[AccessD] I love the Nexus

Hi John,

How do you compare reading a book on the Nexus vs. the Kindle Fire vs. a
real Book?  My father needs large-print books so I've been considering some
kind of reader, as well as one for myself.

Thanks!
Dan

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Subject: [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.
>

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