Thinking about upgrading to a larger tablet and leaving the Nexus 7 for the Mrs (Poor woman is still using first Kindle Fire) I'm concerned cause for reading I love the smaller tablet to hold it just like a book. But Bigger screen is nice for movies while traveling. Just wondering who has one and if they love it?
that was gonna be my other question thanks! wondered the how redundant a laptop becomes with a really good tablet. The Nexus has been great, but it hasnt ever actually replaced my laptop for web surfing. or even downloading
I like the iPad mini a lot. See it at the Apple store. If you want the bigger screen, then Air. An alternative would be the 11" MacBook Air. It's $999, but you get way more storage. 128g vs. $829 for the 64g iPad. And a keyboard. IPad is 6.6" x 9.4" and weighs about 1 pound. MacBook Air is 7.56" x 11.8" and weighs about 2 pounds.
I can't do intensive work on it or run powerpoints decently on it, so that's always a kicker and I need my laptop still for something things. Its not a total replacement but probably for most will replace it 90% of the time.
Sony claims the Xperia Z2 Tablet is the world's thinnest and lightest waterproof slate With its VAIO PC business all but gone, Sony's betting big on smartphones and tablets. The company has three post-PC products on its plate at this year's Mobile World Congress, the largest of which is the new Xperia Z2 tablet. It's a lighter, thinner version of the year-old Xperia Tablet Z, which has been given a thorough upgrade in order to help it take on the iPad Air and larger Samsung slates. Like its predecessor, the 10.1-inch tablet features the same design language as Sony's latest flagship Z2 smartphone, complete with "OmniBalance" look, uniform thickness and straight edges. Cosmetic similarities aside, the Z2 Tablet has runs a lightly-skinned build of Android 4.4 KitKat and is powered by a 2.3GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 with 3GB RAM, which keeps things really moving. Is an internal overhaul enough to capture your eye? Follow us and find out. This time last year, Sony told us that the Xperia Tablet Z was the world's thinnest and lightest tablet. At 6.9mm, the year-old slate still comes in thinner than Apple's newer iPad Air. That obviously wasn't thin enough, because Sony has shaved a few extra points of a millimeter and 70 grams off the Z2 Tablet, allowing it to make the same claim again. The form factor is far from unique, but its depth and weight reductions make up for Sony's use of enormous bezels. That brings us onto perhaps the most important part of Sony's tablet experience: entertainment. The company debuted a suite of TV apps and services with the Tablet Z, and for the Z2 Tablet it's leaning on its movie studio arm to bundle six "blockbuster" movies. Further cementing its "one" approach, Sony's including enhanced gaming controls on both the Xperia Z2 and Z2 Tablet by way of support for the DualShock 3 PlayStation controller. Lack of controller support made many of the swipe-intensive games installed on the tablet very hard to play. Users who like their media loud will profit from Sony's decision to act on user feedback and move the side-facing speakers (where they were easily covered by fingers) to the front. It certainly made for a far better stereo experience when we played The Amazing Spiderman 2 trailer on the improved 1,920 x 1,200 pixel Triluminos display. Sony has used its BRAVIA TV technology to generate brighter and more consistent colors, by using a mix of red and green phosphor and blue LEDs. Along with its familiar design, the Z2 Tablet comes a similar focus on enhanced imaging. It's included very latest Exmor RS sensor for this slate's 8.1-megapixel rear-facer, while the 2.2-megapixel front camera retains the same Exmor R sensor as its predecessor. Sony retains its older suite of camera apps, giving you automatic scene recognition, HDR stills and better noise reduction. The Xperia Z2 Tablet has certainly been given a thorough tuning, but a lot of Sony's older hardware and software features still remain. Luckily, the company isn't waiting long to get its new slate onto shelves, as it's looking to ship globally in March. You'll be able to grab a black or white model, although Sony hasn't yet told us how much they'll cost.
I'm more looking at tablet at this point. Ipad Mini w/ Retina display also interested me, as its a little bigger than 7's and quality of air. But I have to see if it AT LEAST has 32GB space.
Yeah, what I usually do if I need to do a lot of work is use EVERNOTE and I have a bluetooth keyboard (with a stand) that I can take, make notes, draft ideas, etc. I use the Gmail app on there as my email client, and it syncs with the web interface for everything.
IPAD MINI FWIW, I use my iPhone as a hotspot anywhere, so in theory wifi is all I'd need for a portable device. The MacBook Air 11" is tiny like a tablet. It just unfolds like a laptop.
the Mini is probably a better option for most people IMO, unless you have bad vision. I personally like full web browsing on the full sized versions but the mini is much more compact and portable which is probably a really good thing. If I had to do it right now, I'd probably go with a mini though, although I do watch netflix and Blazer games on my ipad...so probably the larger size is the best.
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actually was noticing too that best buy cards you can get no interest if paid in full in within 18 months. Maybe I'll get the mrs one too!
I have a MacBook Air 11"...... Love it! I also have an iPad older generation. The iPad is perfect for books movies and surfing, but it just doesn't replace my laptop. I experimented last fall when I was working back east for 10 days and Only took my iPad. It was great, but there was a couple times a day I felt I missed my MacBook. To each his own, but my wife's iPad mini seems a bit too small, but that's just me.
do you find reading gets kinda tiring on a big tablet though? I could see how its perfect for stuff like comics and web surfing. But i would worry holding just a giant tablet for prolonged book reading would be difficult.
Actually when ninety to read only wife's mini, it's almost too small to hold like a book . But it sounds like Denny loves his mini.
I've had iPads from the beginning and the Retina Mini is my favorite out of all of them. It's great to read on (about the size of a trade paperback book), weighs 3/4 of a pound and is actually IMHO the perfect size to play many games on, where the normal iPad felt a bit too big. I love mine as well.
