Tydda Jon - Slough
jon.tydda at lonza.com
Fri Oct 28 05:42:17 CDT 2011
We've got a Samsung Galaxy S Tablet here which runs on Android, but I haven't had the chance to use it - people keep "testing" it at home for extended periods... I'd love something like an iPad, but for simplicity, we all agree that we need the tablet to be on our AD Domain so that any user can log in and be up and running in seconds. Also, if we had an iPad or Android tablet, I'm sure it would make the device eminently more attractive to the more dishonest people... We're using a rugged Windows tablet in our laboratories here, it's a Motion CSV - they're totally waterproof, and very rugged (during the testing, we dropped them from 6 feet (whilst turned on) and there were no problems). They're not bad, but not the easiest thing to use - the handle is ok for carrying, but not for holding when you're using it, and the stylus had all sorts of issues until we found a piece of software that made it work correctly. There was an issue with double clicking using the stylus - you had to click on the exact same pixel, which was something of a challenge! Jon -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Bartow Sent: 27 October 2011 17:35 To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Tablet Windows 7 (was: RasberryPi - A tiny computer for $25) Hey Jon, Let us know how it works out. I haven't read many good reviews on Windows tablets but I sure am not very happy with my Android tablet. I can't get it to recognize any USB or Bluetooth devices, it won't play flash video. It plays less than half of the videos on youtube - even though I have the youtube app. I can't get logmein to work on it. Basically useless other than browsing the web for non-video items. -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tydda Jon - Slough Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 10:53 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Tablet Windows 7 (was: RasberryPi - A tiny computer for $25) Thanks Gustav, I'll take a look at it. Jon -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock Sent: 27 October 2011 16:31 To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Tablet Windows 7 (was: RasberryPi - A tiny computer for $25) Hi John Yes, Acer Iconia, though I have not tested it myself: http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/iconia-tab-w500 /gustav >>> jon.tydda at lonza.com 27-10-2011 17:12 >>> One a similar note, does anyone know of a Windows 7 based tablet? I'm looking for something that looks like an actual tablet, with no keyboard, rather than a convertible laptop... Any ideas? Jon _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com This communication and its attachments, if any, may contain confidential and privileged information the use of which by other persons or entities than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this transmission in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the material from your system. _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com This communication and its attachments, if any, may contain confidential and privileged information the use of which by other persons or entities than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this transmission in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the material from your system.