[Discuss] Google's Nexus 7

[Chris O'Connell]

While visiting Hong Kong in April I bought a Samsung Galaxy 7.7 wifi only
tablet.  I was really impressed with the crisp screen, the sleek and
slender design and the low weight.  I couldn't resist.

The form factor, as well as the custom Galaxy case, are perfect for me and
my needs.  I use it for reading comics, news stories, and even streaming
some netflix here and there.  I've never once said "I wish this device were
bigger!"

The down side (which is perhaps a topic for another discussion) is that
Android 3.1 makes for a pretty lame user experience.  I two tablets that
run Android 3.x, and both of them without fail suffer laginess, slow downs,
lock ups, application crashes, frustrating keyboard experiences, browser
problems, etc.

I'm highly anticipating ICS being released for my Samsung tablets and hope
that ICS will finally make using an Android tablet as smooth as using an
iPad.  Jelly Bean should make the user experience far better due to Butter,
Googles UI improvement initiative.

Chris

On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Jack Coats <jack at coats.org> wrote:

> For years I carried a Frankline Dayplanner.  8.5x5.5 pages. But 1.5 thick.
> I went with me everywhere, like a good dayplanner should.
>
> The new small netbooks are in the same style (but my fat fingers don't do
> the
> little keypads on them or even phones well).
>
> In many ways the kendal/Google pad are in the same general form factor.
>
> Once you get used to it just being 'part of you' and it goes everywhere
> with you, that is a good size.  Until I got over 'retraining me' to carry
> my dayplanner everywhere, it was 2lbs of nuisance.
>
> Being mostly retired, getting a pad would be fun, but not a requirement.
> Using a dayplanner helped keep my ADD in check, kept me better
> organized, and I forgot fewer things.  Overall it was a win.
>
> I did a transition to Palm when they were the rage, and was  pretty good
> at their scribbling dialect.  To bad it isn't available on the current
> wave of tablets.  I found it more natural than hunt-peck typing on
> little screens,
> even thought it didn't come naturally at first, and was an 'acquired
> taste'.
>
> All that said, a tablet in the 7" form factor, with a nice cover (small
> think
> devices are hard for people that are clumsy) would be nice to try.
>
> I did find leather cover on the daytimer looked good, and made it easy
> to carry and felt good holding it.  Much better than plastics or even
> cloth (hard to clean, tore).  Because of where I carried it, a zipper
> that went around the
> edge was great.  Easily kept my stuff in, and dirt/grime out.
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