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I need an Android tablet.
10 inch or if better overall an 8 inch will do. It needs to be a recent Android OS so to work with some security apps for my aged parents. I hope to buy several and to keep the cost under $200 each. I do not need much memory as a SD can be added to most. Processors speed or number of cores might be needed as the tablet will be used with Android compatible security cameras etc. 5G WiFi is also needed (not a range problem I have checked) ! I am using up all their 2G bandwith right now. Really just using as a monitor. Thank you so much to these helpful knowledgeable groups. The reviews I read on line (Googled) are confusing and at Amazon almost all tablets are pop-pooed except for the very expensive ones. The Amazon Alexa monitors are NOT android either and I read that setting up my chosen cameras is difficult and NOT free to stream for viewing to the Alexa screen device. So I gave up on that even though the price was about $100 for the 8 inch Alexa Screen. The Android app's screen gives full camera control too so it is Android I need. I bought and returned an Amazon Fire as it implied Android compatibility but it is NOT compatible so returned. Gave me a full refund even though I opened the box and turned it on and tried. The tech understood my dilemma and agreed so refunded all. |
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On 01/01/2020 22:47, Barry wrote:
I need an Android tablet. 10 inch or if better overall an 8 inch will do. It needs to be a recent Android OS so to work with some security apps for my aged parents. I hope to buy several and to keep the cost under $200 each. I do not need much memory as a SD can be added to most. I have recently found a wonderful tool called Google and it searches for the best answers to questions I ask. I suggest try this link: https://www.google.com/search?q=Android+Tablets&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b Good luck and hope your aged parents will have fun working out how the tablet works before they die. They can take the knowledge with them for the next life they might take. -- With over 1.2 billion devices now running Windows 10, customer satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows. |
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=?UTF-8?B?8J+YiSBHb29kIEd1eSDwn5iJ?= writes: On 01/01/2020 22:47, Barry wrote: I need an Android tablet. 10 inch or if better overall an 8 inch will do. It needs to be a recent Android OS so to work with some security apps for my aged parents. I hope to buy several and to keep the cost under $200 each. I do not need much memory as a SD can be added to most. I have recently found a wonderful tool called Google and it searches for the best answers to questions I ask.* I suggest try this link: https://www.google.com/search?q=Android+Tablets&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b Idiot. He didn't even know enough to snip the UTF-8 or Firefox bits. Good luck and hope your aged parents will have fun working out how the tablet works before they die.* They can take the knowledge with them for the next life they might take. (Not only idiot, but rude.) -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf A good pun is its own reword. |
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Your 2nd grade reading capability does not suffice. Read the damn post, after going back to school for 10 years, you freaking idiot ! 😉 Good Guy 😉 wrote: On 01/01/2020 22:47, Barry wrote: I need an Android tablet. 10 inch or if better overall an 8 inch will do. It needs to be a recent Android OS so to work with some security apps for my aged parents. I hope to buy several and to keep the cost under $200 each. I do not need much memory as a SD can be added to most. I have recently found a wonderful tool called Google and it searches for the best answers to questions I ask. I suggest try this link: https://www.google.com/search?q=Android+Tablets&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b Good luck and hope your aged parents will have fun working out how the tablet works before they die. They can take the knowledge with them for the next life they might take. -- With over 1.2 billion devices now running Windows 10, customer satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows. |
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Barry wrote:
I need an Android tablet. 10 inch or if better overall an 8 inch will do. It needs to be a recent Android OS so to work with some security apps for my aged parents. I hope to buy several and to keep the cost under $200 each. I do not need much memory as a SD can be added to most. Processors speed or number of cores might be needed as the tablet will be used with Android compatible security cameras etc. 5G WiFi is also needed (not a range problem I have checked) ! I am using up all their 2G bandwith right now. Really just using as a monitor. Thank you so much to these helpful knowledgeable groups. The reviews I read on line (Googled) are confusing and at Amazon almost all tablets are pop-pooed except for the very expensive ones. The Amazon Alexa monitors are NOT android either and I read that setting up my chosen cameras is difficult and NOT free to stream for viewing to the Alexa screen device. So I gave up on that even though the price was about $100 for the 8 inch Alexa Screen. The Android app's screen gives full camera control too so it is Android I need. I bought and returned an Amazon Fire as it implied Android compatibility but it is NOT compatible so returned. Gave me a full refund even though I opened the box and turned it on and tried. The tech understood my dilemma and agreed so refunded all. It looks like you get what you pay for. https://www.androidcentral.com/best-android-tablets The input end of things is *important*, especially for old people. For example, someone with arthritis might not be able to actuate any HID devices worth a damn. (Big thumbs and tiny tiny chiclet keyboards.) And it takes the fun out of life if your hands no longer work. Don't buy a computer for someone with arthritis, without sneaking a peek at their hands, and how ruined they are. This is what I learned from attempting to use "survey tablets" they have at the doctors office. I would have used a keyboard or a stylus, if they had offered me that option. I don't like trying to use my fingernail to write my lifes story on glass. Paul |
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Am 02.01.20 um 01:29 schrieb 😉 Good Guy 😉:
Good luck and hope your aged parents will have fun working out how the tablet works before they die.Â* They can take the knowledge with them for the next life they might take. -- With over 1.2 billion devices now running Windows 10, customer satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows. Crossposting over 3 NGs in HTML and using an anonymous Troll-server: Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.mixmin.net!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: =?UTF-8?B?8J+YiSBHb29kIEd1eSDwn5iJ?= Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.ge neral,comp.mobile.android Subject: Recommendations Please Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2020 00:29:34 +0000 Organization: Mixmin Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------030803000008070604090808" Injection-Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2020 00:29:35 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: news.mixmin.net; posting-host="89d1a67e000a57cb91405b5a54f716056ba717f1"; logging-data="18536"; " User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.7.2 In-Reply-To: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:144529 alt.windows7.general:186699 comp.mobile.android:66327 You urgently need professional help! Nobody takes you serious, dear and now *PLONK* |
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On 02/01/2020 17:32, Joerg Lorenz wrote:
Crossposting over 3 NGs in HTML and using an anonymous Troll-server: Funny you noticed this. Not many people here had any idea about this. Can we call you the intelligent one in these newsgroups? So in your humble opinion "reader02.eternal-september.org" is not an anonymous Troll-server. Have you heard of disposable eMail addresses? Perhaps not because you're the intelligent one here who cares less about such things. You've important things to worry about. Path: news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Joerg Lorenz Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.ge neral,comp.mobile.android Subject: Recommendations Please Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2020 18:32:01 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 45 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2020 17:32:02 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="74f5a74893f8f3459ba7171422a9803a"; logging-data="15719"; "; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19ZfA64nfvstjUDbHD7loyIAPI/yKlwhJM=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.15; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.3.1 Cancel-Lock: sha1:dtZTS7IBYPU2lw3b7/JbYfWdGhw= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: de-CH -- With over 1.2 billion devices now running Windows 10, customer satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows. |
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On Wed, 1 Jan 2020 14:47:15 -0800, Barry
wrote: I need an Android tablet. 10 inch or if better overall an 8 inch will do. It needs to be a recent Android OS so to work with some security apps for my aged parents. I hope to buy several and to keep the cost under $200 each. I do not need much memory as a SD can be added to most. Processors speed or number of cores might be needed as the tablet will be used with Android compatible security cameras etc. 5G WiFi is also needed (not a range problem I have checked) ! I am using up all their 2G bandwith right now. Really just using as a monitor. Thank you so much to these helpful knowledgeable groups. The reviews I read on line (Googled) are confusing and at Amazon almost all tablets are pop-pooed except for the very expensive ones. The Amazon Alexa monitors are NOT android either and I read that setting up my chosen cameras is difficult and NOT free to stream for viewing to the Alexa screen device. So I gave up on that even though the price was about $100 for the 8 inch Alexa Screen. The Android app's screen gives full camera control too so it is Android I need. I bought and returned an Amazon Fire as it implied Android compatibility but it is NOT compatible so returned. Gave me a full refund even though I opened the box and turned it on and tried. The tech understood my dilemma and agreed so refunded all. I'm not in a good position to answer your questions. I'm an EE and most of my computer use is drawings, schematics, reading specifications, reading for entertainment and programming controllers. Your list of requirements reads like it is all coming off the top of your head as you think of things, and you haven't given it a lot of serious, systematic, analytical, consideration. If you are planning a large purchase, haunt a few retail outlets and play with a few tablets. You may find someone knowledgeable and enthusiastic (a sales nerd) to help you. It is more effort on your part, but then it may save a lot of heartache later on. Then negotiate a deal for the number of tablets you want, with guarantees and service arrangements... That said, I have a ~10 year old Lenovo 10" that I love. I use it daily reading novels, use the GPS and driving aids when I travel, and the battery seems to last forever, even after using it for 10 years. It does everything, but when I need to work, I need a real keyboard and real mouse; a touch screen doesn't cut it. My only gripe is that it needs the micro-USB adapter to charge the battery. In my engineering opinion that is way too limiting charging rate-wise and too flimsy physically and prone to failure. A large coax power connector would be better, and free the USB connector for other things. I have added one of the magnetic charge adapters to it and my wife's tablets which does solve most of my gripes with the micro USB - just bring the end of the cable close to the port and it finds it, latches on and works. |
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