keyboard with a dock attached but that folds easily. Im sure they'll make one if one isn't mad yet.
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PoisonWolf said:
Lawl, you buy a tablet, then buy a bluetooth keyboard. You might as well buy a mouse after too.
See the irony here?
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I see the ridiculousness, but it's not quite comparable. As someone pointed out above, you can't take the keyboard off of your netbook, the battery life is worse, you can't put it in your lap in bed to watch a movie or read because you have to worry about blocking fans and overheating, you can't carry and use a netbook in a portfolio and read it like a book, etc.

parrotheadmjb said:
I may invest in a keyboard.
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invest in Swiftkey as it seems to be really innovative

SFBPro said:
I personally plan on using this tablet at school, but not as a laptop replacement. There is now way I could possibly type all of my bio notes without a keyboard and I don't have room to drag around my bluetooth keyboard. I will just type them in my laptop and then they will sync with Evernote onto my Xoom. I orderd a capacitive stylus the other day... I am hoping in can use it for drawing quick diagrams.
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Tell me about it. Sooooo many notes in Chemistry, it's ridiculous. However, if you use your laptop for notes, what's the point of putting them on the Xoom?

I plan on using it for school as well and I don't plan on getting a keyboard with it cuz I've already bought swiftkey. If you haven't looked at that demo on the xoom I would strongly recommend it.
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Arcadia310 said:
Tell me about it. Sooooo many notes in Chemistry, it's ridiculous. However, if you use your laptop for notes, what's the point of putting them on the Xoom?
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I want to be able to hold my notes like I can with paper, but not waste my ink/paper + keep the benefits of electronic documents. Also, I like having backups of everything. Using Evernote means my notes are more protected than if they were just in one or two locations. This is how I imagine it: Laptops/Desktops = creating content; Tablets = content consumption

Got my Xoom

Yay for my local Verizon dealer, who made good on his promise and sold me 2 Xooms today.
Initial impressions are very good... but with only 7 apps in the Android Market for tablets, the community clearly has a long way to go.
Here's your fun fact so far: there's an LED near the Verizon logo that blinks when you get a notification.

Now, if you wouldnt mind... could you not play with it at all for the next 12 hours and just have it run a video loop while connected to 3g and wifi to guage the battery?
Come on, think of the service that you'll be providing. We'd totally owe you one.

Are you able to download normal apps not made for tablets?
Or are you limited to only applications for tablets in the Market?

alee said:
Yay for my local Verizon dealer, who made good on his promise and sold me 2 Xooms today.
Initial impressions are very good... but with only 7 apps in the Android Market for tablets, the community clearly has a long way to go.
Here's your fun fact so far: there's an LED near the Verizon logo that blinks when you get a notification.
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Did you confirm what we heard that if you purchase through a VZ store no activation is required?

BBalz said:
Are you able to download normal apps not made for tablets?
Or are you limited to only applications for tablets in the Market?
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For now, you can sideload apps via the browser, but you need to go to Settings > Applications and check off Unknown sources.
For whatever reason, I can see some, but not all the Market apps. Compatibility flag maybe? Went looking for Beejive and it didn't show up. Might need to be updated to use the Honeycomb APIs?

I notice the apple bluetooth keyboard... does that work with it?
I only ask because I have one and sometimes I know apple products can be sort of a b#$^@ when it comes to connecting to off-apple brand items.

TheZuneLune said:
Did you confirm what we heard that if you purchase through a VZ store no activation is required?
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I was getting contracts for both, so I didn't ask.
Note: neither of my devices are currently activated -- Verizon's systems apparently won't activate any Xooms just yet, so mine will be turned on tomorrow morning. For now it's Wi-Fi, and there was no problem getting it to work without the activation.

It hasn't been released yet, maybe Google has some tweaking to do in their systems overnight before apps show up. 7 apps doesn't sound right..

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I notice the apple bluetooth keyboard... does that work with it?
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Just tried it. Pairs and works fine. When you pair, it discovers the keyboard, and asks you to type a 4 digit code + enter on the Apple keyboard. Then all systems go.

parrotheadmjb said:
It hasn't been released yet, maybe Google has some tweaking to do in their systems overnight before apps show up. 7 apps doesn't sound right..
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Could be. Note that the app store did update itself upon first launch.

Ya feel like prying the back off of one of them and checking on the true size of the battery? Does it say what the size is on the box by chance?

muyoso said:
Ya feel like prying the back off of one of them and checking on the true size of the battery? Does it say what the size is on the box by chance?
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Thanks

If you go to the new Android Market on PC, you can find a NYTimes Android Application for Tablets. Can you possibly have that downloaded to your Xoom and give it a try?
Here is a link:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.nytimes.android.tablet&feature=search_result
+4 on the battery requests

Alee!
Open up the Xoom and tell us what mAh battery size is inside that sucker? We need to put something to rest.. claim is that it's 3250mAh.. we're hoping this is a mistake and it's actually much larger.

Anyone know how to get to the battery? I see 2 screws at the bottom, but I can't mess with those right now as I'm syncing over a ton of stuff to the tablet.

alee said:
Anyone know how to get to the battery? I see 2 screws at the bottom, but I can't mess with those right now as I'm syncing over a ton of stuff to the tablet.
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Yeah I saw somewhere, cannot remember where, but you have to remove some screws.

Surprised that Engadget or another site hasn't tore the Xoom apart to see all the bits and pieces and see what everything is already.
Sort of odd. Then again those no real reviews from sites either... just a wirefly guy unboxing it and talking too much about things he seems to know little about.

Question; How much did you spend out of the door total ($960-$970)?

All the major sites have posted their reviews and all concur that battery life is awesome. So who cares about the size as long as you get the life?
Its all about the power consumption and not about the battery size
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aodpoe said:
Question; How much did you spend out of the door total ($960-$970)?
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$800 each + tax. So I didn't get the Verizon price for contract but totally worth it to get it a day early.

Just recieved mine today, not sure if I want it anymore

Mine came in today, Im debating on returning it before even opening. I started doing research and it seems the Android for tablets is still not up to par with the competition. I was an early adopter for Android (had the G1) but im have second thoughts about being the guinea pig for the tablets.
Anyone have the same feeling and decided to keep it? I may just try it out and return it but I need to see what Amazon return policy (restocking fee, etc)

I'm loving mine. I rarely use my laptop now. Overall its stable, occasioanlly the stock launcher and browser will fc but not enough to be an issue.
Now "the competition" may have more apps specifically for tablets, more are showing up for honeycomb.
Give us some idea of what you plan on using it for/ what you plan to get out of it and might be able to directly respond to your concerns.
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Why don't you just open it and find out.

As if there weren't enough useless threads like this already. This is the equivalent of posting 'ive just woken up' type messages on facebook. Totally pointless. Just return it if you dont want it. You dont need to tell the whole world.

bah double post..clicked submit twice =/

Ive been waiting on a good Android tablet to come out for awhile now. I almost jumped on the Nook Color because of the IPS screen, but I wanted a bigger screen.
I plan on using it for
1.) Browsing the web
2.) Watching Youtube videos
3.) Watching Netflix
4.) Hooking up to HDTV to watch MKV and XVID files
5.) Playing the occasional game
6.) Reading Comics
Now, #3 has me concerned because Ive read that Netflix doesn't work on Honeycomb. Has this been hacked yet? #4 has me concerned because of codec support and the fact this tablet may not be powerful enough for certain files formats. Anyone have experience with this? I have a MacBook Pro that I use maybe once a month, if that, mainly because I use my desktop most of the time.

Return it and stop crying into your milk.
I love mine and have also used Android since the G1. Considering how far Android has come since then, I have all the more confidence that Honeycomb will be much improved over the coming months.
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you havent opened it...?
not trying to come off as a ****, but maybe you need to open the thing and be your own judge. You decided to use your own credit card, pick your own vendor, now open it, play with it, and then decide.
Its only a tablet.. Not a baby. No remorse if you give it back.
I think a lot of these threads are popping up from posters who are looking for someone to make up their mind about this unit, when it should be themselves who choose..
my 2 cents.

Any experience with Asus and updates? Will the Transformer get Ice Cream Sandwich? I guess only time will tell...

If you use it you'll love it. But yes, pretty useless post, do you really need a bunch of anonymous folks telling you what to do?
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androidmonkey said:
Ive been waiting on a good Android tablet to come out for awhile now. I almost jumped on the Nook Color because of the IPS screen, but I wanted a bigger screen.
I plan on using it for
1.) Browsing the web
2.) Watching Youtube videos
3.) Watching Netflix
4.) Hooking up to HDTV to watch MKV and XVID files
5.) Playing the occasional game
6.) Reading Comics
Now, #3 has me concerned because Ive read that Netflix doesn't work on Honeycomb. Has this been hacked yet? #4 has me concerned because of codec support and the fact this tablet may not be powerful enough for certain files formats. Anyone have experience with this? I have a MacBook Pro that I use maybe once a month, if that, mainly because I use my desktop most of the time.
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1) Has been bad for me on 3.1. There is no single browser in my experience, which supports flash and doesn't lag.
2) Excellent for me in the app
3) Doesn't work. Being skeptical, I want to think nothing might work out soon.
4) mkv's are not supported properly, as per the Xoom's video playback thread. As suggested in other threads, Tegra 2 is not a platform you want to have, for video playback.
5) Games are very good on this thing.
6) I read a couple of books. The experience is very good.
BTW, not to be disrespectful, its ridiculous to have a gadget just beside you, and contemplate returning it, based on someone else's subjective experience, without you trying it.

Srikar_NBK said:
BTW, not to be disrespectful, its ridiculous to have a gadget just beside you, and contemplate returning it, based on someone else's subjective experience, without you trying it.
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Thanks for the post. I sort of jumped on ordering this without fully researching what it was capable of doing. I figure if my Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant can play back the video files I have, why not a "more powerful" tablet. If Netflix and HDMI output of HD doesnt work or is poor, then thats a show stopper for me. Tablets are media consumption devices.
Why did I order it? Because I was tempted at the time and they are hard to come buy so I ordered it. This was before 3.1, which I thought would fix a lot of these issues.

unreal.send it back and get a ipad

paleridr said:
unreal.send it back and get a ipad
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no mater which forum, or which device, this seems to be the mantra of peope who are fans of a certain os or device...
dont like it, go get a *****
plenty of that on ipad forums too. I don't see the issue with asking opinions or experiences.. and there are a ton fpeople like me who coulldn't care less who makes something, we just want that something
to fit our needs.

return it and leave this place..
this is the most ridiculous thread i've ever seen

Whats so unreal or ridiculous about verifying if certain things work or don't work on the Transformer?

WTF havent even open up the box and asking if you should return give us a freaking break.........Just return it!!!!!!

androidmonkey said:
Whats so unreal or ridiculous about verifying if certain things work or don't work on the Transformer?
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cause you havent even open up the freaking box and then asking if you should return it, thats why its so unreal......whats the point of purchasing it and not even trying it out..and then havent the balls to post this stupid thread asking if you should return.....hey next time LIE and say you open up and try it and youre not happy.......

dazz87 said:
cause you havent even open it and to give it a return....thats why its so unreal......whats the point of purchasing it and not even trying it out..and then havent the balls to post this stupid thread asking if you should return.....hey next time LIE and say you open up and try it and youre not happy.......
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Dude, the point of this thread is to get questions answered. Id rather not go through the hassle of an opened return if certain things dont work. Why open it when I can ask others who have it already if these things work or dont work...

androidmonkey said:
Dude, the point of this thread is to get questions answered. Id rather not go through the hassle of an opened return if certain things dont work. Why open it when I can ask others who have it already if these things work or dont work...
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Then what you shouldve done was do some research before purchasing it..... Dude Go back and return it and get yourself a ipad2......

[Q] What now?

So I'm guessing there are quite a few people with ICS now (awesome) but what I'm wondering is what is everyone doing with their TF101s and TF101Gs now that they couldn't do with HC?
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Run Chrome for Android
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And having a working Bookmark Sync with Chrome for desktop...

Selling it. trully something I couldn't done with HC as I was wating for ICS release to check it out by myself before I sell it.

Use a web browser without wanting to punch my tablet for loading pages so slowly.

Chrome is pretty epic and browsing is a hell of a lot smoother. I really like the landscape layout of chrome and how similar it is to the desktop version.
@mikelt89 If you don't mind me asking, why are you selling it? Upgrade? Bored of it?
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jimmygoska said:
@mikelt89 If you don't mind me asking, why are you selling it? Upgrade? Bored of it?
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Need to buy a notebook for studying, the tablet was just a waste of time.

Sending it back to Asus on an RMA. I'm one of the poor fools that had their tablet go into an endless loop when I tried to bring it back from sleep after the ICS update. When I get it back I'm going to ebay it and try another brand. Two RMAs within a 6 month period (one for a dead power button, now this) has convinced me to wait for the iPad 3. I'm sure it's just the luck of the draw but every Apple product I have ever purchased has worked perfectly - the build quality of the Transformer, at least in my case, has soured me on messing with Asus any more.

finally able to actually use the browser, and now i have chrome as a bonus.
honestly, i love it even more with a couple minor exceptions. still can't play high profile 720p mkvs, and none of my custom icon/shortcut apps are working properly.

You actually thought your transformer was going to replace a laptop? I find it ironic how there were all these people kicking & screaming like spoiled little brats wanting ICS. Now it seems that every post someone is complaining about ICS.
Is ICS prefect probably not, will it ever be? Hell no, what is perfect in this world.
I think there are a couple if big improvements. File Explorer is much improved. Also now there is a task manager widget built in that can be put on your desktop.
Now I still can't do a search on XDA with the stock browser.

jadesse said:
You actually thought your transformer was going to replace a laptop?
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I'm not sure wethever this question directed to me, I think it is so I will answer.
No, not for a second, just thought it would be nice to have something different as my studying device, found out tablets are just toys to show high technology (my thought) and where their actually none usefull at all.

jadesse said:
You actually thought your transformer was going to replace a laptop? I find it ironic how there were all these people kicking & screaming like spoiled little brats wanting ICS. Now it seems that every post someone is complaining about ICS.
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I'm willing to bet that the majority of computer users could easily replace their desktop or laptop with a tablet. Unless you are using some specialized, high-end software, tablets can perform most tasks.
It's been a year since I've needed my laptop and I can use my tablets for both work and play.
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[Q] would you rather the lapdock or a tablet?

so i've had the lapdock for a while, great accessory for the atrix.
i've recently been wanting to get a tablet. so i figure if i get the tablet, then i really wouldn't have any use for the lapdock. i've been looking into getting a nook color or something that simple. i wouldn't use the tablet for much, just like i currently don't use the lapdock for much. just internet browsing, videos, and typing up document on occasion.
so, i ask you all, would you prefer a tablet... or the lapdock for our phones?
thanks, all.

Very good question. I guess it would depend on the person and situations they would need either device for. I ended up getting a tablet (ipad2). Is the lap dock smooth and lag free? Never used one.
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andrew.cambridge said:
Very good question. I guess it would depend on the person and situations they would need either device for. I ended up getting a tablet (ipad2). Is the lap dock smooth and lag free? Never used one.
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may I ask about your specific usage that made you get a tablet instead? or what made you get a tablet?

I have a Lapdock and a blackberry Playbook and both are awesome, but I use the Playbook more at home since it's easier to access than the Lapdock. But I use the Lapdock when I am not at home for doing work. So I personally use both. I actually wish I could use the Lapdock more. Lol
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Voelker45 said:
I have a Lapdock and a blackberry Playbook and both are awesome, but I use the Playbook more at home since it's easier to access than the Lapdock. But I use the Lapdock when I am not at home for doing work. So I personally use both. I actually wish I could use the Lapdock more. Lol
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how do you use it for work, if you don't mind my asking.

ifalldownalot said:
may I ask about your specific usage that made you get a tablet instead? or what made you get a tablet?
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I'm not going to have the Atrix for as long as I would have the iPad. Me and my wife use it everyday. Everything we would do on the laptop we do on the ipad, minus word documents and typing because its just silly typing papers on the iPad. So Netflix, web browsing, catching up on Conan, Amazon, just normal stuff. And depending on the tablet, it would see more software support/ be supported for longer.
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andrew.cambridge said:
I'm not going to have the Atrix for as long as I would have the iPad. Me and my wife use it everyday. Everything we would do on the laptop we do on the ipad, minus word documents and typing because its just silly typing papers on the iPad. So Netflix, web browsing, catching up on Conan, Amazon, just normal stuff. And depending on the tablet, it would see more software support/ be supported for longer.
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Actually if you get one of those bluetooth keyboard cases, typing documents on an iPad is nice. Sold mine for Note Accessory money though
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Sinful Animosity said:
Actually if you get one of those bluetooth keyboard cases, typing documents on an iPad is nice. Sold mine for Note Accessory money though
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yep. I was planning on using the tablet (if I purchased one) with a bluetooth keyboard and using it that way.

ifalldownalot said:
how do you use it for work, if you don't mind my asking.
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I meant school work, surfing the web, documents, or work out on the go.
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Well, I do use my lapdock for "real" work. Various development in mainly C, some assembly, C# and C++.
Most is simply vpn'd back to the office. 80% of my actual work is text based development, and that I do with a terminal ssh'd home.
For the small amount of stuff that requires me to use a windoes system, I can RDE back in. Not great, but not nearly as bad as one might suspect.
Occasionally I actually do local coding. But in this case I am really just editing and using gcc as a syntax checker.
To be honest, the biggest issue I have is the STUPID KEYBOARD LAYOUT (I hope moto is reading). There was plenty of room to have a standard'iish layout.
If one does not expect to do a lot of typing though, I would think a "paddock" would be a good idea for Moto.

to be honest, I've got lapdock and I have a XOOM2 for a test.
Iwont chane my Lapdock to any talbet. why?
after mod I have a fully Ubuntu, so why I have to change? so, if you wanna to get fully useable OS than I recommend to you Lapdock. If you wanna to see how it works, please visit my youtube profile

Lapdock is way too slow for anything.
Maybe after the ICS update it might be worth a look, however I would go for a tablet with a stand such as the archos g9 and a bt keyboard for productivity.
The lapdock is a great piece of hardware that's simply no utilized well enough to be worth it.

I agree completely with alexsupreme. Lapdock is just too slow to be usable. Mine was new from AT&T in December and I bet I've used it all of 2 hours. My tablet on the other hand has many, many hours of use logged since Christmas.

$53 for the lapdock at the time sounded good, but in retrospect that was still more than it's worth.

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$53 for the lapdock at the time sounded good, but in retrospect that was still more than it's worth.
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Ouch! That's like an icey-hot cold pack: so cold, and yet it burns.
I bought an iconia a500, and it has almost completely displaced my laptop. Only serious typing, graphics editing are still done on my laptop (and the pr0ns work better when I don't have to hold the screen up). I was looking at getting a lapdock next time they were on sale, but your scathing analysis is probably correct.

Actually, the new webtop 3.0 shows quite a bit of promise.
Sure it's not touch operational but you get a smooth speedy interface and access to tablet apps and browser.
The lapdock might actually be useful, especially with the variety of office apps and nice tablet games and emulators that might just be more playable with a keyboard and a mouse