[AccessD] I love the Nexus

As I mentioned earlier, I bought the Nexus 7 (8 gb) and I am likewise impressed.  I came in to the 
living room one day to find my 11 year old son using Skype to talk to aunt Janice in NY.  No help 
from me, just opened it and made it work.  My 8 year old daughter who is "intellectually disabled" 
loves to open Google Map and look at things from the satellite view.  Less user friendly, I managed 
to sync my Amazon Kindle book list and download all the books I am reading plus a bunch for the future.

The Nexus 7 is no 10 inch tablet but it is cheap and powerful.  Once my multiple WIFI access points 
are unlocked and stored, it connects quickly and easily.  We have a Kindle Fire and the Nexus 7 and 
the kids fight over the Nexus.

IMHO, for those of us who don't have to do the Apple thing, Android tablets have arrived.

John W. Colby
Colby Consulting

Reality is what refuses to go away
when you do not believe in it

On 7/14/2012 10:11 AM, Stuart McLachlan wrote:
> Talking of new toys...
>
> I've just bought myself a Motorola Xoom.
>
> We've been using them for recording and emailing results for the PNG National Elections.
> Some else wrote the application to do that and I've written a system in PowerBasic/Access to
> automagically collect the emails, strip out the results, store them in the database, print out a
> copy on receipt and send updates to the website at http://results.pngec.gov.pg.   The Access
> app also generated various printouts/reports.
>
> Having seen what the tablets can do, I decided that I really had to learn to program  them.
> I've found a neat tool called Basic4Android and installed all the necessary bits but haven't
> really started learning to use it yet.  It looks like a great way to develop Android apps for
> anyone with VBA/PB etc skills.
>
> I've spent the last couple of days playing with the Xoom and downloading various free
> tools/apps.
>
> All I can say is - WOW!     I love it.   MS are really going to have to work to make a dent with
> Win8 for tablets.
>