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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.

strider_mt2k said:
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.

What do you use your xoom for?

As the topic speaks for itself, what do you guys use your tablet for? Been several months since I bought it now it seems to be of a bare use. Gaming device, multimedia( movie & photo collection) or education? I wanna use my device at its best
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My wife has complained how much I use my Xoom. Maybe i'm a tech junkie, but I love this thing.
Most favorite uses:
1. Watch movies/tv shows
2. Read books
3. Read comics
4. download torrents

My primary uses (and the apps I use) are:
* Web browsing (browser, Chrome, Boat)
* Reading Comics (Komik)
* Watching saved movies (MX, RockPlayer)
* Streaming movies (Netflix)
* email (Gmail)
* Twitter (TweetCaster)
* Backup (second string) laptop using keyboard case (Splashtop, iTap)
I have plenty of content/apps/etc. to (but don't necessarily want to): Read books (Google Books, Kindle), Read magazines (Play Magazines), Do light gaming (Madden, Crosscourt Tennis, Temple Run, Angry Birds, etc.), Attend lectures for online classes (Flash Player), Listen to music (Mortplayer), Edit images (Photoshop Touch)

Mine gets used for everything at the moment, as my laptop destroyed itself lmao
Sent from the XOOM of Chucky

Stream TV from my dreambox, look at movies, surf the web, play games and alarm-clock

lots of stuff..... the list goes on and on!

tablet

I use my Xoom for just about everything these days. It lets me get away from my desk. Most important uses are e-mail on the go, connectbot to log into and administer servers from the road, web-browsing, callendar, contacts list, note taking, etc. The only thing that I really wish it had was a better word processor, but I even use it for editing documents when I am away from the office with the apps that are available.
The other thing it is good for is eating up a day or two of time every now and then when I decide to try to upgrade to a new rom. I don't do it often enough and it atkes me a while to catch back up on what is going on in the rom world :silly:

alex94kumar said:
lots of stuff..... the list goes on and on!
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That's not helpful ~_~
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Gaming, surfing the web, twitter, fb, instagram, news, reading books, gaming again
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I mostly used it to reddit while i am in the potty

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I mostly used it to reddit while i am in the potty
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When does the narwhal bacon?
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ionSeven said:
Mine gets used for everything at the moment, as my laptop destroyed itself lmao
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Same here.

I use mine for e-textbooks for school. They run about $80 vs $300. Also for games and YouTube.
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I'm trying to use mine as a desktop replacement, but I find there are some limitations that hiner that, in particular I seem to have issues with dropbox sync and quick office pro seems to have a number of limitations when working with large documents and spreadsheets. Great for kindle, evernote and wasting hours on Great Little War Game though

Unfortunatelly I did not use my Xoom much, so I just sold it a couple of weeks ago. I only had it for about 7 months.
Thought I would use it for surfing the web from the sofa or while travelling. Indeed I just wasted some time with crappy games or left it switched of for days. Some of my tasks required a pc so I did all my surfing and stuff there. I was a little sad giving it away but it was just too expensive and has a too high loss of value for leaving it in the box. Now I got an ultrabook wich fits my requirements better.

Reading books, gaming (CS FTW!), surfing the web, watching movies and soon to be used in university

I use it to look at p0rn LOL!!
Ok on a serious note, I barely use it. Only when I read manga, which the XOOM outdones itself for that simple task.

Gaming, YouTube, and browsing/emails.
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Maybe i'm a tech junkie, but I love this thing.
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Use my xoom for everything;
browsing,
email,
GPS (can mount it in my 4wd)
maps (live in outback Australia and go bush a lot),
videos,
movies,
work (download, fill in and upload about 150 pdf files a week),
lately getting into e-books,
the list goes on but I won't ,
my laptop is gathering dust in the corner (only used when I need to use adb).
Because of the great work of Team EOS I also get to update roms and this satisfied the geek in me.
Also love the portability; on a flight last week I could hold the xoom up to the window and get a GPS fix and then see what we were flying over on a map.

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!!

Arun01 said:
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.

What kind of stuff do you do with the nexus 7 v2

I remember seeing a similar thread in the Nexus 7 2012 section. Cant seem to find it so hope its ok to start another topic on this subject. Aside from the regular stuff (Web,Movies, music, reading, etc) what else do you use it for? Any interesting exploits or cool stuff that might not seem obvious to most?
Updated: Summary extracts from xda members:
Hardware
Slim port adapter (for hdmi playback on tv's)
Tethered to Nexus 4LTE
Blue tooth based Keyboards and mice
Used ps3 controller to play emulated Nes and ps1 games (Nexus 7v1)
Software
Control home automation (lights, doors,HVAC)
Control HPPC via unified remote app
Controlling linux media via VLC remote
Control of xbmc via yatse app
Controlling YouTube on PS3 (bypasses having to use consoles pad)
Remote for PC/Laptop
Onkyo remote
Game emulation (Drastic for DS stuff,)
VoIP communication (Skype, vonage,etc)
Torrenting
Cookbook
Editing Documents
Note taking
Radio streaming (Subsonic)
Misc
Pron pad by landslide
If there are any decent guides onsite or elsewhere for anything in that list, pm me or post and i'll create hyperlinks. Let me know if
i can use your name as reference.

Nothing super cool I guess but I use mine to control my home automation(lights, doors, HVAC) using tasker shortcuts on my homescreens. I also control my htpc using unified remote, yatse for xbmc, and Onkyo remote.
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I haven't yet gotten into it on my 2013 model but, on my 2012, I used a PS3 controller to play emulated NES and PS1 games. I'm planning on getting a Slimport adapter so I can bring it to friend's houses and play with them on their TVs. Aside from that, it's handy for controlling my Linux media PC via VLC Remote and it also works for controlling YouTube on my PS3. Pick a video and tell it to play on the PS3. It's handy because it makes searching for videos a lot faster.
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I Have an Ouya for emulators....
...but on this years nexus 7 2, I use it pretty much for music and web everywhere i go, ( subsonic, tethered to my Nexus 4 LTE on tmobile), netflix, Zenbound 2 ( the game), control xbmc if i can't find my mouse, remote desktop, Download random torrents, type notes for school,(with BT keyboard) skype, hangouts and tabletalk when my phone is charging, and watch TimeScapes in 1080P to show off the screen to my friends

Everything the Nexus 7 had. Mainly after the Ubuntu support
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Media consumption. Small FB games that have an app such as Candy Crush.

I thought I bought it to use for work and play, but it turns out that I have primarily been using it to debug GPS functionality and reverse engineer the touchscreen firmware update process. I now know how to root my tablet, compile the entire aosp system including the kernel and flash it to the tablet. I guess I actually got it to become an android developer.
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Mine is a convenient digital cookbook that allows me to grab any recipe straight off the net or email a recipe to a friend in a couple of touches.

I play NDS games using Drastic, see anime, read Manga
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Pr0n
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I use mine to smite evil. I thwart the Harrowing bad guys. I use it to look after the little guy, the small ones. Those who can not look after themselves.
I use it to ensure the american way, especially in unamerican places such as Detroit! (rock City!)
I use it to read on the toilet mostly. :|

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Pr0n
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1080p pr0n is rare... I use mine for podcasts and movies,I also play games (riptide gp2) I love this tablet so much,and it has proven to be the best tablet I have ever used.
sent through space time.

This is my first tablet (I know I am very late to the party). I am still getting to how I want to use it and where it is a better option then my phone or laptop.
So far my main uses have been (in order of importance to me)
Digital notpad (with google keep) - goodbye paper! I have to take notes all day to keep track of what I am doing, been looking to get rid of paper for this for a long time but the phone was too small, and I dont want to carry a laptop around. This is perfect!
Youtube/TV on demand - A lot easier on this then laptop, nicer to the eyes then the phone
Facebook/Email/XDA/internet - again nicer on a bigger screen then phone and more comfortable then using a laptop.
I have tried a bit of gaming on it and do like it for this purpose, but I have a lot more to try. Oddly a lot of game I have seem to be very much aimed at phone size so are a bit unwieldy on a tab.
Real test as a media device will come when I next travel and load it up with TV and movies (this was one of my main motivations for buying one).
I am also yet to try it for writing and editing office documents, I think I want a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse before I start up on this though.
One thing I probably wont do with it is use it as a GPS. I use Strava and Mytracks on my phone all the time when cycling. I also use tracknavigator to give me turn-by-turn directions on my routes. I can get the tab in a jersey pocket (I have been when commuting without my backpack) but its too large to use as a sports device really. That said I want to get it working with the ANT+ sensors on my race bike and see if it can be a good indoor training tool when I'm in the house on the turbo trainer over winter.

This is the first tablet I've ever owned. So far I use it for media consumption and Web browsing. I have a few games on it also
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This is my third tablet, all Asus. I am only using mine for fantasy football right now and any other app that can free up my phone's app drawer.
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My first tablet too. Had it for around 4 days. Use it for:
Movies
TV Shows
Youtube
Browsing
Notepad
Video Calling
Controlling my NAS server
Remote for laptop
Some games
Some document editing
Emails
So pretty much everything I did on my phone. So much easier to do on a bigger screen, and the resolution is brilliant for movies. Also helps my phone battery last a little longer since I am not using it that much.

surf the web/forums, and stream radio tune in pro app mostly, and download chitload of apps

It's an excellent book reader device, in some cases it may be better than eink i have around 20+ hours of screen time while reading, fine enough for me.

Everything online media (its useless without data connection) & of course my easily accesible porn bank n_n

How does remote control on this tablet works? Any special apps needed?