[Noisebridge-discuss] Inexpensive android tablets?

Greg Albrecht W2GMD gba at gregalbrecht.com
Tue Apr 9 19:54:41 UTC 2013


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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