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« on: July 05, 2012, 03:17:50 PM »
i think instead of "wishing" we had more storage/external drive we should be wishing the nexus 7 came with 4g, shouldn't we? that's an extra 5 gigs from google, from dropbox, on and on that can be managed on the go. given that verizon is restructuring its data plans so that "smart" devices all draw from one pool of data, i think that would have been the best way to go
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« on: July 03, 2012, 09:13:37 AM »
doesnt this whole limited storage/lack of sd card only make sense if the tab were connected to a mobile 3g/4g network? then i would expect the complaints to be minimal.. with verizon "upgrading" their data plans to account for multiple devices, i could see that working out. maybe with the 2nd gen.
Not everybody needs/wants or can afford that kind of phone. 
you mean tablet? i think those are affordable with contract, and with verizon's new data plan structure it makes a lot of sense. anyway, i'm just saying that falls more inline with this movement to the cloud.
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« on: July 03, 2012, 08:18:51 AM »
doesnt this whole limited storage/lack of sd card only make sense if the tab were connected to a mobile 3g/4g network? then i would expect the complaints to be minimal.. with verizon "upgrading" their data plans to account for multiple devices, i could see that working out. maybe with the 2nd gen.
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« on: July 03, 2012, 08:14:59 AM »
Oh, I wouldn't even think about getting a Playbook now that the Nexus 7 is here. The Nexus 7 is FAR superior in my opinion. First off with the Nexus 7 you have access to literally HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of Android apps. The app selection on the Playbook is far more limited. You can find a whole bunch of different programs that can do what you're wanting as far as working with Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint documents and more for the Nexus 7. You can then easily attach them to email via gmail or any other email you access through the browser.
Some of the more popular 'office suite' type programs that allow you to edit word and other MS Office docs are 'QuickOffice Pro' and 'Documents To Go'. I'll provide links here in the Google Play Store:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dataviz.docstogo&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5kYXRhdml6LmRvY3N0b2dvIl0.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qo.android.am3&feature=related_apps#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEwOSwiY29tLnFvLmFuZHJvaWQuYW0zIl0.
There are so many more actually available I'd browse through the App catalog at http://play.google.com.
Also, the 'Chrome' web browser on the Nexus 7 is probably the best browser in the mobile space right now. It should be able to do anything that the Playbook browser does and more.
Without going into too much detail the hardware of the Nexus 7 is far superior to that of the Playbook. The processor is more powerful 'Tegra 3 quad core vs. dual core' and the screen is better '1280 x 800 IPS vs 1024 x 600 non-IPS'. The Operating Software on the Nexus 7 is also the brand new Android 4.1, Jelly Bean while the Playbook works on the proprietary 'Blackberry Tablet OS' which while having good security features has only a small fraction of the apps available that Google does. The Playbook does have a 'compatibility mode' where it can use Android apps but to be honest I'm not sure what the limitations are of that.
There are a couple of things that the Blackberry Playbook does have over the Nexus 7 such as the option for more memory on the tablet itself (they offer 16gb, 32gb and 64gb versions) and a back camera. Also, if you're working with a company's IT department and if they have very specific reasons why they want to use the Blackberry Tablet such as custom software they've installed etc, that might of course force you to go that direction.
In my opinion, however....if the choice is purely up to you...then there are so many advantages to having the Nexus 7, especially in that the OS is always going to be the latest and greatest and have Google support...which is a rock-solid company compared to RIM which could be out of business in 6 months, that I wouldn't even consider ponying up for a Playbook right now unless your company is forcing it on you. It's not that it's a 'bad' tablet...it's just that the Nexus 7 is going to be so much more viable for the next few years in both of terms of hardware and software...not to mention it's cheaper to boot!
was hoping it would come with quickoffice, as my droid pro did, but with google drive/docs is there really a need for that anymore? google drive can create word docs and spreadsheets, which is 99.9% of what I would need, if I even did need those
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« on: July 01, 2012, 09:08:04 PM »
fyi with tax, shipping, and the 16gb, comes out to just around 300
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« on: June 29, 2012, 09:41:08 AM »
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« on: June 28, 2012, 11:54:55 AM »
tbh what this device makes me want most, is it's second generation iteration, as silly as that might sound - for all that they may address from the initial reactions.
i understand the microsd card slot absence, especially since they want to move to the cloud - but without 3g/4g, we can only access this data when we have wifi, correct?
one thing is for certain - i won't be interested in the kindle fire 2, no matter if it has a removable sd card and rear facing camera - i have no interest in the skin the kindle uses over the os
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« on: June 28, 2012, 11:49:18 AM »
can someone clarify the rumor about software being registered to specific devices? is that how things will work from now on?
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« on: June 28, 2012, 11:48:18 AM »
The GPS triangulates your position using satellites. Nobody really uses the rear camera in most tablets so I feel this is a fair tradeoff to keep the price down. The front camera will enable Google Chat calling though with video and Skype as well.
so this WILL be able to do turn by turn nav?
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« on: June 28, 2012, 07:42:14 AM »
The GPS triangulates your position using satellites. Nobody really uses the rear camera in most tablets so I feel this is a fair tradeoff to keep the price down. The front camera will enable Google Chat calling though with video and Skype as well.
the galaxy tabs had gps too, just wondering if this will do turn by turn
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« on: June 27, 2012, 12:47:29 PM »
no rear camera is rough
forgive me, but how do you use gps without a data plan? it'll still navigate you?
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