New Tablet

I have Kindles, Nooks, iPads and Samsung Galaxy Note Tab 4. I find the Kindle Fire and the iPad Mini the most comfortable to use. I find them all useful, but for me the 7" size is optimum. My wife feels the same way. When we need a larger display or keyboard we use the laptops.

Last year we bought 2 Kindle Fires.We are going to give them to the grandkids for Christmas.While we like the Kindles,I want a bigger screen which is why I am looking at the Note.I also have a Samsung S4 phone so I suspect things will be similar.

hindes wrote:
QVC has a great deal on a Kindle Fire today & tomorrow or until they sell out. It is much cheaper than Amazon price. No, I don't work for QVC, just trying to pass on information.

Jim

Definitely want to check on the model of KindleFire and make sure you're not buying an outdated/discontinued model. I've never been impressed with the offerings from QVC.

Link: Nook HD

Check out the Nook HD+ at Barnes and Noble:

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/nook-hd-plus-barnes-noble/1110060512

(link thingy won't work) and this review at CNet;

http://reviews.cnet.com/tablets/barnes-noble-nook-hd/4505-3126_7-35472167.html

(same problem)

QVC has a great deal on a Kindle Fire today & tomorrow or until they sell out. It is much cheaper than Amazon price. No, I don't work for QVC, just trying to pass on information.

Jim

Camp, Forrest, Camp! wrote:
We have an iPad and an HP tablet. I am looking seriously at a Microsoft Surface RT this year. Microsoft has come out with the Surface 2 so the first gen tablets are going for around $200 this Black Friday. See my post on the subject in this forum for more details.

Read this.

depends on what brand of phone she has. If it is iPhone stay on that platform so it will all sync. in android Samsung seems good

I have the samsung 10 and love it!!!! That is what I am posting this message with. One thing I like is it comes with Polaris Office, which is fully compatable with MS Office. I do not use it for productivity, mostly net surfing, watching videos, etc. It runs on android.

I have the Note 10.1. Make sure you get the new model that is out (Note 10.1 2014) which uses a micro USB connector and not the Samsung specific 30 pin connector used by the original Note 10.1. I have the original and it is a great tablet. The handwriting recognition using the SPen is amazing and it immediately recognized my chicken scratch in both print and cursive and mixed. This is what sets this tablet apart. If you don't care about the handwriting feature then go with the Tab 3 which is a lot less money and is pretty much the same tablet.

I have no complaints with the Galaxy Note 10.1 at all. It functions well and does everything as expected. I am annoyed with Samsung for changing some of the features on this new model that make its accessories incompatible with the original Note 10.1 - and there is question now as to which model will they support with updates since they have been promising Android updates for the Note 10.1 since before the new model has come out. So go for the new model and not the original which is still being sold at about $100 less. Again, you can immediately see the difference by the connector in the bottom middle of the tablet - micro USB is the new model.