Submitted by Battousai on Tue, 12/20/2011 - 22:01.
I bought the HP TouchPad when it went on sale for $99. I don't use it too often, but not becaue I don't like it. I'm a fan of webOS, but I also have android installed on it.
Not sure where a tablet fits into my current technology stack. With a desktop, laptop and smartphone, I already have the power and mobility I need.
I have an iPad. I use it for reading books and magazines (the lower cost for the magazines and newspapers through Zinio and other readers will alone pay for the iPad after the first year of use). And occationally to surf from but that doesn't happen that often. I also transfer knitting patterns to PDF and have those on the iPad as well, which has proven to be kinda genious (to be able to enlargen those tiny often cluttered pattern diagrams is simply great).
Blackberry Playbook - It has great multi-tasking and is an incredibly fluid experience. There's absolutely no stutter when swiping around. The browser is incredible and has full flash and HTML5 support. I can 'bridge' it to my phone so that I have full access to my email, calendar, tasks, and memos. The bridged connection also allows the Playbook to piggyback off the phone's data connection so that I'm connected when there's no wifi without having to pay additional for wifi hotspot or tethering.
Its 7 inch screen makes it very portable given its 16x9 HD proportions. The screen is brilliant with 1024x600 resolution. There are no buttons so it's not awkward when in portrait mode.
It goes just about everywhere with me. I only use my PC when I have to write a lengthy document or write code. The OS is still in it's infancy. If RIM doesn't go under and executes on its plan for the 2.0 version of the OS, it's going to be amazing. If not, there are a couple of Android ROMs that I'll end up loading onto it.
My latest toy for it is a converted version of Putty so that I can SSH to my sites and execute Drush commands from my Playbook.
In my mind, though, all bets are off once Windows 8 tablets hit.
"Once in a while you get shown the light
in the strangest of places if you look at it right."
-Garcia/Hunter
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#1 HP TouchPad
I bought the HP TouchPad when it went on sale for $99. I don't use it too often, but not becaue I don't like it. I'm a fan of webOS, but I also have android installed on it.
Not sure where a tablet fits into my current technology stack. With a desktop, laptop and smartphone, I already have the power and mobility I need.
#2 iPad
I have an iPad. I use it for reading books and magazines (the lower cost for the magazines and newspapers through Zinio and other readers will alone pay for the iPad after the first year of use). And occationally to surf from but that doesn't happen that often. I also transfer knitting patterns to PDF and have those on the iPad as well, which has proven to be kinda genious (to be able to enlargen those tiny often cluttered pattern diagrams is simply great).
#3 iPad
Duplicate post, trying to remember if I clicked once or twice...
#4 Blackberry Playbook - It has
Blackberry Playbook - It has great multi-tasking and is an incredibly fluid experience. There's absolutely no stutter when swiping around. The browser is incredible and has full flash and HTML5 support. I can 'bridge' it to my phone so that I have full access to my email, calendar, tasks, and memos. The bridged connection also allows the Playbook to piggyback off the phone's data connection so that I'm connected when there's no wifi without having to pay additional for wifi hotspot or tethering.
Its 7 inch screen makes it very portable given its 16x9 HD proportions. The screen is brilliant with 1024x600 resolution. There are no buttons so it's not awkward when in portrait mode.
It goes just about everywhere with me. I only use my PC when I have to write a lengthy document or write code. The OS is still in it's infancy. If RIM doesn't go under and executes on its plan for the 2.0 version of the OS, it's going to be amazing. If not, there are a couple of Android ROMs that I'll end up loading onto it.
My latest toy for it is a converted version of Putty so that I can SSH to my sites and execute Drush commands from my Playbook.
In my mind, though, all bets are off once Windows 8 tablets hit.
"Once in a while you get shown the light
in the strangest of places if you look at it right."
-Garcia/Hunter