Tablet recommendations?

[Tom Buskey]

FWIW, just before the Transformer Prime came out, there were some deals on
the tf101 model.  There was a black friday deal for $250.  Later, gamestop
had it for $300.  I haven't seen it that low, even refurb, since.

Apple has done an effective job tying up the production of highend lcds and
it's hard for others to get the cost down.
On Mar 22, 2012 11:33 AM, "Chris Linstid" <clinstid at gmail.com> wrote:

> Keeping notes, reading e-mail, typing, some video - easier to carry
>> than my laptop.  What else is a good question, as I haven't had a
>> tablet in the past.  Currently use my phone for e-mail, music, and
>> some editing, as well as carrying documents to read in meetings, vice
>> printing out.
>
>
> I tried something similar with a Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus. It's a 7"
> dual core tablet running Android 3.2 (Honeycomb, no ICS for it yet). While
> it is a pretty good media consumption device,  it's an awful creation
> device. So, I grabbed a keyboard dock for it. Unfortunately, Samsung's
> keyboard dock for their Galaxy Tab line is pretty terrible. Whatever
> they're using to interface between the physical keyboard and the app that
> you're trying to input text into is very sluggish. It also has issues with
> not knowing when to show/hide the software keyboard.
>
> As far as direct experience goes, I cannot recommend this tablet for what
> you're looking for.
>
> However, I have two friends with different experiences. One of the friends
> has an iPad (original) and he uses it for pretty much everything you're
> looking to do and it's worked very well for him. He uses it a lot for work,
> carrying it to meetings so he has documents and presentations on it, taking
> notes, etc.
>
> The other friend has an ASUS Transformer Prime and he's mostly happy with
> it. He uses it more as a consumption device, but he does also have the
> keyboard dock for it. He tried bringing it to work, but he just found he
> needed something a bit more like an actual computer and he has a laptop at
> work, so he just ended up using that. The ASUS keyboard dock is much better
> than the Samsung one in that the software interface for is seamless and it
> has an extra battery built in, so it buys you some extra usage time.
>
> The first friend is a manager/director and the second friend is a software
> developer, so I think that gives a better idea of how the current tablet
> choices work for a few different roles.
>
> My own advice is that you're right to be looking at devices with 9-10"
> screens. While a 7" screen is nice if you're looking to mostly just read
> books on it, if you want to watch video or do much more than just basic
> reading, you will really appreciate the larger screen, especially if you're
> looking at this instead of a laptop. The only other advantage a 7" screen
> has is that it can fit in smaller places. My 7" tablet fits in the larger
> pockets on my cargo pants (though I haven't ever felt like carrying like
> that, it's a bit uncomfortable).
>
> Also, avoid the "cheap" (less than $300 at this point) Android tablets.
> They will give you nothing but frustration.
>
> The last thing I'll say is that the iPad really is the premiere tablet at
> this point. Android tablet manufacturers just really haven't figured it out
> yet. Google's "Nexus" tablet may finally give them a real target like the
> Nexus One did for Android phones, so hopefully the Android tablet lineup
> will look a lot better in another year or so.
>
>      - Chris
>
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