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Re: Colleen on the Android

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Angry Birds is full of ads (even the paid version; they're just not 
quite as obvious). A popular workaround is to disable the Internet 
connection when playing it.

I love my Acer tablet. :)

And my Raspberry Pi finally came this week. It's not an Android device, 
though. It actually reminds me of the Sinclair ZX81 that my dad put 
together from a kit, and was the first computer I learned to use. I'm 
excited to finally get some time to play with it this weekend.

- Trevor

On 7/6/2012 3:20 PM, Clu wrote:
> 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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