The Samsung Galaxy 10.1 tablet has specs that beat the iPad2 in every category except for the number of apps in their respective marketplaces.
If my Adam doesn't show by April I going to get one.
Glad to be of help, yep the Woot deal is great and I wish I had gotten mine at that price :)
If you have any issues I check here pretty often and will help if you start a new topic, or you can always check out XDA.
Edit: Note on battery life, gameday went 11 hours without plugging in my tablet, and still had 30% battery :), how is that for battery life?
A lot better then my HTC Thunderbolt :-)
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Bad thing is it's wrong on some accounts..
Gtab does have a light sensor
Gtab does have a accelerometer
as examples, I didn't look over every detail but caught those 2.
Also so people know most of the reviews of the Gtab on the net are of the original software from Nov 2010 (which really sucked), its has had I think two updates to the stock software since which have greatly helped it. Plus all the fun custom roms at xda.
A lot better then my HTC Thunderbolt :-)Glad to be of help, yep the Woot deal is great and I wish I had gotten mine at that price :)
If you have any issues I check here pretty often and will help if you start a new topic, or you can always check out XDA.
Edit: Note on battery life, gameday went 11 hours without plugging in my tablet, and still had 30% battery :), how is that for battery life?
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The Samsung Galaxy 10.1 tablet has specs that beat the iPad2 in every category except for the number of apps in their respective marketplaces.
If my Adam doesn't show by April I going to get one.
I've been waiting for an Adam too, but finally gave up and went for the woot deal yesterday. Doesn't mean I gave up completely as my wife said she would "take" the G-tab off my hands when I could finally get an Adam.
Add me to the group of people who picked up the g tablet yesterday on Woot.com
Let us know how the gTablet works out for ya, please. Especially how it handles the large PDFs and specific gaming apps you decide to use.
[threadjack]How is the Thunderbolt?[/threadjack]
So far I like it. It not great on battery but after some work with the software I got it lasting for most of the day on a charge. If you are in a 4G city it is blazing fast I'm coming from a dumb phone so its harder for me to compare it to other phones but its seems faster then my wife's Droid 2.
So far I like it. It not great on battery but after some work with the software I got it lasting for most of the day on a charge. If you are in a 4G city it is blazing fast I'm coming from a dumb phone so its harder for me to compare it to other phones but its seems faster then my wife's Droid 2.
Ok I may not have fixed the battery life as well as I thought. I just checked on my thunderbolt on the first day I've brought it into work and not turned it off. After ~6 hours off the charger the battery is dead, to the point that it turned off.
What is odd as I have actively used it for 6 hours+ with no problems, phone calls, web surfing, etc. This time it died with almost no use it was just sitting in a cell phone hold area. I may need to play with some of the standby setting some more, or it could be the building I work in is eating the battery
You might have already thought of this but do you have a app-killer installed and running?
I use advanced task killer and it almost doubled my Droid's battery life.
I'm running 2.2.2 and a task killer is still needed. I also haven't had any conflicts with the OS.
Update on my woot G tab. I have gotten Vegan 5.1.1 running on it it was very easy. (took me less then an hour, most of which was downloading the software) I used these instructions to flash the new ROM
I just now got the Pathfinder Compendium spell app working, I had to use this fix to see it in the marketplace.
So far I'm liking it.
WooHoo!!! I got my Adam yesterday and I am stoked. It is a beautiful piece of hardware with lot's of potential. I replaced the the Eden interface the comes with it to EdenX. The plain Eden is sluggish and doesn't give access to android market or some of the other basic android capabilities. EdenX on the other hand is super-fast and gives me access to everything android has to offer and more.
Now I just got to find some good map making apps for it as well as a character builder. I haven't tried the WotC character builder and other tools yet, because I don't think they will work with android O/S.
I got the PQi version and intended to test it out in the park today but it's raining and over cast so full testing of it's capabilities will have to wait.
Update on my woot G tab. I have gotten Vegan 5.1.1 running on it it was very easy. (took me less then an hour, most of which was downloading the software) I used these instructions to flash the new ROM
I just now got the Pathfinder Compendium spell app working, I had to use this fix to see it in the marketplace.
So far I'm liking it.
I had followed those instructions exactly earlier in the week and my GTab was running great. I then didn't use it for a day or two and the battery ran out. Now, whenever I power on the device it runs into some major problems. It doesn't recognize most applications and force closes all the time.
I'm going to try and reinstall the ROM.
Not sure why it happened.
Still enjoying the GTab though.
I had followed those instructions exactly earlier in the week and my GTab was running great. I then didn't use it for a day or two and the battery ran out. Now, whenever I power on the device it runs into some major problems. It doesn't recognize most applications and force closes all the time.
I'm going to try and reinstall the ROM.
Not sure why it happened.
Still enjoying the GTab though.
Did you do the Repartitioning GTablet storage steps
For some reason Viewsonic used an odd partition set when they shipped the GTablet. While repartitioning the storage wasn’t totally necessary it has been recommended on the forums so I did it. Here’s how:
1) Power down the GTablet
2) Boot into Clockwork Mod recovery by holding the Volume + key down while holding the power button. Release when you see “Detecting recovery key pressed” on the screen.
3) You will be presented with a menu, this is Clockwork Mod Recovery. To navigate the menu use the volume up and down keys. To select a menu option use the home key. To go back press the back key.
4) Navigate to Advanced->Partition SD Card (FYI, SD Card refers to internal storage, not the MicroSD card).
5) Choose 2048M for EXT size on the first screen
6) Choose 0M on the second screen.
7) You have now repartitioned the GTablet
Only thing on XDA I see that might be worth a shot is this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=853537
But I think I'd try reinstalling first
Did you do the Repartitioning GTablet storage steps
** spoiler omitted **Only thing on XDA I see that might be worth a shot is this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=853537
But I think I'd try reinstalling first
Yeah, I did the repartitioning the first time around. I found something a little while ago. Someone had a similiar problem. They fixed it by going back into ClockwordMod and selecting "Fix Permissions". I did that and things seem to be better. I'll have to play around with it some more to see if it's completely fixed.
I'll have to play around with it some more to see if it's completely fixed.
I will keep my fingers crossed. Did you get the full market working? I just was able to over the last few days. (I did the market fix from the guide when I did the install but I was still missing a bunch of apps like pathfinder spell compendium app, adobe air, adobe flash, etc. I was able to change the model/device the gtab was reporting to the android market and am now able to see everything, see here if anyone else is having the same problem on a Tegra 2 device
All of this talk of rooting, replacing interfaces, updates, "can you get this to work?" is making me think that no, there's nothing better than an iPad.
All of this talk of rooting, replacing interfaces, updates, "can you get this to work?" is making me think that no, there's nothing better than an iPad.
It depends on what your looking for. For me the iPad didn't meet some of the things I wanted in a tablet (SD card options, cost, more open software, not having to use itunes to load stuff), and I'm comfortable doing the ROM replacements. So I jump on the option of a cheap G-tab, that like I said took me only around an hour to get up and running with the better software.
If your looking only at pickup and go you maybe better off with ipad, but you are going to give up other things. Its like 4e vs Pathfinder :-).
However remember these are other options for android tablets that are more like the iPad in there are not something you have to drop a better operation ROM on, the xoom is an option or I'm really liking what I'm hearing about the ASUS transformer. If it really does come out at $399 its got the much better IPS screen and more RAM then my G-tab.
All of this talk of rooting, replacing interfaces, updates, "can you get this to work?" is making me think that no, there's nothing better than an iPad.
I just got my iPad2.
Pure awesome. :)
My Pathfinder pdfs show up perfectly with Goodreader.
I'm very, very pleased.
Taking the bestiary (or any adventure) and zooming in on a monster will let me show the players what they're facing without showing the stats.
And searching any PDF is cake.
Me very happy. :) :)
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I just got my iPad2.
Pure awesome. :)
My Pathfinder pdfs show up perfectly with Goodreader.
I just ordered my iPad2 and am curious as to the PDF performance, especially with GoodReader. How fast is the rendering, say for the Core Rules, randomly flipping to a page in the middle, then flipping to another page a ways away?
I've been looking for gaming apps, but aside from dice rollers, I've been very unimpressed. There were a couple of initiative trackers that gave me pause, but the Paizo magnetic one almost seems to work better (now, if the Paizo iPhone app is an initiative tracker that works kind of like their magnetic one, I'll grab it up) :)
Hmm. When you connect your g tablet to the computer, how do you see /system? I seem to only be able to view /mnt/sdcard/
Meaning, when I access E:\ on my computer, it only shows the contents of /mnt/sdcard/ and I can't get to system, data, etc...
Holey Smokes, Skyguard. I was looking at your other posts to see if you were using any android apps and I see that you're from New Hampshire. Same here. Send me an email at astralplaydoh (at) gmail (dot) com sometime.
I just ordered my iPad2 and am curious as to the PDF performance, especially with GoodReader. How fast is the rendering, say for the Core Rules, randomly flipping to a page in the middle, then flipping to another page a ways away?I just got my iPad2.
Pure awesome. :)
My Pathfinder pdfs show up perfectly with Goodreader.
3 seconds.
I opened the book, which was open to where I last left off - page 200. I typed "300" in the page area and it took 3 seconds to have the page fully loaded. I then jumped to page 454 and the time was, again, 3 seconds. Clicking on a hyperlink that then took me to page 179 took, you guessed it, 3 seconds.
I've been looking for gaming apps, but aside from dice rollers, I've been very unimpressed. There were a couple of initiative trackers that gave me pause, but the Paizo magnetic one almost seems to work better (now, if the Paizo iPhone app is an initiative tracker that works kind of like their magnetic one, I'll grab it up) :)
Still waiting on Paizo's app, but I don't know of any fabulous apps out there for Pathfinder.
All I need a tablet for:
1. To reference my gaming pdfs while at the gaming table. I don't need it to roll dice for me (I like doing that), don't need my char sheet on it (in case I need to hand it over if I'm not GMing)
2. To edit, proofread, and create various documents (pdf, Word, really..)
3. To read the occasional comic on my Marvel.com account when I have the time.
4. To learn to make decent maps through the use of some software I haven't really looked for as of yet.
The rest is really gravy, as I've got a good, up-to-date desktop that I use for everything else, and I anticipate that it will serve as a decent 'mothership'.
So will the gTablet fill the bill, those of you with one?
(not keeping it brief to sound terse, but just to get the info and step back out of the way:))
Seen the Asus Eee Pad?
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All I need a tablet for:
1. To reference my gaming pdfs while at the gaming table. I don't need it to roll dice for me (I like doing that), don't need my char sheet on it (in case I need to hand it over if I'm not GMing)
2. To edit, proofread, and create various documents (pdf, Word, really..)
3. To read the occasional comic on my Marvel.com account when I have the time.
4. To learn to make decent maps through the use of some software I haven't really looked for as of yet.
The rest is really gravy, as I've got a good, up-to-date desktop that I use for everything else, and I anticipate that it will serve as a decent 'mothership'.
So will the gTablet fill the bill, those of you with one?
(not keeping it brief to sound terse, but just to get the info and step back out of the way:))
For just about $220 more you could get a new iPad, which does everything you listed and more. I'm sure by now you've handled an iPad, so take a friend who owns one to Best Buy and look at them together.
$220 sounds like a lot extra, but by itself it's probably easier to find than you'd think--assuming a buyer is serious about picking up a tablet, and so has the discretionary cash lying around to spend at least a couple hundred, another couple hundred isn't a great stretch.
In fact, if I wanted to find $220 in a couple weeks: I'd beg off the $4 daily coffee, pack a PB&J for lunch, drink office coffee or take the opportuinty to drink more delicious water from the tap or Brita pitcher, pass on a couple newsstand magazines I never finish anyway, skip the theatre for just two Fridays (there's $45 right there), eat every meal in for just the two week period (there's about $50 saved in lunch expenses )... Anyway, all the sudden I've got the extra cash to buy something arguably a scale or two higher on the metric of awesome.
My iPad is over a year old now, I use it daily (I'm posting this with it right now), I use it in all venues, and the 10 hour battery is still a ten hour battery.
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All I need a tablet for:
1. To reference my gaming pdfs while at the gaming table. I don't need it to roll dice for me (I like doing that), don't need my char sheet on it (in case I need to hand it over if I'm not GMing)
2. To edit, proofread, and create various documents (pdf, Word, really..)
3. To read the occasional comic on my Marvel.com account when I have the time.
4. To learn to make decent maps through the use of some software I haven't really looked for as of yet.
The rest is really gravy, as I've got a good, up-to-date desktop that I use for everything else, and I anticipate that it will serve as a decent 'mothership'.
So will the gTablet fill the bill, those of you with one?
(not keeping it brief to sound terse, but just to get the info and step back out of the way:))
For just about $220 more you could get a new iPad, which does everything you listed and more. I'm sure by now you've handled an iPad, so take a friend who owns one to Best Buy and look at them together.
$220 sounds like a lot extra, but by itself it's probably easier to find than you'd think--assuming a buyer is serious about picking up a tablet, and so has the discretionary cash lying around to spend at least a couple hundred, another couple hundred isn't a great stretch.
In fact, if I wanted to find $220 in a couple weeks: I'd beg off the $4 daily coffee, pack a PB&J for lunch, drink office coffee or take the opportuinty to drink more delicious water from the tap or Brita pitcher, pass on a couple newsstand magazines I never finish anyway, skip the theatre for just two Fridays (there's $45 right there), eat every meal in for just the two week period (there's about $50 saved in lunch expenses )... Anyway, all the sudden I've got the extra cash to buy something arguably a scale or two higher on the metric of awesome.
My iPad is over a year old now, I use it daily (I'm posting this with it right now), I use it in all venues, and the 10 hour battery is still a...
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I love my iPad.
I use it for everything and then some. Except for hard core excel or word projects. Which you can just get a wireless keyboard and then do them like on a computer.
Plus movies for me up here is a tad higher!!! ;-)
This is what I tell people who ask me what I think they should get.
If you have an iPhone already you'll love it and use it beyond belef. If you have an android you would still love it and use it for everything. But I am not going to try to convince you. I don't need to. I know the truth. ;-)
Sean
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Seen the Asus Eee Pad?
Seen it? I just got my brand new one on Friday. I had to lie in wait on Amazon (well from Target via Amazon) for days for the 10 minute window that they were available come up, but I did it.
Wow...that's all I can say. If you're an Android fan and you can look past the two negatives I've seen, the device is amazing.
For $399 you get a WiFi only device with 1GB RAM, 16GB Internal Memory (expandable with a SD Card to 48GB), a 1GHz Tegra 2 Dual Core CPU, and one of the best screens I've ever seen (absolutely zero viewing angle problems, you can see the screen at a full 90 degree angle). The device runs PDFs faster than I've seen to-date off of Honeycomb, which if you're an Android fan is absolutely fantastic. The integration into my Google Account is beyond amazing. I turned on the device, waited 5 minutes, and went to the App menu to find out that it had installed every application in my standard App library automatically. It plays movies fluidly and without stutter and the sound is actually good (stereo where you hands don't cover the speaker ports!). I've heard complaints that it "feels cheap", but honestly I like the textured back, it makes me feel like I actually have a grip on it. It's a tad heavy, but certainly not outrageous, roughly the same as a 1st Gen iPad.
I do not have the plug-in clamshell keyboard yet, but stories are that it's nice, but not required. It does cost $150 which is reasonable, and it does give you an extra 9 hours of battery life (doubling the battery life to 18 hours), and it does add keyboard/mouse, and USB support, but it's just so-so in my opinion.
The two negatives? One - come on manufacturers, quit putting in proprietary plugs. If you're going to put USB 3.0 on the thing, then put on a micro USB port, not some special port I have to buy special cables for since the one you gave me is only 3 feet long! Secondly, getting access to the SD card over the computer is a bit of a pain in the butt, but it's fast when you do. More importantly though, you have to tweak it a bit to play music off the SD.
Other than those two things though, if you're interested in one, buy it. It's easily one of the best tablets on the market and at the price it's running it's beyond the BEST tablet you can get per dollar. If you like Android devices, you'll like this one. If you prefer Android devices, you know why we don't buy iPads, and you'll LOVE it.
If you're exceptionally lucky and you buy it from Target, there's a coupon floating around out there that makes it only $349. Yeah...you heard that number correctly.
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The rest is really gravy, as I've got a good, up-to-date desktop that I use for everything else, and I anticipate that it will serve as a decent 'mothership'.
So will the gTablet fill the bill, those of you with one?
(not keeping it brief to sound terse, but just to get the info and step back out of the way:))
I own a gTablet (Yes I also just said I just got an Asus eee Pad). I would not suggest you buy one.
Before I begin, here's the problem, the core OS blows chunks. It's a stripped down, dumbed down, horrible version of Android. Viewsonic should have had their OS making privileges taken away. If though you're technologically savvy and want to spend a little time learning how to root a device, once it gets CyanogenMod on it, BAM it's a pretty reasonable device for the price (not enough for me to want to keep it though).
All I need a tablet for:
1. To reference my gaming pdfs while at the gaming table. I don't need it to roll dice for me (I like doing that), don't need my char sheet on it (in case I need to hand it over if I'm not GMing)
Easy. The gTablet works just fine for this. In fact, rooted with ezPDF, they're not half bad. I still think we're a few years out for good PDF access on a tablet (that's any tablet), because Paizo makes such large PDFs with all sorts of fancy stuff that takes forever to render, but that's more of a technology problem in general than a specific device problem.
2. To edit, proofread, and create various documents (pdf, Word, really..)
Yeah, doable, but again only if you root it, out of the box, no. I would not recommended it though. Frankly the on-screen keyboard is not the best for long-term writing projects. That being said though, one thing that I do like about the gTablet is that it has a USB port that can handle quite a few basic keyboards, which make typing easy. At that point though, why not just buy a laptop with the features that make it better for tasks such as typing?
3. To read the occasional comic on my Marvel.com account when I have the time.
I was just doing this the other night, again though, it'll only work when rooted. Since Android can use Adobe Flash, the Marvel.com digital comic library can be read via the internet connection. The biggest problem though (and perhaps the biggest problem with the device altogether) is that the screen is HORRIBLE (if I could throw that up in 200 point font I would have). We're talking 10 year old LCD technology horrible. This is the kind of screen I'd be embarrassed to be using. So again, can do, but you'll want to tear your eyes out.
4. To learn to make decent maps through the use of some software I haven't really looked for as of yet.
Yeah...nope. That's not even possible on an Android device at this time since no mapping software exists. Even if it did, again the device would have to be rooted to function. So this one is right out.
Really? Pass the gTablet up. It's cheap both in cost and quality. The speakers are poorly placed, the on-screen buttons are often hit accidentally since they're built-in vs. adjustable (like Honeycomb where they move depending on orientation), the built-in OS is terrible, and the screen is so bad I went out and bought a new tablet on that reason alone. If the screen had been better it would have been a reasonable device at a low price, but it was just that bad. I only spent $180 on mine and wish I hadn't.
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One thing to keep in mind when comparing the storage space of an iPad which is one SSD drive and an Android device which has a small internal area and is being expanded by an SD card or other media.
A lot of Android software will insist on keeping their operations, including storage to main memory. It's a big issue on my Optimus smartphone.
Most newer android devices don't have a small internal area. Yeah this was a major issue on the G1 (I had one and sold it because of the limited internal memory), and it was even an issue on the Nexus One (which I still have but constantly juggle programs), but they've fixed it in general.
The Asus eee Pad for example has 16 GB of flat out internal memory which can be used for storage or applications. The SD card at that point is just gravy.
Also, I'd say roughly 2/3 of the software out there can be put on an SD card if you want. From experience though, if you have the internal space, it's better to store the apps there, because there's nothing worse than losing access, even temporarily, to an app when you mount your SD card on your PC.
Thank you for all of the awesome info! Saved me a lot of headache. I'm about to head out and go look at the actual screens on a few of these.
I couldn't wait for the iPad version of HeroLab and just went out and got a Netbook to run it.
Just got an Acer Iconia A500. Absolutely loved it.
I've been looking seriously at one of those, for the full USB slot if nothing else.
How does it handle pulling PDFs, pics, and other files off a USB stick?
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Just got an Acer Iconia A500. Absolutely loved it.I've been looking seriously at one of those, for the full USB slot if nothing else.
How does it handle pulling PDFs, pics, and other files off a USB stick?
Works great. I flipped through Ultimate Magic with no more than a 5 second delay on any page. Note I am using ezPDF reader which I like much better than the one that comes with it (or Adobe's for that matter). You can even do a little root magic and get it to recognize NTFS drives so I had my 1TB external hooked up for a bit.
Also the screen size is perfect for reading PDFs and Comics, I don't even need to zoom. 10.1" is the size of a half sheet of 8.5"x11" paper. (I mean I even folded a piece of paper in half and it's the exact size).
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I can get a Galaxy Tab 10.1v through my phone provider with a nice deal - or I can save up for FOUR MONTHS(!) and get the Galaxy Tab 10.1 - not the 'v' version.
I'm vaguely sure the 10.1v has no USB connection, but if I can insert an SD (or MicroSD) then I'll be happy too.
Anyone in the know who can advise?
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I can get a Galaxy Tab 10.1v through my phone provider with a nice deal - or I can save up for FOUR MONTHS(!) and get the Galaxy Tab 10.1 - not the 'v' version.
I'm vaguely sure the 10.1v has no USB connection, but if I can insert an SD (or MicroSD) then I'll be happy too.
Anyone in the know who can advise?
Last I saw the 10.1 does NOT have an SD card (micro or otherwise). Its part of the reason I opted for the Iconia A500.
Last I saw the 10.1 does NOT have an SD card (micro or otherwise). Its part of the reason I opted for the Iconia A500.I can get a Galaxy Tab 10.1v through my phone provider with a nice deal - or I can save up for FOUR MONTHS(!) and get the Galaxy Tab 10.1 - not the 'v' version.
I'm vaguely sure the 10.1v has no USB connection, but if I can insert an SD (or MicroSD) then I'll be happy too.
Anyone in the know who can advise?
How does it handle Flash?
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How does it handle Flash?Last I saw the 10.1 does NOT have an SD card (micro or otherwise). Its part of the reason I opted for the Iconia A500.I can get a Galaxy Tab 10.1v through my phone provider with a nice deal - or I can save up for FOUR MONTHS(!) and get the Galaxy Tab 10.1 - not the 'v' version.
I'm vaguely sure the 10.1v has no USB connection, but if I can insert an SD (or MicroSD) then I'll be happy too.
Anyone in the know who can advise?
I can't speak for the Galaxy Tab but the A500 works beautifully.
I won an iPad at my company Christmas party (translation: I have nothing personally invested in it). I also own an Android phone (Motorola Droid) and my wife has a NookColor.
My feelings are that the iPad is a nice piece of hardware, but that the operating system is inferior to Androind (v2.2+). While it's easy to use and seems to run fairly smooth, iPad still suffers from "Apple mentality." In other words, Apple seems to throw up alot of unnecessary roadblocks that impede my use of the device. I'm mainly talking about the entire "must sync with iTunes" portion of using the iPad. Apple wants me to use the iPad the way they want me to use the iPad, not the way I might want to use the iPad. It's unnecessary iBaggage.
I'm still somewhat of an iPad noob and I haven't fully explored the device. However, my initial evaluation is that, once Android tablets/devices start penetrating the market, Apple will have painted itself into a corner again by forcing users down predetermined paths of usage.
On the other hand, once I bought GoodReader, Paizo PDFs do look nice on the iPad. $500 nice? Probably not.
-Skeld
This is more or less my take. I've used an iPad quite a bit at my friend's house, but don't own it. My wife has an iPhone 4 though and we've had nothing but problems figuring out the whole iTunes thing. It's a serious mess. For example, there seems to be no way included in the iTunes "system" to move her sync to another computer--just a lot of fixes from people on messageboards. Of all the problems we've had, that seems to be the dumbest.
There's just no way I'm going to subject myself to Apple's BS just so I can get access to some really cool apps (that weren't even made by Apple).... yah... what makes iPad and iPhone cool is not Apple, it's the folks making the apps.
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There's just no way I'm going to subject myself to Apple's BS just so I can get access to some really cool apps (that weren't even made by Apple).... yah... what makes iPad and iPhone cool is not Apple, it's the folks making the apps.
I haven't found that to be the case for my own experience. I mostly use my iPad for websurfing in bed, goofing around on Facebook and the Paizo forums. It's handy for PDFs too, which is admittedly through GoodReader. However, my iPhone is the best purchase I've ever made. It's gotten me through so many waiting lines, sitting around the office because we have to be present, and especially during my latest rotation to the National Training Center. I couldn't websurf anywhere near as well on my Blackberry.
This is more or less my take. I've used an iPad quite a bit at my friend's house, but don't own it. My wife has an iPhone 4 though and we've had nothing but problems figuring out the whole iTunes thing. It's a serious mess. For example, there seems to be no way included in the iTunes "system" to move her sync to another computer--just a lot of fixes from people on messageboards. Of all the problems we've had, that seems to be the dumbest.
Actually, there's the "Restore from backup" option. What you do is simply grab the file from the iTunes folder (any quick google search will tell you where the file is). Copy it to the same place on the other computer then plug your iPhone in. It'll ask if you want to erase current data, you say yes, then when it's done right-click the phone in iTunes and "restore from backup". From memory it was 'that' easy. (If it all goes belly up, just use the other computer to restore it back to how it was - no harm done).
Now, my word of warning: my brother is a lawyer who kept "all" his contacts on his phone, so when he bought Outlook and tried to sync it he lost them. Now I'd done something with his phone weeks before and taken a backup so I was able to restore them all then hack the numbers out and basically forcefeed them into Outlook so he didn't lose them. My advice is - if you're already syncing your contacts with Outlook then contact your local tech wiz because it's not easy.
OT: the App Store. It's the reason I stay with Apple.
Disclaimer: I work in accounting/technical support so my geek factor is over 9000 - if nothing I said above makes sense then I can write up a how-to with screenshots on my blog and give you the link.