Tablets

G'day GB.

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Cheers,
Barry

Hi GB

I think you are being too hard on the Apple products. I agree they are pretty aggressive in their marketing and protecting copyrights but I think that comes from their history of nearly being destroyed by windows when microsoft copied the graphical user interface that Apple had first. Apple sued really hard but microsoft got off on a technicality and then went on to make billions from a technology they copied. Apple is not going to make that mistake again.

We recently bought the iPad for my wife and she loves it. Actually even gave up her iphone to have only the iPad - well she mostly sms to others anyway and has a work phone (nokia) for those voice calls which are mainly work related.

The really are easy to use and have so many options that beat the other tablets hands down. Just the battery life is a winner over the competition.

A main reason she has one is so we can go travelling. Reading books, watching movies, checking out the internet, road maps, geocaching, can all be done on the go from a decent sized screen. Add to that - photos, movies, and a host of self absorbing games - latest is 'words with friends' an online scrabble type game.

I think you would enjoy an iPad if you purchased one. Reliable and fun.

And don't be too hard on them protecting their own. Apple spent years on the edge with everyone saying 'aren't they broke yet'. One of the few companies that survived the microsoft dominance of the world through hard work, innovative ideas, and just producing a good product.

As you might pick up I like my apple products. Don't hate me. I have not had virus protection on my computer in 15 years and had no problems. Only once in that time did I have to put my mac in the shop - failed CD drive years ago when only two weeks old.

Cheers

Serendipity

Another vote for iPad. Had one since they first came out. It just works..easy to use & great choice of apps.
Most other tablets operate on Android system - I have an anroid smartphone (HTC) & the apple system wins hands down..
Willy

Gone Bush

you might want to wait a while as windows 8 is on the way, it's all touchy feely like the apple ipad os.

You could have a look at an Acer Iconia tablet with Windows 7 installed. I got to test one for work, seemed pretty sleek but a bit under powered with only 2GB RAM and a 1GHz CPU. The good news is it came with a dock (keyboard etc.), supported 3G, WIFI, Bluetooth and had HDMI out which allowed an external monitor or TV to be plugged in.

Have you seen the new kindle fire? I haven't used the kindle fire, but I love my kindle. It's $199 US, so it's no where near the price tag that Apple are asking for the ipad.http://amzn.to/sEqvsz

Howdy Gone Bush,
Motorola also have a tablet, called xoom I think. Haven't used it myself but pretty impressed with their Defy and Atrix phones.

Cheers

How to buy a Samsung Galaxy 10.1 in Australia with warranty.

Motion F5 tablet. Drop resistant, works in the rain & has the best anti glare screen I've seen making it way better than any Apple unit out in the bush.
Cheers Craig.......

This one looks interesting:

viliv x70

Even though the specs say Windows XP, I believe it is available, or will be, with W7. Definitely an internet purchase.

I bought a generic 10.2" Windows 7 tablet whilst in China a few months ago. I now have it in my car using it for GPS and track planning. Whilst I can not recomend a brand to buy in Australia. I will say that utilising a windows operating system makes sence. I am running MS Office 2010, Adobe, and Oziexplore. I am also now using it for my music jacked into my car radio. It has a touch screen and I also have a small 200mm keyboard. it has two powered USB2 ports so I can run my IPhone with Itunes if required. I can also up-load and download files using a USB thumbdrive. This can be very useful whilst on the track. For example last week I was on the Eyre Peninsular we had just driven from Esperance to Eyre via the beach and cliffs. We crossed paths with a group and swapped Oziexplore tracks.

Regards
Craig

Bushy this is what I brought a couple of months ago and am very very happy with it. Has a great resolution plus one of my friends drop it from about four feet on to a timber floor and it is still working. You can also buy the 12 volt adpator and wind screen holder from them. There is also a key board and case available from Hong Kong for it as well. Android Tablet

Hi GB,

Just to throw another perspective at this thread, you could do worse than look at the 32GB 10.1" ASUS TF101 Transformer. I purchased one about 6 weeks ago and took it to Europe for 4 weeks in lieu of my older netbook.

It did (just about) everything I wanted including e-book reading on the plane, booking hotels in France and Spain on the net and planning the next day's trip on Google maps.

The one I got has a detachable keyboard and I would highly recommend this as it extends the already-reasonable 6+ hours of the tablet alone, to around 16 hrs. When the keyboard's attached, it's about the same size as my old netbook - without the keyboard, it's just a nice slim 10" tablet.

It runs Android 3.2 (Honeycomb) and looks like getting an update to 4.x (Ice Cream Sandwich) before Christmas. There is another version of this device about to be (already??) released called the ASUS Slider with a slide-out rather than a removable keyboard.

With a few free (or very cheap) apps, this has become my computing device of choice for browsing and reading. It also shows streamed video and audio from my home server.

Like you, I don't like Apple's current business style, even though my first computer was an Apple ][, and I've owned a few Macs in the past.

PM me if you want any more details.

Cheers,
Chris

swallow your pride and get an ipad2 they are the bees knees..