I've been using my little seven inch
tablet for a fortnight or so, and I must say it doesn't disappoint.
The ability to type notes as we go and
then save them to dropbox or evernote is incredibly useful, as is
having a browser to check things, or be able to search one's evernote
documents (to give some perspective I have around 3000 separate
notes.
On the downside, battery life and power
management has been interesting to say the least. Let's just say that
using wifi chews battery and leaving it in standby mode is not the
answer – it has a tendency to suddenly wake up. On the other hand,
if it's reasonably charged it will cope with three or four hour's use
reasonably well.
Having a car charger has been useful –
I plug it in on the way in and on the way home to give it a jolt
which helps me get through the day.
I've also pruned the application choice
somewhat. I'd added a printershare app and then found it less than
useful. LaTeX has gone to be replaced with TeD. I've added the
connectBot ssh client, but I've also got rid, for the moment, of the
newspaper apps.
It also managed (or maybe I did
accidentally) to screw up it's internal storage to the extent of
needing an OS reset, which at least gave me the opportunity to
comprehensively de-crud it.
I'll persist and post again about how
useful it is as what is essentially a netbook replacement ...
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