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| From | 2phar <none@example.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: Is the tablet craze over? |
| Date | 2014-02-10 08:30 -0500 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <ldak91$tig$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <070cf7d3-face-48b2-bbe5-b5e60fd6e690@googlegroups.com> <20140210104459.088919a5@hiker> <c1a175b1-ee10-4d4e-b595-be4ff7a968d5@googlegroups.com> |
On 2/10/2014 7:46 AM, gm@stackunderflow.com wrote: > I bought a Nexus 7 in order to play Ingress with, as it was selling for ~$150 and was an entire order of magnitude better than what you'd get in a phone for that money. I've found it useful for browsing the web when mobile, it's a lot easier than a laptop for that. > > But in general, I'm not even thinking of getting rid of the laptop yet - tablets are only good for consuming content, never producing it. > The tablet experience very much depends on whether the application was designed for it, thus whether the kind of stuff you want to do has appropriate apps designed for small form factor and touchscreens. Certain games seem like they'd be naturally better on a touch interface.. web browsing works if the site suits a tablet, etc. Personally I find most things I do involve a lot of interacting, so I find a decent keyboard is still king.
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Is the tablet craze over? wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-09 22:45 -0800
Re: Is the tablet craze over? Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-10 08:36 +0000
Re: Is the tablet craze over? Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-10 10:25 -0500
Re: Is the tablet craze over? wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-10 11:22 -0800
Re: Is the tablet craze over? ticho <ticho@ticho.info> - 2014-02-10 10:44 +0100
Re: Is the tablet craze over? gm@stackunderflow.com - 2014-02-10 04:46 -0800
Re: Is the tablet craze over? 2phar <none@example.com> - 2014-02-10 08:30 -0500
Re: Is the tablet craze over? JJ <jjdane@nospamgmail.com> - 2014-02-12 09:21 +0100
Re: Is the tablet craze over? Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-12 08:56 -0500
Re: Is the tablet craze over? wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-12 08:03 -0800
Re: Is the tablet craze over? wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-10 10:47 -0800
Re: Is the tablet craze over? Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-10 15:37 -0500
Re: Is the tablet craze over? RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-11 08:56 +0000
Re: Is the tablet craze over? "q.kontinuum" <achsis_of_elvis@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-11 08:14 +0000
Re: Is the tablet craze over? cykros <cykros@devio.us> - 2014-02-12 00:17 -0500
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