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Anxious to hear how it handles the Pathfinder PDFs in terms of performance and rendering.
the tablet war is heating up
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Anxious to hear how it handles the Pathfinder PDFs in terms of performance and rendering.
John Crichton
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SLOW so far. Not sure if it's the Adobe reader or the file size. Gonna try the individual chapters and another few readers to see if it speeds up the render time.
EDIT: This is kinda obvious but the screen size makes a huge difference. RPG books are in no way optimized for viewing on a Kindle. The iPad screen is just about the perfect size for that.
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The Paizo PDFs seem to be the ultimate test of any tablet PDF reader! I know they like their artwork to look the way as intended, but I wish they offered a trimmed down, less layered PDF for tablet use.
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Yeah, I know a lot of the manufacturers keep talking about the 7" screen, but I really don't want anything smaller than the iPad screen for exactly this reason. The iPad screen coupled with GoodReader cropping settings work out just about perfect.
John Crichton
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Yup.
The novels and anything similar optimized for the Kindle Fire are great. The web browser and all the amazon stuff also works perfectly (as it should!). Netflix is a little down on the quality of streaming but that could be my wireless connection.
But yeah, this little sucker won't be used at the gaming table anytime soon unless it's for a mapping app or web browsing. The PFSRD fits on the screen just fine, BTW.
EDIT: I do like that I can watch shows on network TV sites (tried CBS.com so far) without having to use an app.
The novels and anything similar optimized for the Kindle Fire are great. The web browser and all the amazon stuff also works perfectly (as it should!). Netflix is a little down on the quality of streaming but that could be my wireless connection.
But yeah, this little sucker won't be used at the gaming table anytime soon unless it's for a mapping app or web browsing. The PFSRD fits on the screen just fine, BTW.
EDIT: I do like that I can watch shows on network TV sites (tried CBS.com so far) without having to use an app.
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John Crichton
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Absolutely. A trimmed down, B&W version would be perfect for folks like us.
This would be at the top of my list, or among the top picks at least, for an Android tab. The folded magazine design is nifty. It doesn't really run PS games, just a small selection of PS games that are converted to Android (same goes for the Experia play smartphone). Like many tablets, it's simply a bit too too expensive to justify, based puerly on specs.
I've bought a Kindle Fire for myself and my mother. Mom's retiired and doesn't leave the house too much, so she can make good use of the wifi-oriented cloud services.
I'll probably return mine. It's not very convenient to rely on a wifi-only cloud device when commuting, which is mainly when I'd be using it. I have a nice computer at home. Moreover, I attempted to connect to the wifi at work, and when iit notifies me that a login was required, a blank page opens.
I tried the Marvel Digital Unlmited flash player, and it froze up almost immediately. No point in allowing Flash to run on your device if it's just to crash (which, of course, is Apple's point in the first place). My biggest complaint, however, is that there seems to be no accessibility option for magnifying the screen or increasing text size, and text size often quite unacceptably small.
Other than that, it's great. Except that it's a thoroughly unattractive black rectangle. Still, for $199, what can one expect?
Well, for $50 more, one can expect the Nook Tablet, with double the memory and a micro-SD slot. And, perhaps more important to me, a microphone to allow dictation apps to run. I ordered one of these as well, planning to return one or both with a couple weeks. When I went through checkout, I was offered a $10 discount if I became a B&N member. I figured, "why not". The discount was not applied. A ticket with Nook customer has produced amusing results.
It would seem a simple matter to look up an order and see that a discount was not applied, and then apply credit to the card used. Amazon has no trouble doing so, but for Barnes & Noble this is a lofty proposition beyond their capabilities. They want my member ID number and one of three sets of data. I provide that. The next day they follow-up by asking for the SN of the tablet (which hasn't shipped yet) and credit card information. This is all predicated, they say, out of a desire to pretect my "security and privacy". I keep looking at that address, service[MENTION=6674266]Ba[/MENTION]rnesandnoble.com, to see if I'm getting scammed. No such luck!
I'll probably return mine. It's not very convenient to rely on a wifi-only cloud device when commuting, which is mainly when I'd be using it. I have a nice computer at home. Moreover, I attempted to connect to the wifi at work, and when iit notifies me that a login was required, a blank page opens.
I tried the Marvel Digital Unlmited flash player, and it froze up almost immediately. No point in allowing Flash to run on your device if it's just to crash (which, of course, is Apple's point in the first place). My biggest complaint, however, is that there seems to be no accessibility option for magnifying the screen or increasing text size, and text size often quite unacceptably small.
Other than that, it's great. Except that it's a thoroughly unattractive black rectangle. Still, for $199, what can one expect?
Well, for $50 more, one can expect the Nook Tablet, with double the memory and a micro-SD slot. And, perhaps more important to me, a microphone to allow dictation apps to run. I ordered one of these as well, planning to return one or both with a couple weeks. When I went through checkout, I was offered a $10 discount if I became a B&N member. I figured, "why not". The discount was not applied. A ticket with Nook customer has produced amusing results.
It would seem a simple matter to look up an order and see that a discount was not applied, and then apply credit to the card used. Amazon has no trouble doing so, but for Barnes & Noble this is a lofty proposition beyond their capabilities. They want my member ID number and one of three sets of data. I provide that. The next day they follow-up by asking for the SN of the tablet (which hasn't shipped yet) and credit card information. This is all predicated, they say, out of a desire to pretect my "security and privacy". I keep looking at that address, service[MENTION=6674266]Ba[/MENTION]rnesandnoble.com, to see if I'm getting scammed. No such luck!
Flash works plenty fine on mobile. I haven't had it crash a single time in three months. Is it buttery smooth 100% of the time? No. Does it frequently crash? No.
Could you use a set of headphones with a built in mic?
Admittedly the lack of support for expandable memory is a big no for me.......that, and that most Amazon services enabled by the Fire are not supported in Canada.
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I called my mother up last night to check on how her Kindle Fire is working out. It isn't. It regards her wifi as having open security, rather than WPA PSK. Thus, there is never a prompt for a password, thus she never truly has access, thus she can't touch all those cloud services that the Kindle is all about. And this is one of those issues where neither her ISP or Amazon customer service is likely to be of much help, because it's always the other guy's fault.
So far, big thumbs down on the Fire.
So far, big thumbs down on the Fire.
