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I'm considering purchasing one of he larger tablets, like the Ipad2, Zoom, Galaxy Tab 10.1, or Asus Transformer 2- aka Prime, etc., and am looking to see how many of you guys find that tablets are worth the cost, or are they glorified toys.
One of the things that anoyed me the most is you cannot easily print from them without getting/buying an app, and/or having a printer that has the Airprint capability. I also read that if one app doesn't work, buy another,
The second thing I would miss VS a laptop is side by side/multitasking capabilities. On the tabs, I see you can only have one screen/window at a time.
So, just wondering how many of you guys have a tablet, and have found them very useful/not worth it.
I have an iPad2. It doesn't really solve any problems I had, but it is a great device for consuming online content. It's also my favorite device to use away from home, more portable than my netbook, but not quite as powerful. If I were writing a paper or a long email, I'd rather have the netbook. For reading web sites and killing time with games away from home, the iPad is the tool for the job.
Like any other technology, it's worth really depends on what you are going to use it for. There are good games for tablets of course but I really prefer playing games with a mouse/keyboard. Plus, kongregate.com can't be used on a tablet! Things tablets are good for:
Excellent for watching movies on a plane
Makes an excellent recipe database
Is helpful to organize your grocery list and easier to carry around the store than a laptop
Good for checking prices on the fly in a store, especially with something like Shop Saavy or other QR reader
Personally, I like a small laptop (I have a Dell mini 10) it costs a lot less, it is REAL computer, it has USB ports and the form, fit, and function are better or the same as a tablet. It has a real keyboard. I can install just about any software.
I got a 7 inch tablet for about $75 in Hong Kong.. I think you can order one over the internet for slightly more (+ shipping.) I was in the market for a Kindle at the time and I figured it cost about the same as the non-3g Kindle but can also run Android apps.
I have an iPad2. It doesn't really solve any problems I had, but it is a great device for consuming online content. It's also my favorite device to use away from home, more portable than my netbook, but not quite as powerful. If I were writing a paper or a long email, I'd rather have the netbook. For reading web sites and killing time with games away from home, the iPad is the tool for the job.
We're both of us techno-geeks. We're hoping to get the computers out of the living room to make it look less like an office. The iPad2 is for when we want to be in the living room, but still have some technology for games, light web surfing, etc.
We're both of us techno-geeks. We're hoping to get the computers out of the living room to make it look less like an office. The iPad2 is for when we want to be in the living room, but still have some technology for games, light web surfing, etc.
This is pretty much what we use our TouchPad for. In our old house our office was right off of the living room. In this one it's upstairs, so I wanted something easy to use for sitting at the kitchen table, or light surfing from the couch. I also use the Kindle app on it a bit (when my wife has the Kindle!)
For that it's great, but it's not really something I'd carry with me all the time.
We're both of us techno-geeks. We're hoping to get the computers out of the living room to make it look less like an office. The iPad2 is for when we want to be in the living room, but still have some technology for games, light web surfing, etc.
I just bought one for my wife. She has a computer at a room in the house, and I have another computer plus a new MacBook Pro. I handed her my MacBook and told her that she could have it instead of an iPad 2. I also told here that a MacBook Air was a little more expensive than the iPad, but that it was a computer. She thought about it for a couple of days, and then said, no about the laptops mentioned. She said, "they are too heavy, and I just want to sit at the living room or something and check my mail, or just communicate with our daughters at Facebook while watching a movie, and to read a book every now and then." Soooo, I got her an iPad since that's what she wanted
In reality an iPad can be used for a lot of other stuff. For example, as a travel GPS unit in the car since the screen has a lot of room for maps and such.
I struggled with the laptop vs. tablet decision, and decided on the latter. My wife already had a laptop, and I already have desktop computer. The tablet lets us quickly check e-mail, look up something on the web, etc. My wife enjoys playing games on it. Given the size and weight advantages over laptops and netbooks, it's much, much easier to use while lying in bed, or sitting on a couch. I usually just need web and e-mail access when I travel, and a tablet woks well in these regards. A tablet is a good complement to a computer, but probably not a good replacement for a computer.
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