Android Tablet Questions

[lxskllr]

Haven't figured out how to root the tablet yet. It's real niche device, and there isn't much out there on it. I've collected a few apps. The real gem is the rpn scientific calculator. Too bad I seldom need that kind of device anymore :^D

Are iPad apps portable centric like Android? What continues to piss me off is the lack of functionality on the apps. Everything has ginormous PlaySkool buttons, and little control. I suppose that can be expected since many are for phones, but I'd like to see a selectable dual interface. Stripped down for phones, full featured for tablets.

[devilock76]

Haven't figured out how to root the tablet yet. It's real niche device, and there isn't much out there on it. I've collected a few apps. The real gem is the rpn scientific calculator. Too bad I seldom need that kind of device anymore :^D

Are iPad apps portable centric like Android? What continues to piss me off is the lack of functionality on the apps. Everything has ginormous PlaySkool buttons, and little control. I suppose that can be expected since many are for phones, but I'd like to see a selectable dual interface. Stripped down for phones, full featured for tablets.

Go to XDA developers forum. I am sure someone there can help. I have the Gtablet with the Vegan Rom tablet. (has nothing to do with veganism, hehehehe)

Ken

[lxskllr]

Go to XDA developers forum. I am sure someone there can help. I have the Gtablet with the Vegan Rom tablet. (has nothing to do with veganism, hehehehe)

Ken

Doesn't look like there's anything ready made as of yet. I'm currently starting with the basics, and trying to learn how it all goes together. I don't know how much time I'll spend on this. It's more just to do it, than out of any need. I think I've decided I don't like ARM. It's fine as a phone system, or simple reader/web browser, but is inferior to the classic x86.

[devilock76]

Doesn't look like there's anything ready made as of yet. I'm currently starting with the basics, and trying to learn how it all goes together. I don't know how much time I'll spend on this. It's more just to do it, than out of any need. I think I've decided I don't like ARM. It's fine as a phone system, or simple reader/web browser, but is inferior to the classic x86.

As is Atom really, they fail in processing speed but they make up for it in compact size and conservative battery consumption. At the end of the day when it comes to devices designed around portability that is the target.

Ken

[lxskllr]

What's irritating me is all the artificial controls on the system. A netbook may be slow, but there's very few limits on what you can do. You can use any kind of Linux, BSD, Windows, and with some hacking, and luck, OSX. It'll run any program made within hardware limits, and programs are infinitely customizable.

It looks like I've got a root prompt on the tablet, but I still can't write to the file system. The NAND is locked :bangs head:

[devilock76]

What's irritating me is all the artificial controls on the system. A netbook may be slow, but there's very few limits on what you can do. You can use any kind of Linux, BSD, Windows, and with some hacking, and luck, OSX. It'll run any program made within hardware limits, and programs are infinitely customizable.

It looks like I've got a root prompt on the tablet, but I still can't write to the file system. The NAND is locked :bangs head:

What is the old NetBSD adage? Oh yeah, "You can install it on a toaster!"

Ken

[wadetheblade]

I bought my girl a samsung galaxy tab 10.1 fir her birthday in july, and we both really like it. Sure there are some times I wish it was a laptop, but we have laptops and thats not why we got it anyways. We have ipads at my work, which are cool, but I prefer the android galaxy tab over the ipad. Regardless of what people say to me you need flash. We print wirelessly with the tab as well, and I like the freedom of being able to install what I want, not what apple says I can. I will say apple has more apps, but whatever... Adobe has some cool stuff coming out for android next month with a cloud which will be cool, but for just surfing the web in bed, the car, or the couch it is pretty cool.

[wadetheblade]

Oh yeah, would not have bought it for her but staples had a $100 off coupon, and I had a gift card, so it ended up $350 before tax. Well worth it to me.

[devilock76]

I bought my girl a samsung galaxy tab 10.1 fir her birthday in july, and we both really like it. Sure there are some times I wish it was a laptop, but we have laptops and thats not why we git it anyways. We have ipads at my work, which are cool, but I prefer the android galaxy tab over the ipad. Revardless of what people say to me you need flash. We print wirelessly with the tab as well, and I like the freedom of being able to install what I want, not what apple says I can. I will say apple has more apps, but whatever... Adobe has some cool stuff coming out for android next month with a cloud which will be cool, but for just serfing the web in bed, the car, or the couch it is pretty cool.

I have not found the app store to be to restrictive for what I want to do. Android and the latency issues with audio has been more of an obstacle. Howver as far as media goes I do like that with Android it is easier to get media from Amazon on the device directly.

Ken