viewsonic g tablet or archos 101??? Just curious which is more user friendly and better for a masters student?!
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I have a Archos 101, very happy with it.No sure what is your usage. I mainly check email, browse web, read news, check weather and let my kids play games.good battery life, power up very quick.It is not for you to write paper or edit ppt presentation for sure.
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I had archos 70 wich is a pretty much the same as 101 except for the screen size. Curently I have g tablet. Imho g tablet is a way better if you are ready to install a rooted android on it thus voiding warranty. I recommend vegan. But if you are not a technical person then 101 may be better for you since it works well out of the box.
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Fortunately I have access to both and did a pretty thorough review of them on my blog site at http://www.blendblog.net/Default.aspx?tabid=36&EntryID;=64. Hope this helps, I like both devices but they are different and which one to get really depends on what you are looking for which I breakdown in my review.Sean
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I have a Dell Duo. Lag isn't that bad depending on what you are used to and what you do. Scrolling is smooth 90 percent of the time in excel and IE. Yes, it is a atom, but it is a dual core atom. But yeah, the best choice is the EP121. The EP121 has these advantages over the Dell Duo. 1.)SDXC/MMC card slot 2.)lighter by 1 pound 3.)Wacom pen input 4.)CPU benchmarks about twice as fast 5.)potentially double the ram 6.)faster graphics performance 7.)HDMI for video out 8.)SSD is much quicker. I tested the EP121 at windows boot to desktop and it was 20 seconds. 9.)Reliability: the SSD will not fail because of vibration or g-forces. Hard Drive Failure is likely the #1 reason why mobile computers that have them fail. 10.)bigger screen 11.)comes with a folio case for propping it up in 3 different angles/orientations 12.)MVA screen on EP121 has much better viewing angles than the Duo screen. The Dell Duo has bad vertical viewing angles and ok horizontal viewing angles in my experiance. The problem is that in portrait(in tablet mode), your vertical viewing angles are your horizontal viewing angles and so it is hard to share with someone else in portrait 13.)thinner: .66 inch vs 1 inch 14.)larger screen:12.1 inch vs 10.1 inch 15.)physical buttons accessible in tablet mode like Ctrl-Alt-Delete/window switcher, volume rocker, virtual keyboard activator, etc 16.)strengthened glass called Gorilla Glass cons 1.)maybe about 20% less battery life(Asus quotes 3 hours and Dell quotes 4 hours). In my experience though. The Dell Duo gets around 3 hours but I might be abusing the slow processor a bit with what I do with it. them fail. 2.)No physical attached keyboard in convertible form factor 3.)Hard Drive is 64GB/32GB vs. 360GB on Dell Duo 4.)Price
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Well I hate to burst everyone's bubble but the Archos 7 is a wonderful piece of tech and has the potential to be used as an excellent E-Book reader. However, currently ebooks are unreadable for the most part on them due to the various digital rights management (DRM) crap that publisher's keep forcing down on consumers via their ebooks. The archos 7 can read a pdf but not a DRM based pdf. If you find away to make it a regular pdf I would imagine it would work fine. I work with alot of pdf documents and I can read all of them just fine on the archos 7 but none of those documents have DRM in the way. Well I hate to burst everyone's bubble but the Archos 7 is a wonderful piece of tech and has the potential to be used as an excellent E-Book reader. However, currently ebooks are unreadable for the most part on them due to the various digital rights management (DRM) crap that publisher's keep forcing down on consumers via their ebooks. The archos 7 can read a pdf but not a DRM based pdf. If you find away to make it a regular pdf I would imagine it would work fine. I work with alot of pdf documents and I can read all of them just fine on the archos 7 but none of those documents have DRM in... » Read More Well I hate to burst everyone's bubble but the Archos 7 is a wonderful piece of tech and has the potential to be used as an excellent E-Book reader. However, currently ebooks are unreadable for the most part on them due to the various digital rights management (DRM) crap that publisher's keep forcing down on consumers via their ebooks. The archos 7 can read a pdf but not a DRM based pdf. If you find away to make it a regular pdf I would imagine it would work fine. I work with alot of pdf documents and I can read all of them just fine on the archos 7 but none of those documents have DRM in the way. « Show Less
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honestly i think they are all the same basic tablet. Google Dragon Touch and Allwinner A13 and see.
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Intuos is a highly pressure sensitive tablet. If you're just doing mid level work you're probably better of using a graphire instead. I find intuos to be more of an illustrator's tablet than a digital touch up.
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i tablet blows the ep121 out of the water i think. I had the ep121 for less then a week and i sold it and bought the samsung. The samsung has a way better screen then the ep121. The ep121 seems not as sharp as the samsung. And the battery on the ep121 is not as good, only last me for like 2 classes while the samsung last me about 3-4 classes. The asus runs around 100 less on ebay used then the samsung, so for 100 dollars more you get a better tablet.
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Depends on what your looking for..supremely portable 909 or desktop somewhat portable..I have the Grundig and love it..Ive only read some reviews on the 909 ..I wouldn't sell my Grundig for one of them..
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I would still buy the Nook HD+, the screen is better, the operating system isn't as locked down (IE I can install regular android on it and use it as a normal tablet, it had a microsd slot and even the native ebook software is superior. I use mine with the free Calibre on the computer (which can convert any ebook file to any other ebook file and am able to read books from anywhere. If you aren't just using it as an ebook and are unwilling to learn to put a normal operating system on it I would probably look at another tablet as an option. I will say this has far better specs ( screen /processor/memory) at a lower price than any almost comparable tablets!
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I have the Ipod touch and interested in the Archos 7.Unlike the ipod touch -You get almost double screen real estate, -can read email directly-replaceable battery.-More choices of video codecetc.
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Viewsonic stopped selling this model more than a year ago. If you want information on warranties, I'd check with them. Brand new, my tablet had a year's warranty with Viewsonic, and I never had cause to use it, up until the time it was stolen, (About a year.) If you are not buying a refurbished tablet directly from Viewsonic, it's probably a 3rd party refurbished unit, and you should contact the vendor to see what the warranty terms are.
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Bamboo Capture. It was my first tablet. I got it 5 years ago and it's still fully functional through all the years of wear and tear. It's not a huge one, but it's a nice size for beginners or hobbyists. The pen pressure levels aren't too bad either. It comes with two free art programs for Windows and Mac.
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as of this point seeing the viewsonic tab..is much better and more affordable...this tablet , might be the threat to the samsung galaxy?? with all the features and apps, android 2.2....hmmmm..........
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Here is a link to MaximumPC.com. I am an avid techie and researcher of said devices. In this article they compare (in video) the Samsumg Galaxy S and the Viewsonic Viewpad side by side. Cheers http://www.maximumpc.com/article/reviews/7-inch_showdown_galaxy_tab_vs_viewpad_7
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In my opinion support for Skype will happen more likely through the modded custom ROMs, like Vegan and Cyanogen 7 adaptions, not looking for much joy from Viewsonic support.BTW, I LOVE my gTab. So much that I just bought one for son for birthday. Didn't plan to spend that much, but loved it enough to want to see others enjoy it too. Plus, his a-hole boss bought an iPad for another employee and wanted son to brandish his superior tab for less than half the cost!
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I gave up waiting for the Coby and bought the Archos 101. I think I may have been happier with the Coby but the 101 is nice.The screen is a little bigger on the Archos, but I feel I would have liked the 8" screen just as well. For those of you who wait, let us know how you like the Coby.
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PDFs suck on the Archos 5. I looked at the PDF Manual that came preloaded on it and it loads for like 30 seconds just to scroll down a page.
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It comes with appslib http://appslib.com/ I downloaded amazon apps directly to it, there is something called arctools http://www.arctablet.com/blog/archos-tablet/arctools-google-apps-and-market-installer-for-archos-gen8-youtube-fixed/ that you donate for to get google play store, a good reference for anything archos is archosfans website http://forum.archosfans.com/viewforum.php?f=66&sid=476ed933cc8bc44b71919f176fb790aa and the sub forum specifically about the 43