[ale] need tablet buying advice, bought nook, liked it, returned it

Wed Apr 4 09:12:10 EDT 2012

Asus has been crushing it with their Eee Pad series. I have the transformer
with the keyboard and it screams. ICS was unstable, but they've patched it
up.

It might behoove you to wait until Google IO when its expected they'll
announce the "Nexus" tablet.

--Cameron <http://ghostfreeman.net>

On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Chesser.Damon <Damon.Chesser at suntrust.com>wrote:

> Check out the Le Pan II, Microcenter has them at $279.00.  You can buy
> them online for $279.00.  I own one.  Very happy with it.  9.7" screen
> 1024x768, wireless b,n, and I think G.  No G3 or G4.
> http://sortable.com/tablet/Le-Pan-II-specs
>
> Damon at damtek.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Ron
> Frazier (ALE)
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 5:58 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts; Ron Frazier (Linux)
> Subject: [ale] need tablet buying advice, bought nook, liked it,
> returned it
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm back on the tablet hunt again.  I bought a Nook yesterday, used the
> SD card trick to put CM7 on it without affecting the original system,
> really liked it, then returned it.  BN works so hard at foiling anyone
> trying to run something else, it's a major pain.  I got CM7 to boot,
> then shut down the tablet.  Rebooted into BN, since I wanted to be able
> to flip back and forth, and then tried to boot CM7 again.  I never got
> it running again.  I reflashed the SD card and tried again.  Again, I
> got CM7 to boot only once.  The BN software was 1.4.1 I think.  Anyway,
> while I really like the tablet, I just don't want to be fighting the big
>
> corp all the time to keep my alt version of the software running.  So,
> I'm back in the market and, if you all have experience with such things,
>
> I'd like some advice.
>
> I'd like to get the following minimum features.  The Nook didn't have
> some of these, but I wanted the ability to read BN books in the BN
> store.  I realize I won't be able to do that with another tablet.
>
> 7" or 10" screen (10" is probably not possible in my price range.)
> capacitive touch screen
> Android 3.2 or 4.x, or at least upgradable to 4.x.
> 1 GHz processor, preferably dual core
> 1 GB ram
> 16 GB flash
> sd or micro sd card slot
> front and back cameras
> microphone
> headphone jack
> hdmi output
> usb port (full USB functionality is preferable)
> access to full android market and google apps
> accelerometer
> wifi b/g
> Thin is good.  The nook is .48" and feels good in your hand.
>
> The following features would be nice to have but not critical.
>
> haptic feedback
> wifi b/g/n
> gps
> gyroscope ? (I saw this on a spec sheet somewhere.  Is that different
> from an accelerometer?  If so, what's it for?)
>
> I'd like to keep the price of the tablet itself under $ 320.
>
> I haven't studied all the specs yet on these, but my current candidates
> are:
>
> Acer Iconia 7 - Best Buy - $ 259 (or was it $ 269)
> Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 - Best Buy $ 300 (currently, normally $ 350)
>
> By the way, Best Buy now has 30 day returns, 30 day price match, and 30
> days of tech support by phone.
>
> I'm sure there are other tablets which meet this criteria.  I'd
> appreciate your thoughts on this.  I don't want to root anything or
> fight the designers to make it run.  The tablet has to run Honeycomb or
> Ice Cream Sandwich natively.  I could go slightly higher in price, but I
>
> want to also have some money for a case, android book, etc.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ron
>
>
> --
>
> (PS - If you email me and don't get a quick response, you might want to
> call on the phone.  I get about 300 emails per day from alternate energy
> mailing lists and such.  I don't always see new messages very quickly.)
>
> Ron Frazier
>
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