[Noisebridge-discuss] Inexpensive android tablets?

Thu Apr 11 06:32:38 UTC 2013

Yeah I'm fundamentally alright.  Shaken but not stirred.  If you will.

I'm borrowing a Nexus 7 for the moment, so if anybody has any "stupid Nexus
tricks" they'd like to share, I'm all ears.  So far I've used it to read
some NF tags and my Clipper card.  A good start.

On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 4:38 PM, Andrew Byrne <andrew at pachakutech.com>wrote:

> I'm really sorry to hear you were mugged, but happy to hear the police are
> so savvy here. Back in Bal'mer, they looked at me like I head three heads
> when I said I could track my asus. Hope no harm came to you!
> On Apr 10, 2013 4:31 PM, "Naomi Most" <pnaomi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Having a "Where's my Android" function would be awesome.
>>
>> I just got mugged in downtown Oakland (coming home from Noisebridge, in
>> fact)...
>>
>> http://nthmost.com/2013/04/mugged-and-pepper-sprayed-in-downtown-oakland/
>>
>> The police used "Find my Phone" to get my iPad back.  It absolutely does
>> work, and the police are totally savvy.  They love it.  Why wouldn't they?
>>  It does a lot of their job for them.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Taylor Alexander <tlalexander at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Also the open source app Prey is a "where's my device" app that works on
>>> Android, iphone, computers, etc.
>>> http://preyproject.com/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Chris Merrill <
>>> chris at notspelledright.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Lookout, along with a slew of other features, has a "where's my
>>>> device?" component.
>>>>
>>>> https://www.lookout.com/features/missing-device
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Christoph Maier <
>>>> cm.hardware.software.elsewhere at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Extra question:
>>>>> Is there a "Where's my android" app?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 2:55 PM, Andrew Byrne <andrew at pachakutech.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> When you say the input cable, do you mean the micro-usb hole, or the
>>>>>> jack? The latter would indeed be unfortunate, but expected, as most n7s do
>>>>>> not have gsm. -dru
>>>>>>  On Apr 9, 2013 12:55 PM, "Greg Albrecht W2GMD" <gba at gregalbrecht.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I like my N7, but the other downside is that there's no audio-in on
>>>>>>> the input cable. Your options are use the built-in mics, or external
>>>>>>> bluetooth (or USB).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -g
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 9:53 AM, Andrew Byrne <andrew at pachakutech.com
>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Love my n7--as you know, I dev on mine-- great battery, enough
>>>>>>>> memory for most, 32ghd... I think there is even some gsm models.
>>>>>>>> Problems: bad gps, no rear facing camera, no card reader or
>>>>>>>> external memory.
>>>>>>>> The otg cable partially addresses the later two problems.
>>>>>>>> On Apr 8, 2013 3:30 PM, "Taylor Alexander" <tlalexander at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Of note: Asus makes the Nexus 7.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Taylor Alexander <
>>>>>>>>> tlalexander at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Just got a promotional email about some new $150 asus tablet:
>>>>>>>>>> http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BDS25VA
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Haven't read a review but it looks good for such an inexpensive
>>>>>>>>>> device.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Taylor Alexander <
>>>>>>>>>> tlalexander at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I can tell you that the $90 chinese tablets on Amazon are REALLY
>>>>>>>>>>> bad compared to "real" tablets. If you can afford the $200 Nexus 7 it's a
>>>>>>>>>>> MUCH better device than the $90 tabs. We bought one of the cheap ones at
>>>>>>>>>>> work, and it's so bad that not only are we not going to use it here, but I
>>>>>>>>>>> could take it home and use it for free and I still don't think I'll bother.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 1:57 PM, Naomi Most <pnaomi at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Ah hah.  Thanks Miloh, and everybody else, but +1 for Miloh.
>>>>>>>>>>>>  :-D
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 10:24 AM, miloh <miloh at froggytoad.net>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I've had a good experience getting a Nexus 7 at central
>>>>>>>>>>>>> computer on
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Howard street in San Francisco. It includes an nfc reader
>>>>>>>>>>>>> which some
>>>>>>>>>>>>> folks are trying to use for purposes other than transit and
>>>>>>>>>>>>> access
>>>>>>>>>>>>> control.
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