Jeff@nospam.invalid

I do not own a tablet but am considering getting one. My needs are:
access internet, email, and ability to edit Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
files via *wifi* (not cellular), and syncing with a Windows 7 PC.

Since I've never used any of them, I'm having trouble figuring out what
*capabilities* I would be giving up if I went with a Kindle Fire or Nook
Color rather than an iPad.
Can someone advise me?

Thanks, Jeff

Dan C

On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:22:51 -0400, Jeff@nospam.invalid wrote:

> I do not own a tablet but am considering getting one. My needs are:
> access internet, email, and ability to edit Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
> files via *wifi* (not cellular), and syncing with a Windows 7 PC.
>
> Since I've never used any of them, I'm having trouble figuring out what
> *capabilities* I would be giving up if I went with a Kindle Fire or Nook
> Color rather than an iPad.
> Can someone advise me?
>
> Thanks, Jeff

Don't know much about the Nook, but the Kindle Fire lacks a camera, if
that's important to you. It also costs $300 less than the lowest priced
iPad...



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Jeff@nospam.invalid

On 11/4/11 11:34 PM, Dan C wrote:
> On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:22:51 -0400, Jeff@nospam.invalid wrote:
>
>> I do not own a tablet but am considering getting one. My needs are:
>> access internet, email, and ability to edit Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
>> files via *wifi* (not cellular), and syncing with a Windows 7 PC.
>>
>> Since I've never used any of them, I'm having trouble figuring out what
>> *capabilities* I would be giving up if I went with a Kindle Fire or Nook
>> Color rather than an iPad.
>> Can someone advise me?
>>
>> Thanks, Jeff
>
> Don't know much about the Nook, but the Kindle Fire lacks a camera, if
> that's important to you. It also costs $300 less than the lowest priced
> iPad...
>
>
>
Thanks for replying.
I should have added that the camera is not an important feature for me.
The lower prices of the Kindle and Nook are what make me wonder what I
am giving up if I went that way.

Jeff@nospam.invalid

On 11/4/11 11:34 PM, Dan C wrote:
> On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:22:51 -0400, Jeff@nospam.invalid wrote:
>
>> I do not own a tablet but am considering getting one. My needs are:
>> access internet, email, and ability to edit Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
>> files via *wifi* (not cellular), and syncing with a Windows 7 PC.
>>
>> Since I've never used any of them, I'm having trouble figuring out what
>> *capabilities* I would be giving up if I went with a Kindle Fire or Nook
>> Color rather than an iPad.
>> Can someone advise me?
>>
>> Thanks, Jeff
>
> Don't know much about the Nook, but the Kindle Fire lacks a camera, if
> that's important to you. It also costs $300 less than the lowest priced
> iPad...
>
>
>
Are there "killer apps" on the iPad that would not be available to me on
the Kindle or Nook?
Thanks.

Dan C

On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:44:31 -0400, Jeff@nospam.invalid wrote:

> On 11/4/11 11:34 PM, Dan C wrote:
>> On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:22:51 -0400, Jeff@nospam.invalid wrote:
>>
>>> I do not own a tablet but am considering getting one. My needs are:
>>> access internet, email, and ability to edit Word, Excel, and
>>> PowerPoint files via *wifi* (not cellular), and syncing with a Windows
>>> 7 PC.
>>>
>>> Since I've never used any of them, I'm having trouble figuring out
>>> what *capabilities* I would be giving up if I went with a Kindle Fire
>>> or Nook Color rather than an iPad.
>>> Can someone advise me?
>>>
>>> Thanks, Jeff
>>
>> Don't know much about the Nook, but the Kindle Fire lacks a camera, if
>> that's important to you. It also costs $300 less than the lowest
>> priced iPad...
>>
>>
>>
> Are there "killer apps" on the iPad that would not be available to me on
> the Kindle or Nook?
> Thanks.

I dunno. Everyone defines their "killer apps" differently. Can't answer
the question.

Since you've not already been using an iPad, there won't be anything to
"miss" by being on something else. The Fire has access to the Amazon
Android App store, which is somewhat comparable to the Apple one.

My wife uses an iPad, and it's quite nice. I've got a Kindle Fire on pre-
order (they ship 11/15) and am eager to compare it.


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In article <j92bf0$b5e$2@dont-email.me>, <"Jeff@nospam.invalid"> wrote:

> On 11/4/11 11:34 PM, Dan C wrote:
> > On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:22:51 -0400, Jeff@nospam.invalid wrote:
> >
> >> I do not own a tablet but am considering getting one. My needs are:
> >> access internet, email, and ability to edit Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
> >> files via *wifi* (not cellular), and syncing with a Windows 7 PC.
> >>
> >> Since I've never used any of them, I'm having trouble figuring out what
> >> *capabilities* I would be giving up if I went with a Kindle Fire or Nook
> >> Color rather than an iPad.
> >> Can someone advise me?
> >>
> >> Thanks, Jeff
> >
> > Don't know much about the Nook, but the Kindle Fire lacks a camera, if
> > that's important to you. It also costs $300 less than the lowest priced
> > iPad...
> >
> >
> >
> Are there "killer apps" on the iPad that would not be available to me on
> the Kindle or Nook?
> Thanks.

Something that is a "killer app" for one person might have little or no
value to another individual, so your question is somewhat difficult to
answer. For our household, Air Video (with Air Video Server on our Macs
and PCs) is the killer app. We've become so hooked on the combination
that I couldn't stand going to a platform that lacked them. Combined
with iTunes' Home Sharing and AirPlay, we have multimedia nirvana.

Personally, I prefer iBooks (slightly) over Kindle, but that's pretty
much a wash. Amazon letting Stanza go fallow means that ePub reading
becomes less convenient if you don't have iBooks or something else that
handles ePub well...it's a richer format than mobi, so some rarely used
capabilities get lost.

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Brian

"Jeff@nospam.invalid" <Jeff@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> On 11/4/11 11:34 PM, Dan C wrote:
>> On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:22:51 -0400, Jeff@nospam.invalid wrote:
>>
>>> I do not own a tablet but am considering getting one. My needs are:
>>> access internet, email, and ability to edit Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
>>> files via *wifi* (not cellular), and syncing with a Windows 7 PC.
>>>
>>> Since I've never used any of them, I'm having trouble figuring out what
>>> *capabilities* I would be giving up if I went with a Kindle Fire or Nook
>>> Color rather than an iPad.
>>> Can someone advise me?
>>>
>>> Thanks, Jeff
>>
>> Don't know much about the Nook, but the Kindle Fire lacks a camera, if
>> that's important to you. It also costs $300 less than the lowest priced
>> iPad...
>>
>>
>>
> Thanks for replying.
> I should have added that the camera is not an important feature for me.
> The lower prices of the Kindle and Nook are what make me wonder what I am
> giving up if I went that way.

I did find the camera in the iPod useful when it was snowing and I wanted
to e-mail people pictures of the snow.

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Gerd Schweizer

Jeff@nospam.invalid schrieb:
> I do not own a tablet but am considering getting one. My needs are:
> access internet, email, and ability to edit Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
> files via *wifi* (not cellular), and syncing with a Windows 7 PC.
>
When we spent my wife an Ipad we miss the access to our networkdisk via
WLAN.


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SMS

On 11/4/2011 8:22 PM, Jeff@nospam.invalid wrote:
> I do not own a tablet but am considering getting one. My needs are:
> access internet, email, and ability to edit Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
> files via *wifi* (not cellular), and syncing with a Windows 7 PC.

If you need to do creation and editing of Microsoft Office documents,
you should get the Acer Iconia W500 running Windows 7.

If you can live with one of the Android programs that can edit Microsoft
Office documents then an Android tablet is fine, but generally those
programs have limited functionality.

The Toshiba Thrive is currently the best choice in terms of 10.1"
Android tablets. It has a full size SD card slot, a full size HDMI
connector, a full size _Host_ USB port, and a user replaceable battery,
features you won't find on any other Android tablet.

It's very nice to be able to not need a bunch of funky adapter cables,
and to be able to plug USB peripherals into a _host_ USB port. Stick the
SD card from your camera into the tablet and view your photos. Connect
the tablet to a big screen TV via a normal HDMI connector. Replace the
battery after a few years without sending the tablet out to a repair depot.

<http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/791430-REG/Toshiba_PDA01U_00501F_32GB_Thrive_10_Tablet.html>

Tom Stiller

In article <4eb54fc4$0$6625$9b4e6d93@newsspool2.arcor-online.net>,
Gerd Schweizer <gerd@satgerd.de> wrote:

> Jeff@nospam.invalid schrieb:
> > I do not own a tablet but am considering getting one. My needs are:
> > access internet, email, and ability to edit Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
> > files via *wifi* (not cellular), and syncing with a Windows 7 PC.
> >
> When we spent my wife an Ipad we miss the access to our networkdisk via
> WLAN.

I'm not sure what "spent my wife an Ipad" means, but an Apple iPad has
no direct access to any secondary storage device other than "the cloud",
and that is limited.

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