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pbull221 said:
Now to find some apps...
It's an Android device. What do you want to do with it? Store and display picture albums for clients or need a device to do serious editing in your hands?
The first is easy but the second IMHO, needs a bigger screen, which means a laptop with a calibrated screen, unless you want results that won't be reviewed and criticized... ;-)
With a blown out spine, sitting more than 10 minutes on any surface in the house is excruciating. Sitting on the back porch on the brick wall next to the house where I can lean up against it is often the only place to sit. With something lightweight like the tablet I can review my photos and learn about Photoshop with the $10.00 Adobe Photoshop Touch that is only available for Android right now. I wish for something even lighter than a laptop to travel with as I've been told "no picking up anything more than 10lbs until further notice (It's already been 3 months.) Camera gear is pushing the 8.x lb. edge already. 1600x1600 is at least a start for the images that I am making available, the current limit with the above mentioned Photoshop app. Next step, stick the computer on a podium so I can stand and work on the full application on the two Cinema displays for a bit longer than 10 minutes.
Good fundamental question. That is the kind of stuff that is slipping through my fingers with such massive sleep deprivation for so darn long. Thank you!
Any recommendations on tablets guys? I'm not going to be using it for photography, more like around the house browsing.
Right now I'm looking at the Samsung Galaxy Tab or Asus Transformer.
I'm an iPhone/iPad guy and am very happy with the ability to download pictures to my iPad and with iCloud, they immediately show up on my iPhone. I have some editing software on my iPad, but for me, it's just a great device to view pictures. Plus I no longer receieve any magazines in print. I get all my photo subscriptions on my iPad.
I have an iPad. In my experience...
It's great for -
Showing your pictures to other people,
Quickly checking your emails (from picking it up "cold" to reading your emails takes, quite literally, a few seconds!),
Browsing, just for interest,
Reading magazines and newspapers,
Playing games for 15 minutes when you want a break from the real world.
It's certainly NOT so great for -
Editing photos, etc. The screen is simply too small,
Having an in-depth email conversation about anything important,
Serious on-line stuff, e.g. banking,
Word processing, or other business-like activities.
In other words, it's a device for PASSIVELY LOOKING at things.
It's not a device for ACTIVELY DOING things
Anaxagoras said:
I have an iPad. In my experience...It's great for -
Showing your pictures to other people,
Quickly checking your emails (from picking it up "cold" to reading your emails takes, quite literally, a few seconds!),
Browsing, just for interest,
Reading magazines and newspapers,
Playing games for 15 minutes when you want a break from the real world.It's certainly NOT so great for -
Editing photos, etc. The screen is simply too small,
Having an in-depth email conversation about anything important,
Serious on-line stuff, e.g. banking,
Word processing, or other business-like activities.In other words, it's a device for PASSIVELY LOOKING at things.
It's not a device for ACTIVELY DOING things
With a really good bluetooth keypad, you'd be surprised how much nicer it is to do things on an iPad......For Christmas, Santa brought me the Targus Versavue 360 Case with Bluetooth Keyboard (on sale at BestBuy for $80). The keyboard works perfectly and makes typing just as nice as on a laptop.
I looked at tablets and ended up buying a zenbook by asus. just a little over two pounds and will run photo shop. Its a new ultrabook.
I am waiting for ( along with the D800) somthing with Windows 8 and a retina display
maybe from Samsung
rbrylawski said:
With a really good bluetooth keypad, you'd be surprised how much nicer it is to do things on an iPad......For Christmas, Santa brought me the Targus Versavue 360 Case with Bluetooth Keyboard (on sale at BestBuy for $80). The keyboard works perfectly and makes typing just as nice as on a laptop.
Very true.
I do have a stand and a bluetooth keyboard for my iPad. But to be honest, rather than set it up it's easier, quicker and better to use my 17" laptop.
If someone is thinking about an iPad INSTEAD of a laptop, such a set up is reasonable. But for serious photo work you really need at least a 15" screen, preferably somewhat bigger.
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