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should i buy the usa tmobile version of the galaxy tab or Acer Aspire TimelineX AS1830T-3505 Notebook? to me they both are around the same price with a bit of a difference here and there but the most noticeable difference is the keyboard. i know i should get the notebook because ill use it mainly to scan my textbooks and put them in pdf so i dont have to carry heavy textbooks and can view them on these light devices but besides that i want a more usage comparability. just want to get some input from those who have used either or and can perhaps help me decide. thanks.
Go to best buy and play with the tab. See if you like it. Best advice I could give
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I am not a specialist, but I own an Eee Pc and a galaxy tab. Now that I have my Tab, I use my Eee Pc much less. Reading is much better on the tab. Also it is nicer to hold in your hands. An laptop is different, so I use it for different tasks. I read Ebooks on my tab, browse the internet, visit these forums, compose small e-mail messages etc. When I really have to write something, I use my Eee Pc. On Holidays I take both with me. My photos are stored on the Eee Pc (it has a 64GB SSD), but I read my mail on the Tab.
Get the Acer 1830T netbook - yep, anything below 12-inches is a netbook for me. You will be able move between documents at a much faster rate than the Tab. Also, don't forget the extra real estate on the 1830T (1366x768) and feature-rich PDF readers.
I am not a Tab-hater, but for OP's needs, a netbook will be a better option.
For your needs i'd get the netbook, i have a high spec laptop and an msi netbook and i only use the tab, unless i really need processing power.
yea i think the galaxy is very "cool" for entertainment not so much for me (college) because im planning to put chapters to pdf/ebook so i dont have to carry so many textbooks plus writing notes is always better with a actual keyboard. damn i kinda wanted the galaxy though because its light and looks cooler but notebook is better for my needs. thanks for the replies.
Donesnt the acer timeline x (all of them) have a really flexy keyboard
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There is a keyboard dock and you can use a bluetooth keypad with the gsm ones
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Galaxy Tab - hands down
the most useful thing i have invested in
It's my browsing device, secondary music player, secondary emergency phone, portable movie/picture dvd/viewer, emergeny camera, e-books, gaming machine (replaced my ipod)
Get one, you won't regret it
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Galaxy Tab - hands down
the most useful thing i have invested in
It's my browsing device, secondary music player, secondary emergency phone, portable movie/picture dvd/viewer, emergeny camera, e-books, gaming machine (replaced my ipod)
Get one, you won't regret it
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i would use it for those very reasons but if only it could be more note taking capable i would have got it on release date.
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i would use it for those very reasons but if only it could be more note taking capable i would have got it on release date.
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Ade these for any specific reasons? are you a student? i would say yes,the note taking capabilities are good, but a bigger screen could help abit. also a better notes app (quick office, or what ever it is for MS Office) is rubbish! this is where my WM comes in handy
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Ade these for any specific reasons? are you a student? i would say yes,the note taking capabilities are good, but a bigger screen could help abit. also a better notes app (quick office, or what ever it is for MS Office) is rubbish! this is where my WM comes in handy
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what is WM? yes i am a student and about to go get me that notebook unless im convinced otherwise. ive never liked typing on touch screen and unsure how i will use the galaxy as a on the go student getting school things done (ie some sites dont let me in because i am on a android) so this is another reason.
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what is WM? yes i am a student and about to go get me that notebook unless im convinced otherwise. ive never liked typing on touch screen and unsure how i will use the galaxy as a on the go student getting school things done (ie some sites dont let me in because i am on a android) so this is another reason.
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WM =Windows Mobile. it has official MS Office. i suggest yoh can get a data plan to use free internet and acess any site in your college/uni. you can buy an extended keyboard dock for the Tab which is awesome! it is £40
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WM =Windows Mobile. it has official MS Office. i suggest yoh can get a data plan to use free internet and acess any site in your college/uni. you can buy an extended keyboard dock for the Tab which is awesome! it is £40
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yea i think ima just stick to a notebook and get the galaxy when it comes in wifi only because ill get more use out of a notebook (compatibility).
I think you should get the tab and a keyboard for the long typing sessions. CourseSmart is coming out with an Android app soon, but it is very useable in the browser too.
I take my tab to every class. Very handy for classes with small seats. (my 17' laptop doesn't fit on some desks)
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The acer timelines do have the keyboard issue though
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I use my tab for my textbooks in classes and it works great. I use the Dropbox app to store the scanned pdf files of the textbooks and I can access them from anywhere, my Tab, home desktop, and my laptop.
I don't type very well, physical keyboard or onscreen, so I still take notes the old fashioned way, paper and pencil. I do scan my notes into the tab using an app called CamScanner.
I also use an app called Class Buddy for class scedules and assignment organization. So far the tab is working out great for my school related needs. I wish I would have had it when I first started. Lugging around my laptop got old really fast.
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i would use it for those very reasons but if only it could be more note taking capable i would have got it on release date.
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You can take notes very easily using a stylus! I forgot the name of the app but its on the market.
I just picked up a Tab on eBay for $469, bought a pre-paid data SIM from the TMO store for when I need/want mobile connection without wifi (which I expect to be rare). After <1 day with the Tab, I've already decided my EEEPC900 is going on eBay. No one in the family uses it.
Have 3 15" notebooks and 2 Vibrants in the house too. Just realized that's 6 screens for 4 people, WTF?!? Five y.o. watches Thomas the Tank Engine videos on YouTube pretty much unassisted on one of the laptops. Haven't taught him to use YouTube on the Vibrants or Tab -YET!
You probably made a decision already but I thought I would give my two cents since I'm a college student as well. I do not carry around any textbooks; I haven't for a couple years. I find PDF versions of my textbooks or I make them by scanning them. I have all my textbooks on my tab and it works great. Yes sometimes 7" is too small but its manageable. I bought one of those cases that fold into a stand and I just prop up the device on my device and do my work. When I'm doing math I have my textbook open on the tab and my notebook to write and do my problems. When I'm in chem class taking notes I use a paper notebook. If those Bluetooth styluses came out I would have bought one; I think it would have worked very well. Multitasking is limited of course and I wish there was a faster way to switch between apps. I saw the new version of iOS4 which incorporated gestures for switching apps. That's something I desperately need! I've tried different app switchers but its not the same. I use my tab as my primary phones/notebook. Sure it pisses me off when it doesn't act right but that's technology for ya. I have learned to touch type in landscape mode using Smart Keyboard so its easy for me to take notes on my tab when I have write something (like in political science) and use conventional pen & paper when I'm drawing mechanisms in chem. I passed on a netbook because it was just too big and it ran windows (didn't wanna take the time to make it into a hackintosh). With capable PDF readers like ezPDF it makes reading textbooks great. I have connected a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard (Apple trackpad) to it and it works great. Almost feels like a netbook, especially when surfing the internet. I'm in the market for a cheap mini Bluetooth mouse, I might pass on the keyboard since I mentioned I can touch type prettying quickly. Ultimately, the decision is yours but for me, I said no to a netbook for college.
From the Tab.
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Just curious, and figured since we've obviously been deemed a niche community by Samsu--err, I mean -- the Market, we might as well get to know each other.
I had a few questions that might shed some light on topics that samsung has been less than forth-coming on. For example, sales; how many of theses are there out there? first amoled tablet; was super amoled+ display the primary driver for your purchase?
Anyway, two questions to start:
What did you get your tablet for?
What are the sales like in your region?
I'll answer first:
1). I'm an artist, and have done digital work using Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Corel Painter with a wacom stylus for about a decade. I got real excited getting my first laptop because I thought it would liberate me from working inside all the time...BOY was a wrong. There was no way I could work out in daylight with any real access to a color palette. The screen was just too dim. I've waited on buying a tablet for the past three years just because I knew there would be one closer to perfect available if I just held out...--and here I am, happy as a lark with my gTab7.7 and I had no idea it would open up huge metaphysical problems in contemporary color theory!!! --feel free to ask me more about that one, I'm in WAY over my head. I'm thinking Jeans Jacque Rousseau, Benedict Spinoza, Leonardo DanVinci, David Hume and Aristotle.
Oh, and so I use this thing as a sketchpad. I'll post some for interested parties, but the forum only allows jpgs (ACK!!), so I'll up a zip file of pngs of the work I've done on this device with Autodesk Sketchbook Pro, Infinite Painter, and Adobe Photoshop Touch.
I also use this as my phone, e-reader, music device and for watching movies (duh!). Oh, and SNESOID ROCKS!!! the color from those old 16-bit games..;;
2). I've seen noone else with the gTab7.7, in the Dallas/Ft Worth area in Texas, though when I briefly had the LTE version I had to call three different stores before I found one that had them in stock. I returned it because here (in the US), the device is USD$750 off contract, and $550 with a 2yr service agreement. It was just too much, but I fell in love with it! In May, I bought a "used--in mint condition", the importer said it was a demo model, but when I got it, it had SU still installed, but didn't have root. OBVIOUSLY not a demo model.--- thanks to this forum, I returned it to stock and its running beautifully.
Anyway, I see about 100 people a day through work or more, and they all have ipads, or transformers. Not a single other person with this device.
What are sales like in the rest of the world? Is there any country where this device is more popular?
The indefinite microcosm becomes the indefinite macrocosm in a definite manner and by definite means...and vice versa.
Uses:
Phone, gps, browser, tv ( now that the Euro Championships are on i watch them via Watch ESPN app ), larger viewfinder for my Nikon DSLR with Mophoto (beats the small lcd screen on the back of the camera ) and e-reader.
I am in NJ and i dont know of anyone that has this tab (internanional 3g+wifi).
Would love to see your work,i am not a heavy photographer but i am thinking of getting Photoshop Touch but at the same what is holding me back is the lack of a usefull stylus (ala s-pen from the G Note). Amtel has a Maxstylus Mxst100 that is supposed to work with our tab, but no release date or price.
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I keep tearing rubber styli. I've gone through 2, and spent maybe 100-200 hours drawing and sketching so far? I'm switching to the iFaraday for now. Its a capacitive stylus made out of fabric, so its washable, and it shouldn't drag across a clean surface. The rubber stylus requires a layer of fingerprints to NOT drag and stutter. VERY annoying when you're trying to cross-hatch with a 3px brush and you have to account for wobble and imprecision already... It was the screen real estate i preferred ultimately over the gNote, but boy was it a tough decision. I SO wanted the wacom digitizer to be in the gTab7.7... Do i wish I'd gotten the gNote? Sometimes. But for now, the larger viewing and operating surface was the deciding factor for me. But all three apps, Sketchbook Pro, Infinite Painter, and Photoshop Touch SUPPORT pressure sensitivity...
Here is a zip with some of what i've been doing:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5eM4rH3azruckFYWk93VUFnOTA
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got the tablet for watching tv shows/movies on the 40min commute to work, also reading comics/manga and ebooks. games are pretty good too but i already have 3ds and vita.
i live in london and i have seen no one else with it or no one i have shown the tablet to has even heard of it. Its seriously a ipad-fest here, and i want to strangle those who say "oh...so its like a small ipad!"
also its really expensive at the local shops and online in the uk, so i got mine for LOADS cheaper from a hong kong seller on ebay.
Much like adinis78 I use this as a large Screen for my Photography. I also use this as my main phone now (With a Bluetooth) and for playing games or web use.
This tablet is also a great E-book reader.
I live in the San Antonio, TX area and I only know one other person with this tablet. They have the wifi model and I am using the wifi/3g Import.
We have a lot of Ipad users here, but I have seen some Acer and Asus android users as well.
On a side note, I am trying to build a rom for this device in Linux. I am no Dev but I will give it my best shot and see if I can make something useful
FateZero said:
Much like adinis78 I use this as a large Screen for my Photography. I also use this as my main phone now (With a Bluetooth) and for playing games or web use.
This tablet is also a great E-book reader.
I live in the San Antonio, TX area and I only know one other person with this tablet. They have the wifi model and I am using the wifi/3g Import.
We have a lot of Ipad users here, but I have seen some Acer and Asus android users as well.
On a side note, I am trying to build a rom for this device in Linux. I am no Dev but I will give it my best shot and see if I can make something useful
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Okay so, so far Texas has the highest device penetration density on the planet.... and HK wholesalers bought up a bunch from the manufacturer and is now undercutting local markets to have them imported directly from Hong Kong...
Now I am tempted to buy a batch if 10 and see what's up on ebay.....
Now a question for you photographers: HDRi viewing is INCREDIBLE due to sAMOLED contrast ratio and expanded 30% larger color gamut. Is an rgb value of 255/255/255 my whitepoint at 250 nits and screen mode set on "dynamic" and at 100% brightness? Does anyone have a calubration device or run across a sAMOLED+ icc profile?
as OP I wanna stay as OT as possible, but at the same time, I'm now getting what I was hoping for: professional people who bought these devices to check their productivity potential.
I use this beauty as a phone through BT, using it intensively for mails with its form factor, is an ideal device for me as a Sales Manager.
I live in Cairo, Egypt and this device is very popular here & getting an increasingly market share, have it for around 4 months now and have seen around 10-12 users having this tab, it is sold for around 550$ for the GT 6800 .
I use it to study, and do tests with vce mobile.
Also browse web! Using it as my primary phone till i get an infuse again!
1, Comic book reader,
2, Web, online streams,
3, Apps & games
Just love how the colours pop out when reading comics,
Only downside I get is 2 heads on my shoulders when I'm reading a comic on the tube...
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1, Comic book reader,
2, Web, online streams,
3, Apps & games
Just love how the colours pop out when reading comics,
Only downside I get is 2 heads on my shoulders when I'm reading a comic on the tube...
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Check ot some of the stuff i'm working on above--just a link to png files instead of posting a jpg inline on here, they always look horrible.. they're supposed to be viewed on our screens, full brightness in dynamic color mode.
and do you know anybody else in your area who owns one?
In order of priority:
1. Surfing the web and yotubing
2. Watching TV (I use pay-tv on it)
3. Using photoshop touch and viewing/showing off pictures
4. Games and fun apps
I live in vienna and never saw another 7.7 on the streets. Although it's easily available here and not too expensive.
Making and editing pr0n.
Its my main mobile media device.
Use it in the car to play/stream tunes, Navigation and Maps
Use it to listen to listen to music at work, web browse on my lunch.
I would consider it for phone use as well if it was possible and i woulda dumped my galaxy nexus eventually but damn Verizon nerfed phone capabilities
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Making and editing pr0n.
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lol that post made my day :laugh:
Gilbot said:
Its my main mobile media device.
Use it in the car to play/stream tunes, Navigation and Maps
Use it to listen to listen to music at work, web browse on my lunch.
I would consider it for phone use as well if it was possible and i woulda dumped my galaxy nexus eventually but damn Verizon nerfed phone capabilities
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Should have gotten the international version
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Should have gotten the international version
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No way!
Verizon LTE blows At&t and T-mo speeds away and I have unlimited LTE through vzw. Not worth it. I have the ability to swap my sim from my Galaxy Nexus to the Tab if i really wanted to though I typically just tether the Tab via my Nexus.
Movies, video clips, mp3, call, sms, mms, video call, XDA-ing, share my works to my clients, web browsing, download ROM and Kernel customization, chat and facebook.
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No way!
Verizon LTE blows At&t and T-mo speeds away and I have unlimited LTE through vzw. Not worth it. I have the ability to swap my sim from my Galaxy Nexus to the Tab if i really wanted to though I typically just tether the Tab via my Nexus.
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Was saying because uou said you would consider the tab as your phone
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For work I do fengshui with it. Of course I can't use its compass for fengshui calibration, but it can assist me in calculating fengshui and life spreads for fengshui design and fortune-telling. Also it helps keeping fengshui profiles and records for my easy reference.
It is lighter and more useful than a notebook for my work.
I'm boring and i just use it for watching tv shows/movies and reading books/manga. I guess i read a magazine on it from time to time. Engadget distro works well on it.
Besides the obvious uses for the note tablet, what do you use yours for? I'm a freelance illustrator and the wacom digitizer and s-pen are what initially attracted me to the note phone, and now the note tablet, both allowing me to sketch on the go and minimizing the amount of time sitting in front of my desktop. Honestly even though I'm a huge tech person and love gadgets such as phones, i was never really into the tablet craze, especially after having a phone with a huge screen, i used a buddies iPad a few years back and didn't understand the buzz (with any apple product actually) but i started eyeballing the old note tablet as a new toy and tool for drawing and days later watched the IFA live on the computer and was sold on the Note 2014 edition, aesthetically it's great looking and has nice specs where I wouldn't have to worry about bogging it down. I love to game, avid xBoxer (when time allows) so the tablet would also serve as a good way to game while watching TV or laying in the couch without burning my phone battery up, and the drawing is awesome, but being drawing, gaming and browsing the internet, I don't know what else to use this thing for ... After dropping $600 + $60 for a 64GB sdcard and another $30+ in cases and accessories, I'm wondering if I just bought another really over priced laptop lol like I'm missing why people really enjoy the tablet, don't get me wrong I love it and refuse to give it up, I'm just looking for tips or advice on how to unlock the true potential of a tablet, like I said this is my first tablet, so any good apps? Games? Tricks? Tips? What role does your tablet serve in your life? Anything I guess that I might be missing, I've been rooting my phones for years and def plan to root this thing, and fully understand what a root can do to a device as far as unlocking extra potential, but beyond that just looking to see if I'm overlooking something awesome about tablets I could start using this for and really getting my moneys worth. Any advice is really appreciated! please excuse any typos lol I'm typing this using Swype on my note phone, and the auto correct has a mind of it's own.
Thanks.
Personally I use my pad as a more mobile laptop. I read on it, code on it, write on it... mostly read though. And games of course, can't forget about the games. Well, i guess i actually do everything on my pad, starting to get all itchy now since i broke the tf700t and am eagerly awaiting the new note. But hey, i guess you could produce some music on them as well... nothing a-grade but some snippets and loops here and there while waiting for whatever.
Mainly for communications, the rest for testing applications and gamea
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When home i use it as most probably do, Web browsing, forum reading through tapatalk, some games, social media etc. Basically a laptop replacement.
Its main purpose though is for use for college.
I use Lecture Notes extensively for note taking as well as all audios of lectures.
I found Class Buddy Pro to be great for scheduling all my classes when papers are do, when exams are etc (great app which syncs with any of your calendars) you can even attach files to the class itself (like a syllabus) and papers for assignments can be attached to the event you create for the assignment so you don't lose them (I use the paper the professors pop up on our internal web site so they are always available with me in an easy to find spot)
I use ezPDF Reader Pro for simple PDF annotations.
Mantano Reader Premium is by far the best PDF ePub textbook reading app out there. I need something which supports Adobe DRM and having tried every single app on the Play Store, I was blown away when I finally got to this one. While the interface is not as flashy as some of them, the nuts and bolts (reading, highlighting, annotating, bookmarking etc) cannot be beat.
This is my 5th tablet. I love my original Note 10.1 so much I bought this one the day a 32GB black one became available (I wanted / needed the higher resolution for anatomy books, really anything with pictures in them). Incredible piece of technology.
Since you like Wacom Digitizers, Google using the Note series as a Wacom Digitizer for a PC.
Porno and drawing porno.
if i had one of these and internet while i was going through puberty...
when i was a young chap we had to look at porn or video cassettes, uphill, both ways!
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if i had one of these and internet while i was going through puberty...
when i was a young chap we had to look at porn or video cassettes, uphill, both ways!
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If I had one going through puberty I would have been locked in my room for ages never once looking outside.
That reminds me, is Reagan still President?
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I use the 2014 Note 10.1 mainly for movie watching at the moment. Also owning an iPad 4 I use that for most anything else. Email reading and email management I do mostly on my Note 3, with its indicator light and easy deletion options (the iPad wants you to Archive in stead of delete).
I'm actively looking at other uses for the 2014 Note 10.1 though. Areas of interest include: drawing, decent internet browsing, HD games, reading, and music/audio playback. This could be a great device given the right software. It already is top of the heap in some areas.
Usage of my 2014 Note 10.1 is currently hindered somewhat by the lack of a proper (slim, light weight) smartcover. Right now I'm using an iPad 1 or 2 Belkin "woolen" type sleeve (great fit), but I'm hoping for something more like my beautiful/handy Decoded iPad smartcover.
Op, its really up to what kind of illustrating you are up to do.
As of now, painting and drawing loose is more easier to do, and the results will come out quite clean. However that's the extent of Sketchbook that comes with the note10.1 itself. Generally you'd want to go beyond that for reproduction pipeline, as well as refining for details in cases of print work. HOWEVER. I consider that actual painting beyond the tablet's ability.
Note 10.1 is GREAT for sketching. I feel like it gets the idea down fast, and the first 2 or 3 stages of an illustration is completed just using the tablet - such as the grey value drawing, the base color palette, and general composition. I've yet to find an app that goes to 4K resolution and comes with a decent set of tools. Someone at XDA might point me out on this, but for my own use, I bounce back to my usual pipeline on the PC after my sketch is completed.
Things the Note is also good at, is the beautiful display. Max your colors out and brightness, and you get a 2nd monitor. There are plenty of apps that turns your PC / Laptop into a 2nd screen. Generally for viewing purposes and color / value checking. More things you can do: Use the screen as color reference, use the note as photo ref when drawing, use it as a scanner! 8MP is decent if you snap a pencil drawing and then paint on top of it, as an artist my self, I find this thing similar to be a Swiss army knife, it use it for literally everything.
On another note! Pun not intended, the note is not yet capable of doing any adobe illustrator. It's a horrible set back if you're a vector artist - or a graphic designer that intend to pump out quick samples. I feel that the apps available right now are inadequate. It's quite a shame. my current work around is using splash top and connect it to my home computer.
Previously i was a Tab 7.7 user.
Main use was surfing, and reading books and scanned manga's. I got tons of those digitally and in paper form, same with European comic books. Now the later are usually printed in a A4 format, so it all got a bit to small on the screen. And next to that PDF manuals, big fast high resolution tablets make them better to watch :victory:
So when i went looking for a new tablet, one of the things, i wanted was a bigger screen, a higher resolution, and some decent processor power. I had been eying the Nexus 10, and the LG G Pad 8.3 that was coming. Nexus 10 like all nexus lacking and SD slot, and from what i later heard also did not work with a OTG + USB drive right out the box, was not an option. The G Pad 8.3 looked nice, but i felt it might still be to small a screen for the bigger books to displace well, and readable. So when the Note 10.1 2014 came and i read the specs, and saw the price tag, i though, it might be a bit pricy but it can do everything i want it to do and more. I must say im not disappointed by it yet
So the note safes me from having the lug kilo's of paper books around, they can stay in on my shelves now
OP, since you are looking at sketching etc, check out this article. It's in French but Google translate should help, and even if it doesn't the sketches speak for themselves.
http://goo.gl/Rm7jhO
The drawings were made with Sketchbook Pro which is included on the new Notes.
My original Transformer Prime became a laptop replacement for anything that didn't involve heavy lifting (development work, etc). Once I find a decent bluetooth keyboard I expect I'll be doing the same thing with this.
My primary reason for upgrading to this particular tablet is the screen as I will be using it for photography. I pull the pics off the camera via wi-fi and then I can preview/edit them on the tablet.
I just use my table for viewing movies while traveling.
I have kinda watched 3D printer tech improve over the last 10 years and have no clue where to start. I like the idea of printing phone/ tablet cases , to adapters for SLR and Video Cameras all the way up to designing and printing car parts.
I know that for that type of stuff, there probably isn't 1 3D printer that does it all, but I don't know where to start.
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I have kinda watched 3D printer tech improve over the last 10 years and have no clue where to start. I like the idea of printing phone/ tablet cases , to adapters for SLR and Video Cameras all the way up to designing and printing car parts.
I know that for that type of stuff, there probably isn't 1 3D printer that does it all, but I don't know where to start.
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Hmm, there's a guide just above where you posted. Questions are always welcome here
As the title said, what's the key point when you want to get your first 3d printer? Speed or others?
Search for printers that meet your criteria and what you will be using it for. I went with the Ender 3 V2 as I was planning to do casual printing.
While resin, filament, bed levelling, and print speed are all essential, you'll want to think about how much physical space you've got. 3D printers come in all shapes and sizes, from mini 3D printers to industrial-sized behemoths.
It depends upon your purpose and how often you would be using it. Also just make sure not to go for the cheap one because it may look fascinating at first but in the long term, it would be of no use. I went with the Ender 3 V2 because I just need it for normal printing.
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As the title said, what's the key point when you want to get your first 3d printer? Speed or others?
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I look at the characteristics, the number of tasks performed, the quality of finished products.
It´s very individual. Personally I consider the price to be the biggest factor. And as my 3D drawing/design-skills are zero, the next factor, is therefore, the number of upgrades for a specific printer, published on websites as thingiverse, printables, cults3d etc.
Lastly I look at the klipper compatibility for the mainboard in the printer
My main deciding factor was filament flexibility. I was buying my first printer 3 years ago and wanted to try various materials so I settled on the qidi xplus. I've been using it regularly since then and it hasn't let me down. I mainly print ABS now and it prints it very well. I use it to print several classic honda motorcycle headlight adapters which I sell and it's paid for itself many times over.