[Novalug] Andriod tablets

Dave Greene omniplex@omniplex.net
Sat Oct 5 14:50:52 EDT 2013


Bastards can't make up their mind.  Well the Color HD still isn't super
expensive and they did enable the Play store so it's not all bad.
 On Oct 5, 2013 2:48 PM, "John Kennedy" <skebi69@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 2:22 PM, Dave Greene <omniplex@omniplex.net> wrote:
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>> Sorry Kevin, you will get duplicates since I keep forgetting google
>> doesn't automatically do reply-all....
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>> Depends on what you are looking for. The Kindle Fires use the Amazon
>> store because it's an Amazon version of the tablet and they wanted more
>> control.
>> Some of the tablets were designed and geared to be something other than a
>> tablet. The B&N Nook is an example. It wasn't really supposed to be a
>> tablet and was really designed much like the Amazon devices to support B&N
>> and their ecosystem. The tablet actually was pretty good for their
>> interactive kids books
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>> If you want a pure tablet I would steer away from a lot of the bargain
>> bin ones, as those are targeting a different segment of the market, more
>> the email and casual user market. If you are not going to use the stock rom
>> that came with it, I would go look at the specs and purchase based on that
>> as well as support from the xda community.
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>> That being said, since the B&N Color HD is being discontinued since B&N
>> is getting out of that business, it is a fairly decent hardware device and
>> could probably be picked up for a low price. Though I have not looked.
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> Dave,
> You will find that B&N did an about face on their tablets and have decided
> to keep them after all.
> John
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> John Kennedy
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