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I'd like to get a Windows Tablet: help me decide.
wraith808:
You don't get notifications when the device is asleep (or sometimes ever, in the case of IMs). The email app expects to have a live connection to the server and cannot reflect actions like flagging or deleting email in a responsive fashion. Your phone makes a note to delete the email when you're in cell range and hides the message immediately. The Metro app just acts like it has ignored your attempt to delete a message while it frantically tries to connect to the server.
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This is what I was talking about with the connectivity.
superboyac:
You don't get notifications when the device is asleep (or sometimes ever, in the case of IMs). The email app expects to have a live connection to the server and cannot reflect actions like flagging or deleting email in a responsive fashion. Your phone makes a note to delete the email when you're in cell range and hides the message immediately. The Metro app just acts like it has ignored your attempt to delete a message while it frantically tries to connect to the server.
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This is what I was talking about with the connectivity.
-wraith808 (July 23, 2014, 02:45 PM)
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I see, yes that's annoying. For me, I don't think it will be very important. I think i'll just be using it as a portable desktop rather than some kind of mobile device. I'm guessing i'm not going to be using the metro apps much. I've always been a third party guy anyway. I rarely use any stock windows programs other than Office. i'll go third party just for the principle of it, lol.
wraith808:
You don't get notifications when the device is asleep (or sometimes ever, in the case of IMs). The email app expects to have a live connection to the server and cannot reflect actions like flagging or deleting email in a responsive fashion. Your phone makes a note to delete the email when you're in cell range and hides the message immediately. The Metro app just acts like it has ignored your attempt to delete a message while it frantically tries to connect to the server.
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This is what I was talking about with the connectivity.
-wraith808 (July 23, 2014, 02:45 PM)
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I see, yes that's annoying. For me, I don't think it will be very important. I think i'll just be using it as a portable desktop rather than some kind of mobile device. I'm guessing i'm not going to be using the metro apps much. I've always been a third party guy anyway. I rarely use any stock windows programs other than Office. i'll go third party just for the principle of it, lol.
-superboyac (July 23, 2014, 03:17 PM)
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Are you going to be using it as a tablet? I foresee much pain. Which will lead to Anger. Which will lead to Hate. Which will lead to suffering. Which will lead to the Dark Side.
... after all, Yoda said so.
Vurbal:
You don't get notifications when the device is asleep (or sometimes ever, in the case of IMs). The email app expects to have a live connection to the server and cannot reflect actions like flagging or deleting email in a responsive fashion. Your phone makes a note to delete the email when you're in cell range and hides the message immediately. The Metro app just acts like it has ignored your attempt to delete a message while it frantically tries to connect to the server.
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This is what I was talking about with the connectivity.
-wraith808 (July 23, 2014, 02:45 PM)
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I see, yes that's annoying. For me, I don't think it will be very important. I think i'll just be using it as a portable desktop rather than some kind of mobile device. I'm guessing i'm not going to be using the metro apps much. I've always been a third party guy anyway. I rarely use any stock windows programs other than Office. i'll go third party just for the principle of it, lol.
-superboyac (July 23, 2014, 03:17 PM)
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Are you going to be using it as a tablet? I foresee much pain. Which will lead to Anger. Which will lead to Hate. Which will lead to suffering. Which will lead to the Dark Side.
... after all, Yoda said so.
-wraith808 (July 23, 2014, 03:49 PM)
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I have to agree with this. I do use mine for reading technical PDFs, but it's primarily a laptop and I never had any doubt that would be its primary purpose. The touchscreen adds a lot in desktop mode but for actual desktop programs - the kind that call for lots of mouse and keyboard interaction - it's honestly a piece of crap. For occasionally using as a tablet - even for desktop programs - it's brilliant. As a dedicated tablet I'd rate it as the worst one I've ever used, not counting the couple of off brand, garbage hardware Android models I've briefly had my hands on.
xtabber:
Hmm, yes, this seems to be the case for me. I want a larger screen for reading, like paper size. I was testing some pdf's on a surface this weekend...I don't know about you, but i liked it a lot better than android. It's just so fast and snappy. I also like the fact that i can use my software like pdf xchange etc, which i prefer over my android reader (ezpdf). we'll see, i think i'll like it a lot barring any hardware bugs. of course, that's what i said about the windows phone 8, and it sucked.
-superboyac (July 23, 2014, 10:51 AM)
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I tried ezpdf on one of my Android tablets and quickly removed it because it was slow and choppy.
What I use most often for pdf on Android these days is Mantano Reader Premium, which is primarily an ePub reader, but also an excellent pdf reader, much faster and smoother at rendering than even Adobe Reader for Android. Mantano excels in both document and library navigation. I also use Moon+ Reader Pro (also primarily an ePub reader that supports pdf), and Repligo, a full featured reader that many prefer to ezpdf but that seems to have been mysteriously discontinued last month.
While I do use PDFXchange on Windows, I can't imagine using it on a tablet because the menu and toolbar interface would be a nightmare on a touchscreen, even with a stylus.
I use two different Android tablets for reading, depending on the document. For ePub books, which can reflow and resize text, I mostly use a Nexus 7 (2013), which has 1920x1080 resolution and is very light and feels like a light paperback when held in the hand. For larger documents, like 8.5x11 pdf papers, as well as heavily illustrated books, I use a Nexus 10, which has a 2560x1600 screen resolution. Both of these tablets have magnetic covers that turn the display off when you close them, making the reading experience feel even more like a book. Also, both the Kindle and Nook for Android apps have now improved to the point where they provide a much superior reading experience than the Windows versions, when you are reading books purchased from those sources.
I have tried using the Android tablets for serious work with a keyboard and mouse and, while it can be done in a pinch, it doesn't compare to a Windows notebook. I've looked at the Surface Pro and it is a really nice Windows notebook, but seriously limited and overpriced for what it is. If money were no object, I'd buy one just for the fun of it, but I can't see it ever being either my primary working notebook computer or my primary reading device.
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