• TV
  • MOVIES
  • MUSIC
  • SHOWBIZ
  • SOAPS
  • GAMING
  • TECH
  • FORUMS
  • Follow
    • Follow
    • facebook
    • twitter
    • google+
    • instagram
    • youtube
Hearst Corporation
  • TV
  • MOVIES
  • MUSIC
  • SHOWBIZ
  • SOAPS
  • GAMING
  • TECH
  • FORUMS
Forums
  • Register
  • Login
  • Forums
  • Gadgets
  • Tablets and e-Readers
Is your tablet gathering dust yet ?
<<
<
4 of 5
>>
>
Utopian Girl
30-06-2014
I have a Kindle which is way for me - bought as a pressure by my eldest don. Hubby & son also bought me a Sony reader(?) when they initially came out - long winded to download a boo IMO. Mine has been used a few times.

I don't tend to use my iPad - as it's old ( really early, doesn't update - but I was given it so I appreciate what I have) my daughter gave her's to me - hardly used.
I love my iPhone as being very shortsighted I can read it besides the pillow when I can't sleep at night as I can see things close - I mean I'm really shortsighted & have varifocals in my prescriptions which have become worse since I had to have laser treatment a few times for detached retinas. I do appreciate what I have as sight and consider myself lucky.
alanwarwic
30-06-2014
LA $500 million iPAd plan has bitten the dust.
At $1000 a piece you have to look in wonderment. Like it say, it seems the committee had blinkers on.

http://www.neowin.net/news/la-school...-ipad-contract
"In a new effort to find devices that may be more suitable for its diverse set of students, the district is opening up the options to let the students decide what they will use going forward. The options now include Lenovo machines, Surface Pro 2 and options from Dell - and even Chromebooks are allowed to be purchased in the trial."
" it's not the be-all solution for the education sector."

Hearsay has the Chromebook getting an extremely large portion of its sales in education.
LostFool
30-06-2014
Originally Posted by alanwarwic:
“LA $500 million iPAd plan has bitten the dust.
At $1000 a piece you have to look in wonderment. Like it say, it seems the committee had blinkers on.

http://www.neowin.net/news/la-school...-ipad-contract
"In a new effort to find devices that may be more suitable for its diverse set of students, the district is opening up the options to let the students decide what they will use going forward. The options now include Lenovo machines, Surface Pro 2 and options from Dell - and even Chromebooks are allowed to be purchased in the trial."
" it's not the be-all solution for the education sector."

Hearsay has the Chromebook getting an extremely large portion of its sales in education.”

So it's not just politicians in the UK who know how to waste public money!

There are many problems with these schemes. The equipment gets out of date very quickly, many get lost/damaged/nicked and a lot of kids will have their own devices anyway.

Chromebooks certainly make more sense in education as they are low cost and easy maintenance but schools shouldn't be tying themselves to one device or one vendor. iPads may be all of the rage now but in 10-20 years time when the kids are working they will be ancient history.
c00kiemonster72
30-06-2014
I'm on my 5th iPad now, I've had the iPad 2, 3 & 4 and iPad mini and now the iPad mini retina, and its used all day and every day, as much as my Macbook Air, Mac Mini and iPhone. Mostly using it for work, but also a lot of private use.

Wouldn't be without it, I think the iPad mini is an excellent tablet, prefer it much more than the full sized iPad.
Unreal
01-07-2014
I bought the 2012 Nexus 7 and it has mainly gathered dust. Its just easier and a nicer experience to use my iPhone. I've recently tried to use it more and it runs like a dog even just surfing the web. It's really put me off ever switching to Android for my phone.

Anyway, you really can't beat sitting at a proper desk, using a proper PC. I'm sat in a comfortable chair, Spotify on decent speakers, a beer on the desk. Excellent!
skiller
01-07-2014
Originally Posted by blueblade:
“Yeah, you can't copy and paste.”

Originally Posted by David (2):
“I can copy & paste (text) on the iPad, but never managed it on my android phone.”

Not sure what the problem is here. I regularly use both iPad and an Android tablet, and it is as easy to cut/copy/paste on one as it is on the other. Very easy on whatever tablet I've used.

I know it was an issue many many years ago on iPhone, but it's always been easily usable on iPad and Android (AFAIK).
corf
01-07-2014
Originally Posted by skiller:
“Not sure what the problem is here. I regularly use both iPad and an Android tablet, and it is as easy to cut/copy/paste on one as it is on the other. Very easy on whatever tablet I've used.

I know it was an issue many many years ago on iPhone, but it's always been easily usable on iPad and Android (AFAIK).”

Can you copy and paste from the gmail on Android app, I have never managed it.
alan1302
01-07-2014
Originally Posted by corf:
“Can you copy and paste from the gmail on Android app, I have never managed it.”

You can, yes.
skiller
01-07-2014
Originally Posted by corf:
“Can you copy and paste from the gmail on Android app, I have never managed it.”

Well, I personally cannot stand the Gmail app and prefer the inbuilt "Email" app on my Android tablet, despite the fact that I am a "Google-phile" and use all other Google services.

But I've just tried the Gmail app again and yes, it can be cut/copy/pasted just as any other.

What exactly have you "never managed"?
BeethovensPiano
01-07-2014
I use mine every day.
victor mel
01-07-2014
Tend to use my Samsung s3 searching the Web rather than my ipad mini. Not because of the user experience rather my phone is with me most of the time.
dosanjh1
01-07-2014
Originally Posted by corf:
“Can you copy and paste from the gmail on Android app, I have never managed it.”

I struggled to work it out how too. Press down on the word you want to copy, expand your selection then press the tick in the top left hand corner.
David (2)
03-07-2014
Originally Posted by clonmult:
“So is the keyboard on the iPad better than the iPhone implementation? On the iPhone the keyboard is utterly diabolical. Can't imagine the iPad being any better. Why does the keyboard always stay in "upper case" (regardless of what you're typing). I thought iOS 7 was dropping the skeuomorphic design, the keyboard is the biggest design flaw and sticks resolutely to the skeuomorphic layout.

I've found the Android keyboards (stock - ie. swype on my Nexus 7) to be absolutely brilliant. Way better than the rubbish that Apple offer.”


I don't know the terminology for the design, but using IOS 7 on the latest iPad mini retina, in my experience the keyboard is about 70% that of an actual physical keyboard. My android phone touch scr I would rate only about 10% of an actual keyboard.
I can only go by my own experience.

Some thing else I wanted to add, the battery life on the latest iPad mini retina is not bad at all, way better than my android phone used to be.
Anika Hanson
03-07-2014
Originally Posted by David (2):
“I don't know the terminology for the design, but using IOS 7 on the latest iPad mini retina, in my experience the keyboard is about 70% that of an actual physical keyboard. My android phone touch scr I would rate only about 10% of an actual keyboard.
I can only go by my own experience.

Some thing else I wanted to add, the battery life on the latest iPad mini retina is not bad at all, way better than my android phone used to be.”

I agree the keyboard on the iPad Air and mini is a lot better than any keyboard I've used on an android phone or tablet. I do miss swipe though when using iOS devices.
corf
03-07-2014
Originally Posted by skiller:
“Well, I personally cannot stand the Gmail app and prefer the inbuilt "Email" app on my Android tablet, despite the fact that I am a "Google-phile" and use all other Google services.

But I've just tried the Gmail app again and yes, it can be cut/copy/pasted just as any other.

What exactly have you "never managed"?”

I have never managed to cut and paste a word that is also a link. i.e. a delivery tracking number, it keeps trying to open the link.

After looking further, i need to choose to cut and paste something else and move the selection. I rarely need it so was surprised to see it was so easy when it actual decides to open the cut and paste UI. So it appears I have always been trying to copy and paste text that google doesnt want me to copy and paste.
Gormond
03-07-2014
I'm the opposite, I use my iPad more than my laptop and PC.
skiller
10-08-2014
Wow! This is a late thread to look at!
zz9
11-08-2014
Use my tablet, Surface RT, all the time including now typing this. The on screen keyboards are great, you can choose between a simple one with just letters and a couple of punctuation keys or a full keyboard with all the keys.
Then you have the cover keyboards which literally snap in place, the flat one or one with proper keys. So you can choose to use it as pure tablet or as a laptop.
Even the basic RT has Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneNote, and proper full versions not basic cut down apps, so you can do serious work on it. There are a few features cut, like Macros in Word.

Plus it can multitask easily so you can surf the net while playing a video or write a letter while browsing your photographs, though can't imagine why you'd do that. If you're a student you can have the video camera recording a lecture while you take notes in Word or Onenote.
You can even plug a HDMI cable into it to your HD TV and either duplicate or extend the desktop to it. It has USB so you can plug in external hard drives, mouse, whatever. Plus a micro SD card slot to add memory.

Its not perfect. I'd like to have Chrome or Firefox but neither are available. IE is okay but its not as good. No Ad block for example. You can't use SkyGo either, there's no Sky app and IE doesn't run the Sky streaming. The app store isn't as good as Android or Apple. (the Surface Pro solves all those problems of course, but it's heavier and more expensive)

But overall I love it. I use my HTC Android phone, a M8, a lot and the Surface does a few cool things like when you tap on a text area and the on screen keyboard pops up it moves the page up so the keyboard isn't covering what you are writing, a feature my HTC hasn't got. And if you're using it in the kitchen to follow a recipe you can turn the page by just waving at the camera!

I use it all the time and would hate to now go without.
IvanIV
11-08-2014
I also have a Surface 2 and I solved the problem with ads by putting offending sites on Restricted sites list in Internet options (desktop version of IE). I have compiled a list of ~15 sites I block.
zz9
11-08-2014
Originally Posted by IvanIV:
“I also have a Surface 2 and I solved the problem with ads by putting offending sites on Restricted sites list in Internet options (desktop version of IE). I have compiled a list of ~15 sites I block.”

You can import lists into the Tracking Protection feature of IE, which you do on the settings on the desktop version, but it's not as good as ad block.

One thing I don't like about the Metro version of IE, that doesn't affect the desktop version, is when you swipe right to go back a page it takes several seconds to refresh that page, longer than it would take to just reload it. I've read ways to fix that but never got them to work, hence wanting Firefox or Chrome.
IvanIV
11-08-2014
I think swiping back and forward does not do that, it goes back and forward in some logical navigation, so it's reloading the pages instead of using preloaded pages. I learnt I had to use swiping the appbar in view and tapping the back button. Then it's much faster.
zz9
12-08-2014
Originally Posted by IvanIV:
“I think swiping back and forward does not do that, it goes back and forward in some logical navigation, so it's reloading the pages instead of using preloaded pages. I learnt I had to use swiping the appbar in view and tapping the back button. Then it's much faster.”

Weird. Just tried that and it's no different. It varies from site to site, so DS for example loads almost instantly while the Daily Mail takes ages.
But if you open the desktop version of IE the back button there is instant. It's only on the metro version.
Y Me
12-08-2014
My Nexus 7 2013 isn't gathering dust yet but it will be in a few weeks if the R Soles at google and the BBC don't sort out the iplayer issues - the iplayer and 4OD downloading for later playback facilities being the sole reason I bought the Nexus in the first place.
5hane
13-08-2014
Now that my desktop pc has died, I cannot believe just how much I am managing to do with my Tab3..... loads!

Write documents.
Video.
Music.
Reading books.
Photo editing
Upload running data from watch to Garmin Connect.
Social media.
Shopping.
Games.
Email.
Calendar and mail accounts synced with work.

The list goes on. Its amazing what you can do when it's all you currently have.



Fantastic devices these tablets
Quackers
13-08-2014
I use mine almost everyday (iPad Air). More for media than anything else. I bought my parents an Android tablet Christmas 2012, was only about £180, they hardly ever touched it, yet i gave them my old iPad 2 when i got the Air 3 months ago and now they are never off the iPad. The Android one is still gathering dust and my parents are fighting over the iPad 2 even though there is 2 tablets in the house. My nan never touches here Laptop now and does everything on her iPad 2, email, amazon shopping, and her general web. Aunt is the same never touchers her laptop unless its to remote to work, everything done on her iPad air.

I don't think they are a fad, the iPad only came out in 2010, so only 4 years, and already in my family at least is now the main source for internet consumption.

If they could do some decent ports of some of the classic games i might use mine a lot more. One good example is Transport Tycoon works well on the iPad, wish they would do the same with Rollercoaster Tycoon 2, or The Sims, instead of these really bad versions they have pumped out.
<<
<
4 of 5
>>
>
VIEW DESKTOP SITE TOP

JOIN US HERE

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Hearst Corporation

Hearst Corporation

DIGITAL SPY, PART OF THE HEARST UK ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK

© 2015 Hearst Magazines UK is the trading name of the National Magazine Company Ltd, 72 Broadwick Street, London, W1F 9EP. Registered in England 112955. All rights reserved.

  • Terms & Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy
  • Complaints
  • Site Map