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DemonMage posted:Hey look the Nexus 9 is good for something. OK, now that's pretty cool. Not that they used the N9, but that they even got hat much working.
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DemonMage posted:Hey look the Nexus 9 is good for something. Unfortunately, neuro-connectivity has stopped.
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I apologize if this is a repeated question. I tried using forums search and I ended up in a Demon Souls thread. Nexus 9 vs Shield Tablet. Any preference? I already own a Shield Portable which I love for streaming games from my PC however it sucks as a tablet. Whatever I buy is going to come from Swappa. Edit: Apparently I asked something similar back in February  SlayVus posted:Plays any Android game without problem. Using the awful app in portrait works really well. Videos look really good when set to fill vertically. It cuts off a really small bit on the sides for 720/1080 making the Bezel the only black bars. I wouldn't suggest vertically fitting movies though. beerinator posted:Shield tablet is pretty popular in this thread. I almost bought one, and probably would if I broke my current tablet or needed a second one because I grew a third arm or something. JayKay fucked around with this message at 17:54 on Oct 28, 2015 |
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Oct 28, 2015 17:52
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Sad thing is, 8 months later, nothing has changed.
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JayKay posted:I apologize if this is a repeated question. I tried using forums search and I ended up in a Demon Souls thread. They seemed to have fixed to the audio popping in the tablet. I find that after a few days I need to restart the tablet to restore performance. I think I'm going to install a custom rom at some point. It is still a good tablet. The nexus 9 is just plain bad as a tablet. As it uses a 64-bit system, but no one is coding for it.
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Surprised at the lack of discussion on the Tab S2 itt. I'm considering getting one for PDF reading, working on-the-go, and web browsing but it seems most of the android tablet discussion is focused on other options. Anyone have the Tab S2 and would recommend it?
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SHIELD tablet is still pretty great if you can still get your hands on one with the recall happening. I haven't used a Nexus 9 so I couldn't possibly comment on it.
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So I hate apple but love my iPhone. Also have a gaming laptop, ps4, and vita. In case it's relevant In any way. That said I used a tf700 for a while. I got good use out of it but it could have been so much better. Lacked a lot of minor things. I'm looking for the snappiest and simplest tablet to use. Hate bothering with root and poo poo. Maybe one of those laptop/tablet combos? Ideally I'd want to have the tablet on me at school so I can easily pull up pdf/word documents to study, powerpoints, that sort of thing. I liked having both USB and micro sd on the tablet to throw movies on the go etc. I feel like a detachable keyboard/battery is a requirement. Something like a MacBook Air?
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My budget is open as far as quality. I just feel a tablet really has to be fast to be more useful over my iPhone.
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Nostalgia4Dicks posted:So I hate apple but love my iPhone. Also have a gaming laptop, ps4, and vita. In case it's relevant In any way. Why would a Macbook Air be in the running if you feel like a detachable keyboard/battery is a requirement? Also no touchscreen. The Air is a nice Ultrabook but it doesn't sound like that is what you are looking for, at all. I have a Surface 3, and an SP3. They are both really nice. The Surface 3 is probably more what you are after.
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Nostalgia4Dicks posted:My budget is open as far as quality. I just feel a tablet really has to be fast to be more useful over my iPhone. This is good advice: DemonMage posted:Surface Book or Surface Pro 4 depending on your more specific needs/budget. If those turn you off for some reason, ask again. There's not really much in the way of great Android tablets...
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Ixian posted:Why would a Macbook Air be in the running if you feel like a detachable keyboard/battery is a requirement? Also no touchscreen. The Air is a nice Ultrabook but it doesn't sound like that is what you are looking for, at all. I'd also say if you're looking at a 13" MBA the 13" rMBP is really a better deal in most ways that matter (screen and ForceTouch trackpad).
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Sorry I just meant macbookair in terms of weight, thinness, ease of use, battery, etc. I'll check out the suggestions thus far, thanks!
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Nostalgia4Dicks posted:Sorry I just meant macbookair in terms of weight, thinness, ease of use, battery, etc. Oh. In that case, the SP4 (price-wise) is probably your best bet, overall. I love my SP3 and have been hauling it all over the world for close to a year and a half now. The Surface 3 is also nice - it's even more portable, closer to a "tablet" - but not as fast. You might want to take a look at the Surface Book too as others have suggested. They are hard to find right now, and expensive, but kind of bridge things. If the SP4 is Microsoft's answer to the Air (which is not totally fair, but run with it) then the Book is their answer to the Macbook Pro. I've been checking out the Book but am sticking with my SP3 for now, which still holds up very well. The former are kind of expensive even though you get a better "laptop" experience.
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I won't be doing graphic arts just need something snappy. But yeah willing to pay. I don't want to make my already expensive gaming laptop obsolete. But it's more of a desktop in that it's hooked up to external everything and a huge brick. Awesome advice! Thanks all! Surface book does look quite nice
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FYI: Best Buy is selling the $50 Fire tablet for $34.99 on Black Friday
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Endless Mike posted:Sounds about $35 overpriced. You could get a good 50 cents for it at an electronic scrapper, so it's only $34.49 overpriced.
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Nintendo Kid posted:You could get a good 50 cents for it at an electronic scrapper, so it's only $34.49 overpriced.
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I'm going to buy my moms an Fire HD 8 ($149) for Christmassakuh just to spite you guys. She'll just run Kindle and browse/email at most it should be able to handle that.
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The HD8 is nowhere near as terrible as the $50 one. For instance, it doesn't use a bunch of overstock netbook screens from 2006.
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Is the $50 Fire tablet really that bad? I haven't read any reviews since I'm not in the market, but I figured it would just be underpowered and lacking features, but decent for non-tech people like grandma or a 7 year old.
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Vykk.Draygo posted:Is the $50 Fire tablet really that bad? I haven't read any reviews since I'm not in the market, but I figured it would just be underpowered and lacking features, but decent for non-tech people like grandma or a 7 year old. I also haven't researched it either but I assumed it was the new go-to for old people and kids. Is lack of being able to take it an Apple Store and not bother your kids a huge downside vs an iPad? The last time I bought something as a gift for an older person was an old eReader Nook, and the reason a Nook was picked was because she could take it to B&N for help and I wouldn't have to do anything. I haven't bought anything like that for a kid but I expect they don't really care as long as it's set up to do the things they expect. And if they don't have any expectations, then it's all good.
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Vykk.Draygo posted:Is the $50 Fire tablet really that bad? I haven't read any reviews since I'm not in the market, but I figured it would just be underpowered and lacking features, but decent for non-tech people like grandma or a 7 year old. I dunno what these guys are talking about. The couple reviews I've read have said it's perfectly serviceable as a really basic tablet.
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Vykk.Draygo posted:Is the $50 Fire tablet really that bad? I haven't read any reviews since I'm not in the market, but I figured it would just be underpowered and lacking features, but decent for non-tech people like grandma or a 7 year old. I got my Mom one. Its fine. I wouldn't get one because I've got no interest in getting into Amazon's ecosystem, but for her its fine.
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Athenry posted:I got my Mom one. Its fine. I wouldn't get one because I've got no interest in getting into Amazon's ecosystem, but for her its fine. You can sideload the Google Play store on it. Takes a little bit of tinkering, but it's doable - http://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/general/installing-google-framework-playstore-t3216122/post63101324#post63101324 [edit] Looks like that thread got updated with an auto executing .bat thing to make the process easier.
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teagone posted:You can sideload the Google Play store on it. Takes a little bit of tinkering, but it's doable - http://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/general/installing-google-framework-playstore-t3216122/post63101324#post63101324 Thank you, I've been looking for exactly this. I own the $50 Fire,; I wanted an upgrade from the 2011 Nexus 7 that's pretty much unusable. The screen can be disappointing for text (forums), but works fine for my purposes. I'm getting the hang of navigating through tabs and reading sites by rotating it between landscape and portrait. If it would cast, I'd call it a best buy for chromecast mate tablet.
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Vykk.Draygo posted:Is the $50 Fire tablet really that bad? I haven't read any reviews since I'm not in the market, but I figured it would just be underpowered and lacking features, but decent for non-tech people like grandma or a 7 year old. e: What I'm saying is that my only complaint is the screen density which would not be an issue with the 7" display so I'm guessing it's a really good deal for 50 bux Syrinxx fucked around with this message at 23:54 on Nov 13, 2015 |
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Syrinxx posted:I got my daughter the Fire HD 10. Other than the pixel density being too low (for me, she doesn't give a poo poo), it's a very nice tablet and works great. FreeTime works perfectly. Surely there are larger differences than just screen size between a $50 tablet and a $230 tablet?
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Vykk.Draygo posted:Surely there are larger differences than just screen size between a $50 tablet and a $230 tablet? Also the $50 fire only has a mono speaker. Syrinxx fucked around with this message at 01:34 on Nov 14, 2015 |
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FYI, I was chatting with a Dell representative trying to get a 50% off deal on a Venue 8 7840 today (they were out) and they offered me a Venue 10 7040 for "50% off $459" (so about $230 + taxes/shipping). I was pretty turned off by the Anandtech review, but I thought I'd mention it here since that's a pretty great deal for a 10" tablet with a 2560x1600 AMOLED display.
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BeastOfExmoor posted:FYI, I was chatting with a Dell representative trying to get a 50% off deal on a Venue 8 7840 today (they were out) and they offered me a Venue 10 7040 for "50% off $459" (so about $230 + taxes/shipping). I was pretty turned off by the Anandtech review, but I thought I'd mention it here since that's a pretty great deal for a 10" tablet with a 2560x1600 AMOLED display. How do I get this deal, I am dumb and have too much money E: I dropped my Tab S 8.4 one time too many and the glass on the screen shattered. The display still works, but it's not covered by the warranty and I'm not sure there are any good 16:9/16:10 tablets left worth getting Centzon Totochtin fucked around with this message at 05:18 on Nov 14, 2015 |
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Centzon Totochtin posted:How do I get this deal, I am dumb and have too much money Go open a chat at the Dell site and ask about it. Not sure why they have promos you have to chat to get, but apparently that's a thing.
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My cell plan is up soon and I'm sick of expensive phone plans since I rarely call anyone with my actual phone. My cell is a Google Nexus 5 and my tablet is a Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 8.0. I've read a few things about going data-only using things like number importing and various voice/SMS apps, but I've also seen a lot of things that say you can't put a tablet SIM into a cell to pull this off. It doesn't matter to me if it's complicated to set up, and I'd even carry around my tablet and a headset for the phone portion if I had to, but is it even viable at this point or are we still a ways away from this working? I'd want to be able to send/receive calls and text but have it be all data, but be able to have cells/landlines call me and vice versa. Another thing of note is that I'm in Canada, but I'm close to the border and have a US bank account, so I could feasibly get a US phone with Canadian roaming data if that gives me more options. I'd still mainly be using wi-fi anyway.
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What's all this Nexus 9 hatred? I'm in the market for my first tablet and I was looking at that one too. I just want a nice tablet to internet browse with and use (Play Store) apps. 9+ inch in diameter. My wife has a Nexus smartphone which is really good, isn't the tablet ok? What about the Samsung tablets? Budget is ~300-400 euro's.
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Sioux posted:What's all this Nexus 9 hatred? I'm in the market for my first tablet and I was looking at that one too. I just want a nice tablet to internet browse with and use (Play Store) apps. 9+ inch in diameter. My wife has a Nexus smartphone which is really good, isn't the tablet ok? What about the Samsung tablets? Budget is ~300-400 euro's.
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Sioux posted:What's all this Nexus 9 hatred? I'm in the market for my first tablet and I was looking at that one too. I just want a nice tablet to internet browse with and use (Play Store) apps. 9+ inch in diameter. My wife has a Nexus smartphone which is really good, isn't the tablet ok? What about the Samsung tablets? Budget is ~300-400 euro's. Well the 9 won't fit your needs because it's not circular.
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