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Tool or toy?

I'm just a little curious wheat everyone is using their Iconia for?
Is it strictly business? All about the games? Are you a social media star? Or is it a little bit of everything?
And what are your must-have apps?
For me, I've found it's a very usefull tool. I'm a chef, and to be able to have all my food costs, invoices, budgets and recipes at my fingertips is invaluable. I'm liking Polaris for this, it's a way better layout than Docs to Go, and it's way more powerful. It's really helped me out at work!
As far as games, I'm mostly playing galaxy on fire 2. Really takes full advantage of the accelerometer, and I've always liked flying games. It's not really what I had in mind for a flying game, but I'm keeping my eyes peeled for something more realistic (anyone working on a flight sim???)
Other than that, I watch youtube, and the occasional movie on here. I'm using TubeMate to grab videos off youtube, and Drive Mount keeps my movie selection fresh between the tablet and my external hard drive. There's an app I found here called Mizuu Movies that has a really slick interface that displays your movies using the DVD covers. Way more eye friendly than a file browser.
Ummm..... I also have the Ultimate Guitar app and mobile metronome for when I'm strumming my guitar, plus the usual tools like quickboot and titanium backup. Oh... And McAfee is my security suite of choice. I like having site advisor on my tab!
So world, what's your tablet for?

vanisleguy1976 said:
So world, what's your tablet for?
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I find myself using it mostly for browsing, movies and reading. None of the available games really appeal to me, I like my games with rich storyline and well, no one seems to bother with such on devices like these..

mostly media, basic web browsing and such(big loud gaming rig can be off for paying bills), I also use it to remote into my HTPC to run conversion and update things and get some movies downloaded

i use mine for uni mainly. Its great in lectures and far more convenient than a laptop to lug around campus all day.
i use it for games here and there but not so much

I use for casual browsing and media but mainly for my Med school studies. I can easily throw this and a book under my arm and get to a coffee house or library and not worry about finding an outlet. My laptop is getting dusty.
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I use mine for communicating away from my office, reading, jotting down short (but important) notes and as an awesome alarm clock
When I step away from computers for lunch or just to hang out and watch tv, I'll turn on IRC/eBuddy and I'll still be available. Having a collection of books and Magazines is nice for lounging in bed or out back etc... and the bonus to all that, I can carry it easily to a friends and hop on their WiFi.
From time to time I'll use it for reference - like say, I'm playing a game on the desktop (even thought I also have a laptop beside me) I'll often kick up the tablet and have walk-throughs or other assorted helpful information on it.
I store ALL my art and pictures on it and a large chunk of (about 6gb) of music. So I have a concise portfolio of my work available anytime and music to play even if I have no connection.
I don't game on it. Except a little Solitaire.

I use mine in sales to bring up and show customers products via PDF files and PPT presentations (Polaris or OpenOffice... haven't settled on either yet). I do use EZPDF for bookmarked PDF files as I find it much better (although it doesn't do landscape scrolling or else I haven't figured out how...).
Browsing and some lookup during the day while using the WifI hotspot on my phone. News360 is nice.
Used to carry a netbook but now carry the A500 + portfolio and leave my HP Laptop in the bag. If you put it in sleep mode it turns on really fast to show a customer stuff.
Also, use it for pricing lookups via Dropbox.
One game I use is Pinball.

The two Iconias in our house are used mainly for keeping up with newsfeeds, web browsing, and watching video. That might make them sound like toys, but the benefit is that my partner \and I spend far less time in front of our computers- the tablets (along with the Android phones that came before them) are freeing us from our desks.

It's more of a toy to me than anything, although.. It is used as an e-book reader as well.. I mean, books aren't toys right? =P

Mind's about equally tool & toy. I e-read, browse the web, remote desktop into work, email, Netflix, and PhotoShop (lite).

It started out as a toy, mainly to function as media player, net surfing and light gaming but its evolved into more.
Not only has it replaced my notebook for most light work and play but its also replaced books and magazines. Its a tool for me in the kitchen when I feel adventurous. I use it at my bedside, paired with bt speakers for soothing music to lull me to sleep. Apart from all this, its also managed to put everything at my fingertips more comfortably vs. my smartphone (in terms of a bigger screen). I can get by without it but at this point, its as much a daily tool as my smartphone and I would rather not.
Toy or tool? Both I'd say.
vanisleguy1976 said:
I'm just a little curious wheat everyone is using their Iconia for?
Is it strictly business? All about the games? Are you a social media star? Or is it a little bit of everything?
And what are your must-have apps?
For me, I've found it's a very usefull tool. I'm a chef, and to be able to have all my food costs, invoices, budgets and recipes at my fingertips is invaluable. I'm liking Polaris for this, it's a way better layout than Docs to Go, and it's way more powerful. It's really helped me out at work!
As far as games, I'm mostly playing galaxy on fire 2. Really takes full advantage of the accelerometer, and I've always liked flying games. It's not really what I had in mind for a flying game, but I'm keeping my eyes peeled for something more realistic (anyone working on a flight sim???)
Other than that, I watch youtube, and the occasional movie on here. I'm using TubeMate to grab videos off youtube, and Drive Mount keeps my movie selection fresh between the tablet and my external hard drive. There's an app I found here called Mizuu Movies that has a really slick interface that displays your movies using the DVD covers. Way more eye friendly than a file browser.
Ummm..... I also have the Ultimate Guitar app and mobile metronome for when I'm strumming my guitar, plus the usual tools like quickboot and titanium backup. Oh... And McAfee is my security suite of choice. I like having site advisor on my tab!
So world, what's your tablet for?
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I use mine for my businesses. I have an IT and web development / marketing companies.
For IT I use logmein and an rdp app.
For web I use it to show customers websites and review their website. Most of my marketing apps are online base so everything works with a browser.
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vanisleguy1976 said:
As far as games, I'm mostly playing galaxy on fire 2. Really takes full advantage of the accelerometer, and I've always liked flying games. It's not really what I had in mind for a flying game, but I'm keeping my eyes peeled for something more realistic (anyone working on a flight sim???)
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X-plane (one of the best light simulators out there) works great on my A500. Although, I must admit that the flight Sim experience is that it reduced on a tab compared to a full computer. Perhaps is better as a companion device?

100% toy.
Web consumption, media of all kinds, movies music books, gaming, and ironically enough surfing the various Android tablet forums for the latest information on my tablet.

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100% toy.
Web consumption, media of all kinds, movies music books, gaming, and ironically enough surfing the various Android tablet forums for the latest information on my tablet.
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+1 exact the same

I've only had mine for 5 days, but it's definitely proving to be a toy. Mostly games and emulators thus far.
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Mainly used for itself, meaning browsing xda forums and testing different roms (hope virtuous team will continue their excellent work).
My children love the iconia for playing angry birds, talking tom and other games. I use it for work, too but only reading, sometimes answering emails. Most of the time its fun, but i don't want to live whithout my new toy.
My lovely Thinkpad isn't happy because it is used fairly about 40% of its former usage

kolaf said:
X-plane (one of the best light simulators out there) works great on my A500. Although, I must admit that the flight Sim experience is that it reduced on a tab compared to a full computer. Perhaps is better as a companion device?
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Funny you'd mention X-plane! I found it yesterday. Played a bit, and I'd agree, it's not quite the same as PC, though still a cool novelty. And I see two companion apps to fsx in the market, if that's what you mean! Cool

Tool and toy. I do some word processing, movies, and games. I try not to use it for work but I cant resist becasue its more effecient then my netbook.
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I think I would have to answer this as Toy if I wanted to answer honestly. As much as I would like to think otherwise mine is 99% a leisure machine.
I take mine to work daily, but purely for reading ebooks at lunch or keeping in touch with my social world via facebook. At home it is my armchair companion. Once again reading ebooks, surfing the net, playing a few games (words with friends / Shanghai / pool), and a mobile facebook interface. I also watch movies/TV shows on it.

Your use with TF

Hello guys
just wondering what do you use your TF for?
i use it mostly for movies and browsing the web
and another question
are you using track pad or external mouse?

mostly browsing.
i have a k/b dock but rarely use it.

Malandro2011 said:
mostly browsing.
i have a k/b dock but rarely use it.
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dont you think its easier browsing with dock?

Media at work.
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I used it as a travel device for watching movies, web browsing and email. Last summer we took a 12 day trip out of country and it was great having the tablet along. Play games in the morning; or check email at the hotel - stuff like that. I mostly watch movies when on the plane.
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Kind of wish the display was a bit better - figure I'll upgrade to one of the new 1080p devices in 6 or 8 months. Right now I'm thinking that galaxy tab 7.7 will make a good book-reader.

I use the pad and dock quite often for school work.
Other than that, reading news mainly and browsing through forums and the web.
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Surfing The web, Playing games, Checking Email. The stuff I use to do on my pc. My laptop Is only use to program my tablet and phone
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Please for the love of saint forum search, just use one of the existing threads on this topic instead of a new one
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90+% of my time on the tablet is spent either browsing, or catching up on feeds in Google Reader, and sometimes both (opening up articles for further reading from the reader feeds). I'll do that while I'm sitting on the couch watching TV, etc. The other 10% is occasional light gaming basically.

I am an IT Manager / Network Administrator and I use the TF constantly at work for managing the network, servers, client machines, etc... as well as for browsing, games, instant messaging, and other personal uses as well. Generally speaking though, I could do my job entirely from my tablet from anywhere in the world where there is an internet connection (or cell service)... unless of course is one of those odd days where I actually have to pull a cable or physically move a computer...

I've replaced my laptop with my tablets. I do everything work and home related on them.
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I've replaced my laptop with my tablets. I do everything work and home related on them.
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Pretty much the same here... I use it at work to pass the boring times. The only thing I don't do is work on mods.
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It's my new daily driver i only break out the macbook pro for photo work or DVD creation, everything else is done on this beauty. TF101 B50 KB Dock B60 stock never rooted.

Web browsing and a lot of reading. As a budding developer, I read a lot technical books and its easy for me to learn new things and then rdp into my home system and do try them right then and there. Also used to do sys admin stuff when I can't be bothered to get out of bed.

i have just about replaced my laptop with my tf, i swear its never more than a few feet from me and very honestly in my hand at least 50 percent of my day doing everything from checking my emai and texting, to schoolwork and media consumption. and playing games of course,,,lol
i dnt however see a problem with this thread even if there was another thread that asked the same question... it was older and answered by different people. i dnt see anything wrong with asking a general question in the general or q&a i thought this is where it was supposed to be posted...meh whatever

I use it for pretty much everything... My HP ProBook 4510s has left my house like 2/3 times in the past 6/7 months XD
As an IT student, I use it in college the whole day, without having to worry about the battery, I can do everyting... and since I run my own virtualisation servers, I don't even have to use the computers at school anymore... I just need an internet coneectin, and I can use all the power of my servers if I need more power
But like I seaid, I use it for everything, reading/writing, browsing/getting the latest news, watching movies/clips, messeging............. What can't I do on it?

got mine like 3 days ago
i use it for college work im into IT as well. watching movies, surf the web,watching videos so yeah multi media stuff pretty much
im still looking for a cheap keyboard they are still around 100 dollars fudge that

TheUndertaker21 said:
got mine like 3 days ago
i use it for college work im into IT as well. watching movies, surf the web,watching videos so yeah multi media stuff pretty much
im still looking for a cheap keyboard they are still around 100 dollars fudge that
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Lol I paid 140 for mine at best buy today
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Lol I paid 140 for mine at best buy today
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damn. i would buy one if its around 40 dollars. i dont know these keyboards are so expensive pff

I use my transformer mainly for browsing the web and also loads of YouTube and multimedia content through the many apps available.
My desktop has become secondary ever since I got the tablet a few months ago. Where ever I am bar the shower, I always got the tab close by....lol. its great for when u just on the sofa watching TV or whatever and just to have it within reach.
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What is the primary use of your Nexus 7?

Hi Everyone I'm thinking of trading up the Transformer Prime for a Nexus 7. I got one for my mom, and I just like the size and feel in my hands vs the larger 10.1". My plan is to use to quickly take notes at meetings and the web.
My question is what does everyone primarily use their Nexus 7 for?

stream HD movies from my computer into the bedroom....

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stream HD movies from my computer into the bedroom....
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Using which App(s) ?

Mine gets used for pretty much everything, web browsing, films/tv, music, games, I've even done some java and python programming on it.

I use mine for email and bedroom internet surfing when at home.
When away, I use Google Wallet and games.

Google News/RSS reading via "Reader HD" app (Awesome!!)
Browsing
IMDB app lots while watching TV/movies
Kindle app reading books
A bit of Gmail, though I also do that on my BlackBerry
That's about it I think
EDIT as for location, I use it at home on my couch, bed, patio, etc. Also use it at my mom's place when I'm over visiting. That's about it.

I mainly use it to kill time on the tube/trains. Read books, listen to music, study my notes and play games. When I have a connection, I also use it to check emails, bus timetables etc.

I use it for internet browsing on the couch, watching youtube vids, playing games here and there, bringing to a friends house to play music from, using as an e-book when on lunch at work, setting alarms at work, etc.

Books music fun toy games and of course...
Flash & develop
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At the moment ? Photobucketplunder on Reddit :laugh:

80% - Stream movies from my networked hard drive - BSPlayer
15% - Browse
4% - Check e-mails
1% - Other stuff

My most common daily use is for reading news. Specifically the Currents app (love it), Reader HD, Reddit and Pocket. That, plus a bit of social network and gaming and it pretty much consumes me. As for productivity, I have a Personal and Work homescreen that each has corresponding Gmail and Tasks widgets. Love this device.

Flipboard (no need for browers, look very nice)
Tunein
Movie
Game
Book
Use most in order from top.

Believe it or not...work. I do some IT consulting on the side and I needed something to allow me to work in an emergency but was small enough to carry with me anywhere and everywhere. I own a full license for Teamviewer which works well on Android. I also have email addresses at 4 client locations so this is my "central hub" for work and personal mail. I love that I can VPN into the sites, access file shares, remote into servers and workstations, etc. (Just made a hell of a lot more sense than an iPad) I also do my accounting on it and can print my invoices right on site as I have the printers setup with Google cloud print and with PrinterShare it's no problem to send my PDF invoices right to the printers.
Oh, and the other usual crap...Netflix, web browsing, and browsing several forums with Tapatalk. Before I forget, I also manage my stocks with Ameritrade.
There's more, but that's the gist of it.
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Reading
Tapatalk
Movies/Videos
Games
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main use is as a reader....right now mainly comics, but also reading books and magazines. some light internetting, and used it at work the other day to show a youtube video of the rythmic gymnastics from the olympics...lol and just for fun the other day i used it as a navigation device for my car. it fits just nice in front of the information screen...thing......on my bmw..........that is until i hit the gas too hard, then it doesnt wanna stay
tldr.....i use it as a reader

I bought the Nexus 7 mainly for watching movies when I'm traveling. I also have an iPad 2 but find it a bit large/heavy. The Nexus 7 is great in that aspect.

Netflix when it's slow at work, Reddit and Facebook at home

HeCareth said:
Hi Everyone I'm thinking of trading up the Transformer Prime for a Nexus 7. I got one for my mom, and I just like the size and feel in my hands vs the larger 10.1". My plan is to use to quickly take notes at meetings and the web.
My question is what does everyone primarily use their Nexus 7 for?
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I have the Prime and it hasn't been touched since I got my 7.
Using it for music via bluetooth, taking notes at work meetings, video chat with my girl when I am traveling, access work cpu via Splashtop to write up orders, etc.
The 7 is absolutely perfect for my use. I use my Gnex only when the 7 is charging. Which isn't often.
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I mostly use mine passively for media consumption, web browsing & casual gaming. However the split screen pane in gmail when using a Nexus 7 means it's pretty good for emails too.

What do you use it for?

I'm thinking of purchasing a 32Gb Nexus 7 primarily to backup a lot of my photos and as a viewer for them. Obviously I'd be using it for other things such as web, email, maybe a few games etc.
What do you use yours for? Does anyone else use the device as a backup for photos and maybe some music as well?

Web browsing, tapatalk, movies, games
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For all technological stuff.. Music, web browsing, social networking, gaming, movie/series watching, news reading, nerd'ing(flashing), swiping left and right occasionally, admiring.. Goes on like this..

alpaslan07 said:
for all technological stuff.. Music, web browsing, social networking, gaming, movie/series watching, news reading, nerd'ing(flashing), swiping left and right occasionally, admiring.. Goes on like this..
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love it
pissa !

For browsing and youtube most of the time, I looove whaching youtube on nexus 7 lol : )

YouTube and university cw haha, believe me or not but my typing speed is a lot faster on nexus 7 than my laptop ..
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For reading mostly, and social media. But really, I have 3K books on there, so I'm set for life.

I have a lot of books on mine, technical and novels. I browse the web, a little youtube, and I have a lot of magazine subscriptions.

I have a really long commute so I put my N7 in a windshield mount to listen to podcasts. I watch netflix on it, read my motorcycle magazine, look at internets, text, and use the dock so I can use the N7 as a GPS in the work truck.

Browsing, social networking, emails, chat, light gaming. Nothing really extensive.
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Comics are also nice.
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I made a mount for the company van so I can use it for music and GPS, at home web, email, music, movies and games. We just bought 2 more for my small business to use as credit card terminals. pay for themselves in what I'll save on fees in one month.
I used to have the original Transformer, I'm glad I got the Nexus 7 its the perfect size.
.. On a further note just figured out The Nexus 7 doesn't have a 'headset' jack, only headphone. so I won't be able to use it for credit card terminals. I'll be returning those 2 unless I find a way. any info other than what i have found here on XDA about it?

Playing games As dead trigger with ps3 remote ..carrying a 64gig USB full of movies for kids to watch wherever we st..
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Watch hulu netflix and YouTube in between classes. Mainly got it for its battery since I don't like when my phone is dead by 12 and forget my charger
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Web browsing, radio, take load off my phone.
-Brought to you by Marino's Galaxy Nexus-

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Web browsing, radio, take load off my phone.
-Brought to you by Marino's Galaxy Nexus-
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One of the things I wasn't expecting, my phone battery is lasting for days since I got my n7
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Google Currents looks lovely on it too.

Nucleotide said:
What do you use yours for? Does anyone else use the device as a backup for photos and maybe some music as well?
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Taking notes at work. My boss is a micro manager so I can take detailed notes with my stylus, 7Notes + Evernote and share that folder with him. He can see what I'm doing without the face time and I can get more real work done.
Watching recorded TV shows: I have a MythTV box which record shows to watch whenever I want. With using Handbrake I can schedule the transcoding of the MP4 files MythTV creates for me. Then copy them to my Nexus 7.
Playing games, right now addicted to SurvivorCraft.
News, Forum and Twitter reader: The Nexus 7 actually is a more comfortable platform to do casual reading than a desktop pc. I love the form factor, it's light weight so easy to hold when on the couch or in bed.
Music: Pandora and my MP3s. Only keep the top 20 albums I have on it though, not all my music.
I haven't gotten into using it for photos yet, as the camera on it isn't that good. I'm an amateur photographer, have a NIkon D40 + lenses and stuff. I prefer to view my pictures from an online source, or on my Myth box which is in the living room.
If you want to use it as a media backup device I would recommend a OTG USB cable and external hard drive with it's own power source. I think I read in another thread the Nexus7 doesn't have enough power for a hard drive via USB.

How did you use your note today?

Topic ^.
I used mine by reading textbook.

Used it to read your post.
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Used it to look up materials for a DIY project.

To flash another rom
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For Netflix, managing my stocks, some minor Facebook minutes and a bit of web browsing.

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Used it to read your post.
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Woot woot!

I used ConnectBot to do some work on a supercomputer, then watched porn while my code was running. Not the entire time, of course.

Net surfing, music, video. Sometime - games.

lets do last sunday as a good example. control tv and Comcast (smart remote, LG TV remote, Xfinity TV remote) , read newspapers (press reader), GPS navigaton (Sygic), email, calendar (Splanner), beam video and audio to tv (netgear push to tv 3000 adapter, this does both widi and allshare, very cool), journals (Zinio), books (Kindle), comics, (comic reader), surf (internet or dolphin), cooking timer for stuff on grill (kitchen timer), night alarm clock (clock ics), weather channel.
During the week add note taking at meetings, rpn calculator if needed, weather channel, edit pdf documents (ezPDF or RepliGo Reder, or Adobe reader or Quickoffice HD).
In addition depending on interest star gazing (the night sky, goolge sky, star chart, skeye, sky orb).
Do I like this tablet, I would say yes t that .
dave

I turned my note 2 into a 10.1 using taylor-swifts port that ram set up for att notes
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I used the split screen feature (Dual View) internet surfing on 1 side & watching a movie on the other screen! I love this thing and still haven't saw a need to root this baby!!

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I used the split screen feature (Dual View) internet surfing on 1 side & watching a movie on the other screen! I love this thing and still haven't saw a need to root this baby!!
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I agree so far on the root. I have rooted my phone (HTC HD2) and HP touch pad (now gathering dust) and do not see a need to root so far. Wish the update to 4.2.2 or 5.0 would come in soon.
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dtl said:
I agree so far on the root. I have rooted my phone (HTC HD2) and HP touch pad (now gathering dust) and do not see a need to root so far. Wish the update to 4.2.2 or 5.0 would come in soon.
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Yeah I would also like to receive 4.2/4.3 update. Mainly because of Multi-User (if Samsung includes it). I have rooted because So far My note 10.1 4.1.2 with a MultiWindow hack had enabled me to write movie scripts and to draw storyboards (with apps I use), while surfing Youtube/Internet for ideas. Pretty neat feature. :good:

I use it every morning, while having breakfast, to check the front page of the daily newspapers and check some feeds with Feedly.
I also use it daily to watch tv while having lunch/dinner and also browsing, playing some games.

Used it to read The Walking Dead comic

I am using it as a portable second monitor with AirDisplay

To play asphalt 8!
The game is damn smooth even on local wifi with multiplayers. My son used the transformer prime and he beat me as well.
I will use my tablet with bluetooth mouse and keyboard from next week as I am on a business trip and I can't carry a laptop weight with me.
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Read some comics, played Asphalt 8, streamed some Young Justice from my Plex server.

I always use it as my cellphone because I'm weird that way. I will probably draw on it using Sketchbook Mobile Pro during my lunch break later.

To look at funny pics (loldroid app) while running backups on an Exchange server.
To take notes at a customer site and pics of receipts that print funky.
To browse the intertubes.