Tablets

[leafer]

If you were going to get someone a tablet, would you get the Kindle fire or spend more for Galaxy Tab?

[Spetz]

I've got an EEE Pad and keyboard from Asus. Went with this over iPad because it has usb ports, mini HDMI and was half the price of the apple. Works great for me, and with the keyboard attached, the battery life is near 16 hours in constant use (dual batteries)

[Joe Kurr]

I also have the Asus Eee pad Transformer with keyboard.

Big advantage is that you get a netbook and a tablet in one.

It runs Android 3.2 (Honeycomb).

[cichlidfan]

Depends on how they want to use it. The Fire is a good product for the price but it does have significant limitations like no SD slot, no 3G, no external keyboard option, Amazons limited appstore, et. al.

 

However, with that in mind. I really like my Fire, but I mostly just read with it.

[leafer]

Thanks, guys. I had never heard of Eee Pad before this, so I checked it out and it's expensive in this country. Anyway, I bought the Nook from Barns and Noble. You can install amazon app store and other 3rd party app on it, and it has an SD card slot. It's for my sister whom out of the blue started telling me Dinosaurs was a hoax and, you know, other nonsense. For the longest time I tried to get her into a hobby to get her mind off of her troubles to no avail. So I wanted to get her a gift that might get her interested in reading. I got her Swan Song by Robert McCammon. lol

 

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