tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post8664208048780010803..comments2024-03-28T07:09:28.500+00:00Comments on The Speculative Scotsman: But I Digress | The Transformer and IAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08713791516631476930noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-49767284970574612252011-05-16T10:17:00.138+01:002011-05-16T10:17:00.138+01:00I'd love to hear your impressions!
I'm ma...I'd love to hear your impressions! <br />I'm mainly interested in knowing how easy is the transfer of media to the transformer- ebooks, movies, tv shows- Can you just plug a USB key and that's it? (I hear Android doesn't support this natively). <br />Also, do you have an app that streams Hd files? (MKV mainly).<br />Finally, re-reading your post I noticed you never actually say whether you recommend it or not (based on all the various activities you've done with it).<br />Is it worh our money, or should we perhaps wait for Hp's offerings (TouchPad in june), or perhaps Samsung's new Galaxy 10.1 tab?<br />thanks!Arielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06545309547016129690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-5296316014505165442011-05-12T18:38:58.137+01:002011-05-12T18:38:58.137+01:00Hello Bill. I really rather enjoyed reading your i...Hello Bill. I really rather enjoyed reading your impressions of The Borgias earlier in the week; it's been a strong show overall, hasn't it? With its issues - I'm still not convinced by Cesare, above all else - but a beautiful romp, with I think more to it than most folks have credited it with. Odd how little attention it's gotten in the place I look to for such exposure...<br /><br />Anyway, to your questions! Let's take them one at a time. For internet browsing, then, the Transformer boasts the single smoothest surfing experience I've had outside of the iPad. The hardware ships with Honeycomb, which comes with a fully-featured iteration of Google Chrome - my browser of choice anyway, which perhaps factors into my appreciation of this tablet edition some. But I can synch my bookmarks, import all my favourites, open additional tabs and switch between them in an instant... the Transformer is at its best when web browsing. You might notice a touch of checkerboarding, but really, just a touch. Flash integrates very well with the browser, and I've had little to no trouble with the vast majority of sites I've thrown at my Transformer. And I've thrown a lot of sites at in, this past week!<br /><br />As to your other question, Bill - the Transformer as a means of creating and editing documents on the go - I don't know that even Apple have this little tablet beat. It comes equipped with free Polaris Office for all your editing needs; there's dropbox for file synch; the on-screen keyboard is perfectly adequate, and there are apps in the Marketplace which improve it still further; and if you plunk the money down for the keyboard dock too, well. You'll be grand, I would wager. From everything I've heard - though I've no first hand experience, alas - the keyboard dock is great, though as I was saying to Afront, it's not for me, I don't think.<br /><br />Hope that's of some help to you, Bill. This is the non-Apple tablet to beat, in my opinion. And we anti-Apple sorts have to stick together! :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08713791516631476930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-41541577408317823052011-05-12T17:10:19.882+01:002011-05-12T17:10:19.882+01:00Hey, Niall.
How functional is the tablet for edi...Hey, Niall. <br /><br />How functional is the tablet for editing/revising documents (presumably fair, since you posted your blog through it), and internet browsing, on the go? <br /><br />I've been wanting a laptop for those two specific purposes (writing/revising, and web browsing), and just wanting some feedback on the pros/cons of an expensive tablet which still might be cheaper than a new laptop. <br /><br />Kudos to you for not buying Apple, by the way. One of the most expensive companies for technology in this country, and most of the jobs they create are overseas, even with the knowledge of the country's current economic climate.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14093997168286551055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-53225994233072683942011-05-12T16:58:38.465+01:002011-05-12T16:58:38.465+01:00I'm going to say probably not. Not anytime soo...I'm going to say probably not. Not anytime soon, at the least, if indeed I give in to temptation.<br /><br />I appreciate what the Transformer is trying to do in that regard, what with the dock, but I have a laptop already: the tablet's onscreen keypad suits me just fine, I already have an extra 16GB of storage via the Micro SD slot, and I can just plug the thing in to the computer any time I fancy transferring a video or an e-book - or else there's dropbox.<br /><br />So I don't know that I see the point of the keyboard dock, speaking personally. Certainly I don't at £100...<br /><br />Are you a card-carrying tablet owner then, Afront?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08713791516631476930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-787022859876900642011-05-12T16:51:49.014+01:002011-05-12T16:51:49.014+01:00Do you think you'll get the keyboard?Do you think you'll get the keyboard?Afronthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13630378459973921273noreply@blogger.com