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Nexus 7 General Discussion / Re: First tablet for experienced computer user
« on: September 01, 2012, 10:47:18 PM »
I too started way back, with the Intel 8086 processor, original Dos, DRDos, Os2, Windows etc. I also still use one of the first Windows smartphones since they came out about 8 years ago, although I never connected to the net with it, just synced Outlook.
Got a Nexus7 for my 13 year old daughter's bday.
She loves it and I'm very impressed with it.
I don't live and die by the current social media stuff like her age group does.
Having an iTouch, she quickly became familiar with the tablet and loves it, video chats with her friends thru ooVoo, listens to music, plays games, internet, watched a movie or two etc.
She wanted to start doing homework on it and asked about Word docs etc. Of course I didn't know and just told her to use her real computer and realize that a tablet has it's limitations.
I'm totally ignorant of the Android system. It even seems a little archaic, despite being graphical. From what little I know, it doesn't even have a good file management system. Everything seems to need a special app, which I find cumbersome. I guess I'm just spoiled by years of Windows and growing impatience with age.
The biggest concerns I have is how Google is tied to this tablet and this cloud thing.
I guess it's taken the computer industry decades to figure out a continuing revenue scheme and this and other tablets is that vehicle. No longer does the profit end with the sale of hardware or software, but with this cloud, there will be continuing revenue thru endless needed basic apps and especially storage in years to come. Looking at monthly cloud storage, I find it rather expensive compared to price/TB hardrive. Makes me wonder just how mobile we really need to be. I realize that businesses have been using their own variant of the cloud for years.
Of course it great for music and movie lovers, but how necessary is it and how much is enough.
It just annoys me that Google must have a credit card on file to even do the free stuff from their cloud.
Privacy and security are the second of my issues with this cloud. If it's out there it is vulnerable and accessible, no matter what steps are taken or what Google's privacy policies are.
Beyond this rant, I am opened minded enough to see that this is the wave of the future for the masses and possibly will make a huge dent in business computing. I'm particularly impressed with the IBM Win8 tablet that is going to be released when Win8 is. It will be able to run real Windows apps, work with real drives and other storage and most importantly, easier for me to use. Interesting what the future in computing will bring and the ways in which it will affect society.
Got a Nexus7 for my 13 year old daughter's bday.
She loves it and I'm very impressed with it.
I don't live and die by the current social media stuff like her age group does.
Having an iTouch, she quickly became familiar with the tablet and loves it, video chats with her friends thru ooVoo, listens to music, plays games, internet, watched a movie or two etc.
She wanted to start doing homework on it and asked about Word docs etc. Of course I didn't know and just told her to use her real computer and realize that a tablet has it's limitations.
I'm totally ignorant of the Android system. It even seems a little archaic, despite being graphical. From what little I know, it doesn't even have a good file management system. Everything seems to need a special app, which I find cumbersome. I guess I'm just spoiled by years of Windows and growing impatience with age.
The biggest concerns I have is how Google is tied to this tablet and this cloud thing.
I guess it's taken the computer industry decades to figure out a continuing revenue scheme and this and other tablets is that vehicle. No longer does the profit end with the sale of hardware or software, but with this cloud, there will be continuing revenue thru endless needed basic apps and especially storage in years to come. Looking at monthly cloud storage, I find it rather expensive compared to price/TB hardrive. Makes me wonder just how mobile we really need to be. I realize that businesses have been using their own variant of the cloud for years.
Of course it great for music and movie lovers, but how necessary is it and how much is enough.
It just annoys me that Google must have a credit card on file to even do the free stuff from their cloud.
Privacy and security are the second of my issues with this cloud. If it's out there it is vulnerable and accessible, no matter what steps are taken or what Google's privacy policies are.
Beyond this rant, I am opened minded enough to see that this is the wave of the future for the masses and possibly will make a huge dent in business computing. I'm particularly impressed with the IBM Win8 tablet that is going to be released when Win8 is. It will be able to run real Windows apps, work with real drives and other storage and most importantly, easier for me to use. Interesting what the future in computing will bring and the ways in which it will affect society.
