John Bartow
john at winhaven.net
Thu Aug 30 15:04:23 CDT 2012
Hey Dan, I have Kindle on my PC, my android tablet and phone and on my 7" e-ink based Kindle (of course). The only one I actually use to any degree is the Kindle. Easy on the eyes. It's very light weight and reads like a paper back only maybe even lighter. I bought the leather case with integrated light and it works great too. Makes the whole thing heavier, more like a hard cover bound book but that's been fine too. I've never really understood the whole Kindle Fire thing. Kind of ruined Kindle's reputation IMO. -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Dan Waters Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 10:46 AM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [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 -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 10:37 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving 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. > -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. SPAMfighter has removed 18406 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len Do you have a slow PC? Try Free scan http://www.spamfighter.com/SLOW-PCfighter?cid=sigen