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Re: Colleen on the Android

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I have two Android devices being a Archos 32 and a Nextbook 8".

The Archos is great, the Nextbook barely passes as a usable device.  :P

I think when it comes to Android devices the saving throw is to get a 
device that is marketed and supported by the Android market.  If it is 
not a system that does not run that off the bat, you should probably 
steer clear of it.

However, that said, the Nextbook is good for reading pdf files in a 
larger format.  Now if I can just figure out why Angry Birds is trying 
to access the internet all the time though it is already loaded, why my 
screensaver keeps wanting to activate (that was embarrassing when giving 
a presentation in front of a lot of people), and ... not sure but I 
think the movies do ok.

But Android Market and having that support I think is a good indicator.

Doc Clu


On 6/5/12 1:57 AM, Trevor wrote:
> I've been pretty happy with my Acer Iconia. You can get them refurbished
> for about $230 on ebay. They have a dual core processor and a full size
> USB port. I actually bought it for my wife for Christmas, but she lasted
> about 3 months before deciding I'd get more use out of it.
>
> I have been curious about how you're supposed to control the Atari
> emulators I've tried to use, however...
>
> - Trevor
>
> On 5/29/2012 5:14 PM, Rick wrote:
>> "And as a tablet/e-reader combo that tries to compete with Apple's
>> iPad, the
>> Novel is slow and inelegant, and lacks the full versatility that a true
>> tablet user expects."
>>
>> Reading that I just had to run out and buy one of these beauties. Not
>> that I
>> am keeping score but it's my second Android tablet. It was on sale at Big
>> Lots for $40 so I figured what the hey. Believe it or not they had an
>> Android netbook, no touch screen but a keyboard with mouse pad, on
>> sale for
>> $30 but I didn't get there in time for that one.
>>
>> This was an inexpensive Pandigital Novel, the black reduced feature model
>> that even people with the white model turn their nose up at.
>>
>> It does everything you'd expect it to do considering the reviews.
>> Works good
>> at Wifi hotspots, nice picture viewer, couple of lame games that my
>> six year
>> old grandaughter likes to play, e-reader is functional.
>>
>> Problem is no access to the real Android Market so I'm reduced to putting
>> APKs on an SD card with my WinXP machine and plugging it into the
>> tablet for
>> the install which brings me current.
>>
>> I've been running Droid800 on my two tablets and it's a pretty sucky
>> experience. They are both trailing edge 800 MHz ARM based boxes. Does
>> Colleen run any faster then Droid800? Are they all still open source? I
>> haven't played with frame skipping yet but not experiencing much love. I
>> expect just a little bit more performance from an 800 MHz, 32 bit,
>> processor emulating a 40 year old 8 bit. I'm sure much of the half broken
>> stuff like loading carts and binaries can be fixed but slow is too
>> slow. I'm
>> already shopping for a faster tablet!
>>
>> Rick
>>
>>

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Colleen on the Android "Rick" <ricortes at yahoo dot com> - 2012-05-29 16:14 -0700
  Re: Colleen on the Android Trevor <trevorREMOVE@holyoak.com> - 2012-06-04 15:57 -0600
    Re: Colleen on the Android "Rick" <ricortes at yahoo dot com> - 2012-06-04 17:32 -0700
    Re: Colleen on the Android Clu <drclu@swbell.net> - 2012-07-07 01:20 +0400
      Re: Colleen on the Android Trevor <trevorREMOVE@holyoak.com> - 2012-07-06 17:09 -0600

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