On 12/31/11 11:34 AM, North Star wrote:
On Dec 31, 10:41 am, X ` Mandump-on-conservati...@anywhere-you-
can.com wrote:
On 12/31/11 9:33 AM, wrote:





On Sat, 31 Dec 2011 08:09:36 -0500, X `
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On 12/30/11 9:09 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:26:25 -0800 (PST),
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I know nothing about them, but my wife want's one [and I get to pay
for it]. What are the advantages [or not] over a Xume, iPhone, and a
host of other lightning technology talkie gadgets out there?

First, let's look at what it IS. It is a marketing tool from Amazon to
hawk their digital wares. It has a decently large screen, though Ipad
is larger. It has about 15K apps to Ipads roughly 100K apps. It is
light in memory at 8GB. It does not have 3G, but does have b/g/n
Wi-Fi. It has no camera. She may not want some of this and may want
things not listed.

So if she is looking for a reader with some netbook/tablet capability,
it may be OK. Best feature is the price. I personally am passing on
one because I can pay a bit more for a really good netbook.

I think this is a LOT like buying a boat. Figure out what you are
going to use the reader/tablet/netbook/notebook for and then find the
features that meet your requirements.

If you like to read books and magazines on a small computer screen, the
Kindles and similar readers are ok. I still prefer reading books the
"traditional" way, although I did read an entire "beach" novel on my
laptop the last time I flew cross country. It was ok.

The lack of 3G/4G on a tablet may not be so serious an issue. Most
places you end up using a tablet will have free wifi available, which
means the need to pay for an additional 3G appliance (in addition to a
smart phone) is not overwhelming. Wifi is faster, anyway.

On my hardware, 4G kicks wi-fi's ass.

I don't have a 4G cell or tablet, so I can't compare its speeds to
Wi-Fi. When I'm away from Wi-Fi, 3G speed is more than adequate for my
needs. I don't "net surf" very much on my cell phone, and the other apps
- emails, messages, et cetera, seem fast enough on 3G when Wi-Fi is not
available.

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My #2 son gave us a Blackberry Playbook for Christmas. When I bundled
our phone/internet/cable tv services last summer, I lost my Wi-Fi
modem.
I had to call and schedule my service provider to come in on the 3rd
of January to swap out the basic modem for one capable of Wi-Fi.
It was no big deal up till now because the only one using that feature
ws my #1 son on his infrequent visits from Toronto.
I probably wouldn't have bought a playbook myself, but now that I have
one I'm anxious to see what it can do.
I'll tell you one thing...the 3 meg front camera and the 5 meg back
camera are limited for indoor use on a dark day. It claims to have
1080i video.... whick is ok outside in the bright light.
Also got an iPod Nano for Christmas.. so I had to visit a nearby audio
store earlier this week to pick up a new pair of Grado headphones.
Good grief..they cost as much as the iPod but do have a nice sound.
(supplied 'bud style' headphones sounded crappy& fit worse)


I have a friend who takes some great photos on her iPhone4S. I'm not a
big fan of phone cameras, but I know lots of folks are. I don't much
like earbud earphones, either.

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