Ask HN: Do you use a tablet? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Do you use a tablet?

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Post by dave1619 » Sat, Sep 05, 2015, 3:18 PM UTC

juandazapata wrote: post #15

I used to, but after buying an iPhone 6 plus, I realized that I was doing all my reading, browsing, etc, in that device, and that I just set my iPad mini aside. I gave it to my mom as a gift, now I don't use a tablet, just my phone.

Same here. My iPhone 6+ feels like a small tablet but is more convenient and always with me.

Re: Ask HN: Do you use a tablet?

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Sep 05, 2015, 3:18 PM UTC

oskarth wrote: post #20

Every day I see the top comment in a thread being a typical middlebrow dismissal, the type that adds nothing to the discussion. With that in mind, it's really surprising to me that this comment was downvoted. Before I upvoted it, it was grey, and after I upvoted, it was still grey. Who are these people who downvote a perfectly good comment like this? It puzzles my mind. At the time of writing this comment, at least 1…

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Re: Ask HN: Do you use a tablet?

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Post by wyldfire » Sat, Sep 05, 2015, 3:18 PM UTC

I bought a B&N Nook 9" tablet and put CM on it. It is decent for reading. Later I bought an XPS13 laptop and I find myself using it much more often. Similar weight, great battery life but allows me to surf or code, whatever I feel like at the time.

Re: Ask HN: Do you use a tablet?

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Post by nekgrim » Sat, Sep 05, 2015, 3:18 PM UTC

Got a LG Gpad 8" last year. Used it for reading comics and playing strategy/RPG games (unplayable on my 5" nexus due to screen size).

However, I hadn't used it long, and I'm thinking about selling it. A good device for consumption, but I always have a computer near me (at home or work), so useless for productive work. And I can read on my computer too. And play games.

Re: Ask HN: Do you use a tablet?

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Post by m0skit0 » Sat, Sep 05, 2015, 3:24 PM UTC

I don't. I even have been gifted one a couple of times but it just ends picking up dust. Laptop or smartphone seem more suitable for me in all circumstances for now. A tablet is either too big for the job or lacks a physical keyboard. For reading I either use the phone or an ebook.

Re: Ask HN: Do you use a tablet?

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Post by omegaham » Sat, Sep 05, 2015, 3:25 PM UTC

oskarth wrote: post #20

Every day I see the top comment in a thread being a typical middlebrow dismissal, the type that adds nothing to the discussion. With that in mind, it's really surprising to me that this comment was downvoted. Before I upvoted it, it was grey, and after I upvoted, it was still grey. Who are these people who downvote a perfectly good comment like this? It puzzles my mind. At the time of writing this comment, at least 1…

I see this on Reddit every now and then - there are people who downvote everyone in a thread just for gits and shiggles. I make a point of upvoting grayed-out posts that I like, so hopefully they'll go right back to black soon.

Re: Ask HN: Do you use a tablet?

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Post by jules » Sat, Sep 05, 2015, 3:26 PM UTC

I have a Microsoft Surface, but I only use it with the keyboard so next time I'm going for a small laptop instead.

Re: Ask HN: Do you use a tablet?

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Post by icebraining » Sat, Sep 05, 2015, 3:26 PM UTC

dave1619 wrote: post #21

juandazapata wrote: post #15

I used to, but after buying an iPhone 6 plus, I realized that I was doing all my reading, browsing, etc, in that device, and that I just set my iPad mini aside. I gave it to my mom as a gift, now I don't use a tablet, just my phone.

Same here. My iPhone 6+ feels like a small tablet but is more convenient and always with me.

I'm the opposite - I feel that smartphones, even 6" ones, are too small to comfortably enjoy using for more than very basic activities, so I just got a Nexus 7 and a very cheap dumbphone which lasts a week on a single charge, all for <100€.

Re: Ask HN: Do you use a tablet?

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Post by tomcam » Sat, Sep 05, 2015, 3:26 PM UTC

I use one of the new, lighter iPads almost exclusively for reading programming books & documentation. My iPhone 6 is used for the same purposes when I'm waiting in traffic or in a line somewhere.

Re: Ask HN: Do you use a tablet?

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Post by WorldWideWayne » Sat, Sep 05, 2015, 3:27 PM UTC

I only use Windows tablets, where I enjoy the freedom of installing whatever I want. I have a Dell Venue Pro 8 running Win10 for light duty & reading, I have a Surface Pro running Win8 at a client's site for a remote workstation and my wife and I both have a Surface Pro 3 as our main workstation. We also have an iPad but nobody uses it since it's got a much more limited and locked down OS.