I LOVE my tablet.
Badly titled article.
Google is not "giving up on tablets".
You feel shame now.
Google quits selling tablets
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#272If there was a decent tablet made in the last 4-5 years that cost less than $250, I'd probably get it... my last one was the Nvidia Shield Tablet, which was nice, if a bit heavy, and the battery quickly stopped taking a charge... I haven't even turned it on in over a year. Before that was the Nexus 7, which was great, until OS updates made it run like a dog.
In the end, the shield has had better support than most, but that era of battery tech was just really bad. I don't want an iThing.
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I guess that varies from person to person. My iPad Pro, for example, is my most used personal device. I prefer it over my phone whenever possible. In fact, I like phones small - it’s a pain to pull out a brick every time I want to talk. It’s a matter of personal taste, I guess.
Do people stilll talk on phones? Serious question. I think I do about 99% of my communication via text or other messaging
I see this question asked a lot on almost all tech-centric places on the 'net. I think it's a decent example of the "thought bubble" that happens in tech circles both online and off. Where is it that these people asking the question actually _go_ - in real life - that they don't see many people talking via voice on their phones? I ask because almost everywhere I go or practically have ever gone since cell phones became ubiquitous, up to and including this very morning, I come across multiple instances of people talking on their phones.
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I'm planning to stick some kind of linux or alternative chrome OS on there, if possible. > I'm not sure Windows 7 being supported for a decade was intentional, but we'll see what pans out with Windows 10's incremental model. It definitely was. XP, Vista, 7, 8, and 10LTSB all start[ed] with 10 years of support, and you can install a newer version on your same hardware to reset that counter. Something's gone wrong with…
Microsoft doesn’t need to constantly rebuild different kernels for every supported device, which is basically a necessity for Android/ChromeOS because of their Linux base. That’s probably a big motivator for the Fuschia project.
It has far less to do with the Linux base than the shear variety of chipsets with custom loaders needed for ARM architecture.
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I totally agree. There was a rumor a couple years ago that Samsung was going to make a "pure Android" phone and I got pretty excited for that, but alas the "pure" experience shipped with crapware and their custom launcher D-: I do actually know someone that loves Samsung software, but it's rare. I think they'd get really far if they would make it light and easy to remove. I really don't see any disadvantages to that…
Here is another one. I can't stand the plain bland stock Android UI. To see where I came from, Enlightenment was one of my favourite window managers on my Linux days.
Samsung fund{ed,s?} Enlightenment/EFL development for Tizen, so they are linked in a way.
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It's lighter even if you include Apple's (very nice) keyboard. And has a higher build quality.
Its $100+ keyboard? And that is still missing the $100 pencil. And you get a smaller screen. If you want a 12 inch screen with keyboard and pen this starts at $850. Suprise, double the price gives you something marginally nicer.
> double the price gives you something marginally nicer.
But then you have use an iOS walled garden.
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It's only a matter of time for the convergence of phones and Dex like docking functionality. I'm actually surprised Google isn't exploring this area more because it will really kick up the versality of phones. I guess Google doesn't want phones to cannabalize their Chromebook marketshare.
Phones aren't built for active cooling. Google maps turns my phone into a blowtorch after 30 minutes of usage.
The dock can have cooling capabilities which is something that haven't been attempted yet. It can be similar to Laptop Cooling Pads. Just like when I put my phone in front of the air ventilation with AC on, it doesn't get hot even with mapping on.
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I agree completely! I've been thinking about why the rise of the ultra-cheap Fire tablets haven't created a new maker revolution so to speak. They can be had for cheaper than the RPi for Black Friday with a built in screen!
Well it’s not as if Amazon lets you hack around around on them or side load apps - you’re stuck with the Amazon store unless you try a dodgy exploit based unlocking method - which leaves you with a questionable tablet.
I've got a cheap Amazon fire tablet. To install software you download the apk and click on it, and it asks if you want to allow the installation of untrusted apps. No hacking required.
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#279If there was a decent tablet made in the last 4-5 years that cost less than $250, I'd probably get it... my last one was the Nvidia Shield Tablet, which was nice, if a bit heavy, and the battery quickly stopped taking a charge... I haven't even turned it on in over a year. Before that was the Nexus 7, which was great, until OS updates made it run like a dog. In the end, the shield has had better support than most, bu…
“I don't want an iThing.”
Your loss, because it’s exactly the device which would address your complaints.
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#280Nexus 4 and Nexus 7 (the latter one being a mini tablet) were the best mobile devices I ever had. They worked well together and on their own. Combined with a real laptop and smart tv I really had all the sizes I could ever want to have. The problem, I think, is not that nobody wants tablets but that there simply isn't a good one to buy anymore.
It was almost as bad or worse than phones... updates were less frequent and today it's hard to tell what's new or old anymore... On Amazon I see everything from Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 etc. And nothing seems to have anything newer than Marshmallow on it.
Google started selling "premium" devices, leaving thier middle/value segment behind, and Amazon's Fire devices are at the low end running 2012 spec hardware. It's hard to be enthusiastic about it.