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Hi guys. I am a graduate student and I've been wanting to buy a tablet. Most out there are expensive and in terms of battery life, my 14" laptop with an SSD beats them all. Only problem is, of course, the size of the laptop.
So I have some questions regarding this kinde fire. Looking at the interface, it looks like a constricted version of android and as Besos said, its more of a multimedia device.
The main functions I'm looking for my tablet are: email, reading, viewing videos of PPT lectures, web browsing, watching movies occasionally. Without the tablet being rooted, would all this be possible or is it just for games, web surfing, and videos/music? I would like to leave my device unrooted for as long as possible.
Plus, looking at the specs, this thing would make an excellent android tablet.
Also, how does this GPU compare to the nVidia Tegra?
Thanks!
Get a reading device. A kindle (not Fire) offers quite a lot for a low price.
That's for the reading. For the other stuff, I would not know what to reccomend.
theomni said:
Hi guys. I am a graduate student and I've been wanting to buy a tablet. Most out there are expensive and in terms of battery life, my 14" laptop with an SSD beats them all. Only problem is, of course, the size of the laptop.
So I have some questions regarding this kinde fire. Looking at the interface, it looks like a constricted version of android and as Besos said, its more of a multimedia device.
The main functions I'm looking for my tablet are: email, reading, viewing videos of PPT lectures, web browsing, watching movies occasionally. Without the tablet being rooted, would all this be possible or is it just for games, web surfing, and videos/music? I would like to leave my device unrooted for as long as possible.
Plus, looking at the specs, this thing would make an excellent android tablet.
Also, how does this GPU compare to the nVidia Tegra?
Thanks!
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From what I have read the AF is built to be first and foremost an ereader. Games probably secondary especially with only 512MB of RAM (unless they are from Amazon App Store.) I could be wrong though.
If I were you, I would look harder at other REAL tablets and not closed garden ereaders like the AF appears to be. The dual core CPU would be great on an android tablet. It already is on many. And, by many accounts, quad cores are not too far away. Tabs that are tablets first though.
Price is important. Desired functions are more so. IMO.
Would I recommend? No.
I've been hearing that the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus might be coming out with a price near $250. If that is the case, I'll get that instead. Luckily, I will have until the end of October to decide, since that's when the Samsung Tab will be releasing. However, I'm assuming/hoping that we will know its price by next week or so.
Hell, I'll be willing to pay upto $300 for it. I preordered the Kindle Fire with a leather cover for a total of $250.
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I've been hearing that the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus might be coming out with a price near $250. If that is the case, I'll get that instead. Luckily, I will have until the end of October to decide, since that's when the Samsung Tab will be releasing. However, I'm assuming/hoping that we will know its price by next week or so.
Hell, I'll be willing to pay upto $300 for it. I preordered the Kindle Fire with a leather cover for a total of $250.
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Wise move. A lot of new items will be released and I suspect many (if not most) in your price/needed specs range will far exceed the AF.
Wish I had these options in grad school!
You cold do this all on the NC for $150 or less, unrooted. Also, the NC can be rooted and custom ROMs are available.
I would say yes. Both quick office and documents to go are available in the amazon app store
A couple of people at work have mentioned the Amazon Kindle Fire in passing. I've looked at the specs, it looks pretty poor.
Several people have shown me their iPad 2 or HP tablet - huge 10.1" things.
One person has compared his iPad camera with my Galaxy Tab 7's camera and said the Galaxy Tab comes out better.
I can fit my Galaxy Tab in my pocket. It has Kindle for Android on it.
I chose my device carefully out of some really budget budget devices, and larger & more expensive devices.
Here you can now pick up a Galaxy Tab 7" 3G (GPS, Wifi) 16Gb for £399 from Tesco's Electronics dept, £349 from BestBuy, £299.99 from Tesco Direct (24hr wait, but the desk is in the store!) or £299.98 from PCWorld. I got mine from Tesco Direct, because it was a weekend and the nearest PCWorld that stocks them is over the road from work.
If you don't need 3G (I understand the Fire doesn't have 3G) I believe you can now pick up a 32Gb Wifi-only model from Asda (Walmart) for £249 ($387) and it will be an order of magnitude better than the Fire. There's also a heap of cheap things on eBay from China (that Maplin (Radio Shack) buy & resell with enormous margins)
When people ask me about it, I reply with:
Do you want a next gen Kindle, or do you want a tablet?
That seems to get them into the right frame of mind. The Fire is no more or less a next gen Kindle. It's aimed to compete against the Nook Color and the iPod Touch, being a portable media device.
thanks a lot guys! I actually just cancelled my preorder for the KF and bought the HTC Flyer.
FWIW smart move!
Now take a look at the adonit jot stylus. Amazing.
I've been looking for a pen/stylus to buy.
Would that work with the HTC flyer or am I better of buying the HTC scribe pen for it?
Gotta say I am not familiar with the stylus scribe for the HTC. One would presume an item custom made for a dedicated device would be preferable. I can say the adonit jot performs amazingly on the Transformer on SuperNotes!
You might try it out. If it doesn't work for you, return it. It would appear their Return Policy is liberal enough here.
Looks like Samsung Series 7 Slate may soon be sold at Best Buy?
One of the four (4) versions, maybe not this one, was given away at MS Build with Windows 8. Nice tablet....
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Looks like Samsung Series 7 Slate may soon be sold at Best Buy?
One of the four (4) versions, maybe not this one, was given away at MS Build with Windows 8. Nice tablet....
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It's not exactly the same, as the developer one has added sensors. Nobody is fully sure which ones will or won't be on the released product yet, but it's looking like at the very least NFC is unlikely to make it to that.
Might be IN STOCK. Not entirely sure, but you can order it.
Samsung - Tablet with 64GB Memory - Black
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Probably(?) not in stock, at the BestBuy store they show stock due in on 10 Nov 2011. I doubt the website has stock - just my opinion.
I planned to buy Samsung slate.. It'll be good to use??
I bought one yesterday from the Microsoft Store. I saw a few others buying them, too. Honestly I don't know how they're selling. Windows 7 is horrible to use on a touch-only computer. I knew this though since I have a convertible tablet PC and it's a pain to use it in tablet mode if I'm not writing notes.
CompUSA lists this:
Samsung XE700T1A-A03US Series 7 Slate Tablet PC - Intel Core i5-2467M 1.60GHz, 4GB DDR3, 128GB SSD, 11.6" Display, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, Docking Station, Bluetooth Keyboard
I think it might *not* include the dock & keyboard, because it might be a mistake. Funny.
The Microsoft Store has the dock in stock separately, and lists the dock separately with the tablet during purchase. Also, they sell with Windows 7 Professional, and show 11/11 as shipping date. I think this is safer.
The price is outrageous!
It looks like Google's master plan might be to proliferate the world with $149 7" Android tablet devices under Google's own branding. Cutthroat pricing and with Google's full 1st party support on the software side, it could work.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/alicetruong/2012/03/21/googles-nexus-tablet-could-be-priced-at-149/
A heavy casualty of this is that the $250 Tegra3 ASUS MemoPad might have been canceled.
7'' is to small for my taste... even if is cheaper
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using XDA
7" is more portable. I've been considering getting a 7" device because I'm thinking I might carry it around more than I do my 10" devices. I was going to wait for the MemoPad to decide. For Google, 7" is where Apple isn't, so there's no direct confrontation with Apple at that size. At that price point, it's less expensive than today's Apple 8GB iPod Touch.
I almost bought one the Sprint or Verizon branded HTC Flyers. ICS was just starting to roll out to them but it is only using a single core processor. Woot & Ben's Outlet had them for around $200 brand new. The lack of computing power was one of the deciding factors. The other was the fact that I didn't really need another tablet.
Now if googles tablet is going to have a quad core Snapdragon processor then I might pick one up for $150.
I agree 7" size is ideal for everyday use
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7" is more portable. I've been considering getting a 7" device because I'm thinking I might carry it around more than I do my 10" devices. I was going to wait for the MemoPad to decide. For Google, 7" is where Apple isn't, so there's no direct confrontation with Apple at that size. At that price point, it's less expensive than today's Apple 8GB iPod Touch.
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I agree a 7" tablet size is ideal for everyday use, it can easily be held in one hand securely without using some sort of a strap-on device. A 7" fits in my pocket a 10" does not.
I have a DELL Streak 7 and a ASUS TF101 and the DS7 gets used much more due to its portability advantages over the TF101 even though I think the TF101 is a superior product
I would be very much interested in a 7" quad core tablet (whether it's the Tegra3 or whoever else's chipset). I would hate to see the ASUS memo get shelved because Google is trying to flood the market with cheap tablets to gain market supremacy.
I'll believe it when I see it @ $149, on the shelf at Best Buy. The Nexus phones were supposed to be unsubsidized and $300 retail, but then we got another run-of-the-mill smartphone for $650, with the only difference being timely software updates.
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I'll believe it when I see it @ $149, on the shelf at Best Buy. The Nexus phones were supposed to be unsubsidized and $300 retail, but then we got another run-of-the-mill smartphone for $650, with the only difference being timely software updates.
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I very much share your cynicism
Talking costs nothing and salespeople do too much of it, ( reminds me of the TI guy bigging his OMAP 5 as the best thing around disregarding the slight caveat that it wasn't really around yet).
I would LOVE to see it though. I'll end up showering the extended family with those.
Target: Amazon
A Google-branded 7" would be slated to go head-to-head against Amazon's Kindle Fire, or even a B&N Nook. No dummies there, the know the money is to be made on subscriptions, app sales, and other software. It's the Polaroid concept....give away the cameras, then charge heavily for the film. Or just like car dealers....they don't make crap when they sell a car, all their money is made on Service, Parts, and accessories.
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Looks like I'm not the only one thinking this -
http://www.pcworld.com/article/252969/why_amazon_cant_win_a_tablet_price_war_against_google.html
Hi all,
I have heard that Windows has cut the licensing fee for manufactures who would like to produce Windows tablets with a scree below 9 inches at a budget price (under $200)...
Can anyone suggest such a tablet? (I really can't spend more than $150 dollars, so I would also consider Windows RT if anyone knows of any cheap but decent products...)
Thanks guys
If you wait for the right deal, you can probably get a Lenovo Miix 2 or Dell Venue 8 Pro for around $175-$189.
If you really are firm on the $150 price point, you may want to buy one used. A lot of people pawn off the free Office 2013 license that comes with these tablets and sell the tablet on fleabay afterwards.
I own both tablets, and highly recommend them, for Windows 8.1 solo or dual-booting Android. They can even do Netflix HTML5 streaming with gusto on Chrome 38.
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As far as I have seen, there are Xolo, Advent VEGA, Shenzhen Homecare Technology Fly One (Russia?), EVGA and Gigabyte that are making the Tegra Note 7 (did I miss any?) Edit: Yes I did, Zotac is one of the major ones, as well. As well as Cherry Mobile, Gradiente, Gazer (Ph, Brazil, Ukraine).
Has anyone noticed any difference between the different brands, if so what are they are and is there one brand that has higher quality than the rest? Myself I would lean on Gigabyte and EVGA, but at this point, I have no idea.
Also, where besides ebay is the place where people buy these 2nd hand, I haven't seen anyone for sale on swappa. Only places like Craigslist and such left?
Homecare in china also, I think.
There are no differences between brands. This tab is just rebranded by other brands, manufatured by Nvidia, so quality is same everywhere.
I had purchased this Tab 1 year ago from Xolo brand in India and Xolo is not so popular here(Just a 1.5 yr old brand).
Cherry Mobile Tegra note 7 has different looks that other tegra note 7s but still the same tablet inside, I believe.
Hi new here and new to the tegra note 7, I bought mine used off US ebay they are also available used from US amazon starting at $140
gbsa850 said:
Hi new here and new to the tegra note 7, I bought mine used off US ebay they are also available used from US amazon starting at $140
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Hi, Welcome to the forums. I am also relatively new here. Enjoy your new TN7, it's a nice tablet for both gaming and productivity given the price
proudtobepinoy said:
Hi, Welcome to the forums. I am also relatively new here. Enjoy your new TN7, it's a nice tablet for both gaming and productivity given the price
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Thanks I'm not a gamer the TN7 was only one of 2 tablets with a stylus that is compatible with the new square up chip card readers. The other one was note 10 way too big. So now along with gamers there will probably be a lot of small business owners trying to find this little gem.