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Recommendations or suggestions

Jan 6, 2013 11:08PM PST

I am planning to purchase my first tablet and am considering either the Nexus 10 or the iPad 2 (the iPad 4th generation is too spendy for me right now). I like many of the features the Nexus 10 has like the display ppi, front-facing camera resolution, newer Bluetooth and NFC, GPS, etc., and of course the price. My dilemma is that I have an iMac desktop computer and an iPod Touch, so I am concerned about connectivity (or even if differences in OS's even matters). I would appreciate any recommendations for getting the best bang for the buck, and/or if I should wait for some changes in prices.

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Sorry but tell more about connectivity.
Jan 7, 2013 2:08AM PST

I have the Nexus 7 here and it's very nice. The Android OS is unlike any apple or other system but easy enough to get along with.

I use DropBox to sync with among other things but for us the Kindle Fire HD 7 actually gets more use because it can hook up to the HDTV and stream HD movies from Amazon. It's email is very good too.

My point is that you need to think about use. At no time did I ever think this will replace my laptop.
Bob

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I maybe used the wrong word
Jan 7, 2013 3:35AM PST

I maybe was thinking more of compatibility. On my Mac devices I use safari for my browser and yahoo for email. Would I have to switch to gmail for email and internet explorer for my browser? I also wonder about syncing iTunes or Amazon Kindle books to the Nexus or iPad. I wouldn't be trying to replace my desktop, but sending emails on my iPod touch isn't very convenient and I would also like the portability to take the tablet on road trips for the GPS as well as read ebooks or watch movies. Now that you mention it, the Nexus 10 has an hdmi port, not sure about the iPad.

Thanks for your response.

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About Kindle books.
Jan 7, 2013 3:48AM PST

That's too easy and good news so let's try this. I installed the Kindle app and signed in and my collection was there. Yes, it's not on the tablet but the list is and I can select which I want local or not. No pain at all. The Kindle app is a stellar app on all devices when it comes to sync and more.

As to e-mail, if you have a pop/smtp/imap account the usual applies. Just set it up and you experience all the usual issues of having email clients across more than one machine. I would be duplicating the web if I wrote more.

As to GPS. For me, all tablets are not so great here. I use my Garmin Nuvi and would not replace that with a tablet that isn't as tuned into use in the car as your TomTom or Garmin. Some folk can live with this but I like the idea of less fiddly for GPS. Your choice here.

The HDMI port is a great idea for playing on the big screen. It's rather amazing to see how far we've come in 1080p streaming on the Kindle Fire. But my bet is that it's been tuned to the nTH degree and you have to test if you'll get that great a performance on the other tablets.

The Nexus has about the best web browser experience I've seen. I looked into that more on the nexus to install Firefox Beta and it's Flash addon and if you want the full web, the Nexus can do it.
Bob