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§ ita § - Jul 25, 2011 5:27:59 am PDT #17299 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Actually, they tried to sell me an extra cable in Best Buy for $29 so I could connect it to my computers. J demurred, because I was trying it out, and I can totally use Dropbox for file sharing in the meanwhile. Once I got the thing home, I find out that the power cable is USB on one end, so I could totally use that.

But there are 3G models? I haven't seen that. I will have to do more research today.

eta: That article is a bit hysterical. I haven't mis-hit the power/volume buttons once yet.

Jessica - Jul 25, 2011 5:46:19 am PDT #17300 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

ita, did you get the 7" or the 10"?

tommyrot - Jul 25, 2011 6:10:26 am PDT #17301 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

That article is a bit hysterical.

Yeah, I was kind of thinking that. It seems the reviewer gave it 3 out of 10 because it wasn't perfect.

§ ita § - Jul 25, 2011 6:15:03 am PDT #17302 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

10", Jessica.

I'm not sure what that reviewer wanted it to be, honestly. I guess all of these are reviewed compared to the iPad, and somehow he feels it fails there. The cable thing is very annoying, and I have no idea why they had to go proprietary (do other, non-iPad tablets do that?), but it seems they don't like that and the placement of the power button, so it's awful.

Gris - Jul 26, 2011 1:55:10 pm PDT #17303 of 25501
Hey. New board.

I have switched from iPhone to Android (HTC Inspire) . What should I install?

§ ita § - Jul 26, 2011 1:59:17 pm PDT #17304 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Dolphin and Opera and see which one you prefer. I find Dolphin keeps sessions open better, but I like having them both. Flashlight is useful. Advanced Task Killer. An app for your bank. Bookworm Adao Uninstaller. Catch or Evernote. K9 Mail is better than what came with my phone. Nook, if that applies. Pandora. Skype. Words for Friends.

dcp - Jul 26, 2011 2:14:17 pm PDT #17305 of 25501
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

Try these:

  • Note Everything
  • Bump
  • Key Ring
  • DroidLight
  • handyCalc
  • StopWatch
  • Radar Now
  • Waze
  • Barcode Scanner
  • StarContact
  • WiFi Analyzer
  • WeatherBug

Gris - Jul 26, 2011 3:07:03 pm PDT #17306 of 25501
Hey. New board.

Thanks, both of you! That will be a great start.

Consuela - Jul 27, 2011 9:13:21 am PDT #17307 of 25501
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

So Fox is going to stop streaming their stuff next day on Hulu unless you can prove you have a cable subscription.

[link]

And other networks are probably going to follow, which means anyone who dropped their cable package to just use Hulu is SOL--at least, SOL for a week or more.

Steph L. - Jul 27, 2011 9:19:51 am PDT #17308 of 25501
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

In other words, Fox is putting its full weight behind torrents and other piracy methods.

Seriously, video media content producers (TV, movies) learned absolutely fucking NOTHING from the whole Napster thing with the music industry, did they?

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