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Re: Nexus 9

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Post by ktsmith »

Raphael wrote: post #132
ktsmith wrote: post #71

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> Doesn't everyone understand at this point that 7-8" is the right size for a tablet? I've grown to loathe the Nexus 7. It's got a nice weight and feel to it from a hardware perspective but it feels too tall/thin in portrait and too short in landscape. I'm much more likely to pick up my older iPad instead. The performance of the 7 (second version) was also very disappointing. I'm actually interested in seeing the Nex…

I only use landscape for videos. Portrait for text and apps looks good to me, although I haven't tried other screen sizes.

Going back and forth between the iPad and the Nexus 7 probably influences my opinion. The 7 is just underwhelming in many areas. I'm not a fan of the iPad mini either though I prefer reading on it to the Nexus 7.

Re: Nexus 9

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Post by sliverstorm »

peakdarkpattern wrote: post #145
ChuckMcM wrote: post #78

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> You find 9-10" is insufficient for reading material? No, I find 12 - 13" better for reading material. The reason my Retina iPad became my default "book" is because it was sufficient. :-) 12.5" is the 'printable' area of an 8.5 x 11" page with 1" margins. (14" if you include the margins). So especially for PDFs that are 'zoomed to the margins' a retina 12.5" display can be pretty much a 1 for 1 reproduction. And tha…

Reference or casual/fiction reading? I ask because I found the standard sized Ipad to be slightly heavy for bedtime and commute reading, whereas the small Ipad (no retina) was more pleasant experience. I would really love a Retina quality smaller sized Ipad as long as it maintains battery life quality but considering just going Kindle for day to day and full sized Ipad as textbook / video replacement.

Personally I strongly prefer my Kindle for linear text (e.g. novels). The tablet is primarily for nonlinear and/or mixed-media reading (e.g. reference, magazines, etc)

Re: Nexus 9

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Post by anigbrowl »

yincrash wrote: post #158
anigbrowl wrote: post #143

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It's a big problem for music apps. Android has not delivered low-latency MIDI/audio up to now, allowing Apple to own that market (much like it did with Mac v windows for a long time).

To clarify, you are talking about music production apps? Android L introduced new APIs to improve that, so hopefully it will improve soon.

Yes. I was glad to see it has finally been addressed but realistically it will take several years to close the gap, since people who have gotten used to various iPad apps have little incentive to switch platform.

Re: Nexus 9

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Post by nacs »

Raphmedia wrote: post #155
nacs wrote: post #81

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It's not stated on that page yet but other news articles have prices. $400 for 16GB and $600 for 32GB.

I'm not rich at all and would have to save for a little while to afford one of those, but I don't feel like $400 is expensive at all for one such device.

For the record, I wasn't stating it was expensive (that was a different person). I was just responding to "I don't see a price on the page" part.

Re: Nexus 9

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Post by anthony_barker »

gaze wrote: post #117
sho_hn wrote: post #101

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Out of curiosity, have you tried a Samsung tablet with a Wacom digitizer and their S-Pen stylus? I'm currently looking for a device that lets me scribble into language learning work books, I'd be interested in hearing your comparison to a SP3.

Some people in my lab have samsung tablets (including myself), and others have a surface 3. The samsung tablet has all the right hardware but the software is lacking. In general. I've tried all of it, really. Android onenote, lecturenotes, papyrus, s-note, etc. It all kinda blows.

Bluebeam? ezPDF? Any software than allows on the fly translation (word by word)?

Thanks

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