Volitions Advocate on 6/12/2015 at 17:28
Root your kindlefire and install Cyanogen Mod on it. That'll pretty much convert it to a full fledged android tablet. Plus you'll have admin privileges on it. There'll be tutorials all over the internet.
Muzman on 7/12/2015 at 06:16
Quote Posted by faetal
I've tried a bunch of tablets and I owned a Samsung galaxy tab 7 once, but I just don't like them. Except for iPads and I have no idea why. I'm not an Apple fanatic - I use PC and my phones are android, but the iPad just has an ease of use which I haven't found in another device, mostly in terms of screen responsiveness.
That's funny. After hating tablets/smartphones thanks to using ipads and iphones I went over to android and even windows mobile and found them great and can't go back even for a minute without being consumed with rage. (well, slight exaggeration)
It reminded me distinctly of the one button mouse days, in that I felt needlessly hamstrung by really paternalistic design. That is The Apple Way though. Obviously plenty of people really click with these things. (there is also a certain amount of learning and adjustment too, of course)
Anyway, the appeal of tablets makes sense, but they do often make me miss a mouse and keyboard. Even lying in bed or where ever.
So I'm a bit partial to those hybrid things you find. I think (
https://www.asus.com/au/Tablets/Eee_Pad_Transformer_TF101/) Asus, HP and Toshiba are the most common sorts. Bit more expensive than the straight tablet these days though (especially factoring in things like bargain basement Pendos and random off brand stuff from China)
henke on 7/12/2015 at 06:46
Quote Posted by Muzman
It reminded me distinctly of the one button mouse days, in that I felt needlessly hamstrung by really paternalistic design.
Could you give an example of what you mean? I use an iPad Air and a Samsung Galaxy S6 smartphone. Android of course has the advantage of being more open if you wanna do developer stuff, but for regular day-to-day usage I find them to be pretty much identical.
Thirith on 7/12/2015 at 07:48
Ever since I got an iPad in 2012, I've been a fan. I wouldn't want a Mac computer over a PC, but I love the ease of use and flexibility of my iPad and iPhone. Could they be more flexible? Are they 'paternalistic', as Muzman puts it? Perhaps - but I've yet to feel limited in what I can do in ways that I think would be remedied by an Android phone or tablet.
Muzman on 7/12/2015 at 08:19
Quote Posted by henke
Could you give an example of what you mean? I use an iPad Air and a Samsung Galaxy S6 smartphone. Android of course has the advantage of being more open if you wanna do developer stuff, but for regular day-to-day usage I find them to be pretty much identical.
They're not wildly different it's true, depending somewhat on the manufacturer added quirks too, but just android phones having the extra buttons at the bottom, for instance, makes a really big difference in usability I find. Whenever I go back to some idevice I find it irritating having to manage without them. I find even Surface with its more accessible side menus and things pretty handy as well.
People obviously pinched a lot from Apple, blazing that trail into touch screen interface design. But things have been added to that scheme in ways that make Apple's dogged minimalism grate a little, as ever. Hence reminding me of the one button mouse.
Medlar on 7/12/2015 at 09:23
Big apple fan here, macbook pro, iPad and iPhone, they just work and work well. Kindle Fire tablets are OK for reading books but for anything else are pretty bad, dear wife has one and complains about it whenever she tries anything but reading.
faetal on 7/12/2015 at 14:46
I definitely prefer android to iOS as I find the latter a little too narrow bandwidth in terms of what you can do with it, but in terms of hardware, the iPad just blows away other tablets in terms of how it feels to use. A good example is that stupid Temple Rush game - I played it on my wife's iPad and loved it, so downloaded it on my Galaxy Tab and found it nearly uplayable because of the reduced responsiveness of the touch screen.
Nameless Voice on 7/12/2015 at 22:16
I remember a couple of years ago (maybe 6-7), I had a friend with an iPhone, and I sent her an email with a .html document attached, with the idea that she would save the document onto her phone and be able to review it as needed.
I couldn't believe that there was no way to do something as simple as save a document onto the device.
Have they progressed since then?
Renault on 8/12/2015 at 01:03
Get a Surface Pro, then you can play PC games on it too.
Medlar on 8/12/2015 at 12:11
Quote Posted by Nameless Voice
I remember a couple of years ago (maybe 6-7), I had a friend with an iPhone, and I sent her an email with a .html document attached, with the idea that she would save the document onto her phone and be able to review it as needed.
I couldn't believe that there was no way to do something as simple as save a document onto the device.
Have they progressed since then?
Interesting! I had never tried to open a .html file on the iPad so I sent myself a file and the only way to view it was to open the email through safari (not the mail app) and then open. The file opens in html and also renders the message. There is also a save to cloud option. So the answer is yes they have progressed.
