Interesting thought. The Galaxy tab 10.5 is slightly bigger than the Galaxy 4 tab 10.1 4 whole tenths of an inch.) I did note that the Galaxy tab 8 was suprisingly close for me to read to the 10.1. And the 30 and 40 inche screens seem to do nothing for me. Just out of curiousity I'm going to look at the Galaxy Tab S 8 inch - see if that slightly smaller screen works better for me than the 10.5 inch. My brother said if I can find something that works with my eyes he'd help me out as a combined birthday Chanukah present.
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Typo Boy - Dec 22, 2014 9:52:53 am PST #24233 of 25496
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Typo Boy - Dec 23, 2014 8:14:55 pm PST #24234 of 25496
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
3rd post on this. My opthamologist has a better hypothesis. The tab 4 using LCD for the screen, meaning the tiny bulbs are fluorescent. The tab s and other higher quality models use tiny LED bulbs. Some people with eye problems see flurescent light better than other kinds of artificial lighting.
Typo Boy - Dec 29, 2014 5:31:02 pm PST #24235 of 25496
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Don't know if this can be answered, but I'm looking for recs on a bluetooth keyboard. no usb dongle, 8.5 inches or bigger, non-cramped, responsive and tactile enough so that I can touch t ype and tell if I've hit the right key. No numeric keypad needed, the numbers in the top row are enough. I'd like del and backspace to be in normal 101 keybaord location. I understgand that bluetooth
NoiseDesign - Dec 29, 2014 6:03:50 pm PST #24236 of 25496
Our wings are not tired
Even if you don't use a Mac check out the Apple Bluetooth keyboard. I've used them for years and love them.
sarameg - Dec 29, 2014 6:41:19 pm PST #24237 of 25496
Anyone need a 10.6.8 (Snow Lion) disk? I have a spare. Family didn't communicate well...
Typo Boy - Dec 29, 2014 7:38:31 pm PST #24238 of 25496
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
About half the people using them have trouble getting android to connect. Apparently apple makes the bluetooth trick to connect to non-apple bluetooth devices.
Rob - Jan 02, 2015 7:35:06 pm PST #24239 of 25496
The Anker bluetooth keyboard is pretty good. Not quite up to Apple's fit and finish, but more compatible with Android. I'm not sure the specs are exactly what you ask for but take a look at it.
Typo Boy - Jan 03, 2015 9:47:50 am PST #24240 of 25496
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I went for a logitech, the model a friend had. The slight stiffness in the keyboard is a plus for me -I can tell if I pressed a key, and fewer accidentall keyboard presses. Seems to be a real divide in preferences - I'm not the only one who likes a bit of stiffness in a keyboard though many hate that.
beekaytee - Jan 05, 2015 1:06:27 pm PST #24241 of 25496
Compassionately intolerant
Howdy Tech folk.
I am looking for opinions on a decision I'm contemplating.
Originally, I was looking at getting an iTouch to replace the iphone I've been using for the last 6 years.
Now, I'm wondering about an ipad2 mini instead.
My pro thinking is that I might be able to use it as a replacement if my macmini gives up. (mini is 4gb, pad is 16!)
My con thinking is that I want to carry the device for audio and photos/video but it won't fit in a pocket. This makes me nervous about breakage or loss. Much higher target for theft as well.
More than anything, I want something that won't be obsolete in a year!
You all have roughly 1000 times more experience with devices. What should I do?
OH! I should add that I do not have/want wifi or a cellphone. I would be relying on usb connectivity for as long as possible.
omnis_audis - Jan 05, 2015 1:27:55 pm PST #24242 of 25496
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
I have a retina iPad (after iPad 2, but not the new shiny flavor). With a bluetooth keyboard case, I use it more than my laptop. I've had it for about 3 years now, and still going strong. Not obsolete yet.
The only flaw in your logic, if you want it to replace your mac mini, is you would need the pad to do wifi, as you would have nothing to dock it with when the mini fails. That is the only thing that keeps the iPad from replacing a computer, for me. At some point in time, it has to connect to load content. And Yes, I grumble about it.
Not sure about the mini iPad, as for portability. I have a little backpack for my iPad. [link] (FYI, the red is closer to pink than red). Might be a bit large for the mini iPad.
What do you want to do on it, that it would replace your desktop computer? Not sure how you would connect to the internet without wifi. Or I may just be misunderstanding that part of the post. You say your Mac mini is 4GB and the iPad is 16GB, but the Mini 4GB is RAM, not storage, so the comparisson is confusing me a bit.
Sorry, not many answers there. More about needing clarification. The biggest question is always, what do you want to do with it? That will give us a better idea which is the better replacement.