Keep On Taking The Tablet.
May. 4th, 2013 06:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rhythmaningI have just bought a Nexus 7 - a companion for Nexus 4 phone. I like it a lot. It works just like my phone. Indeed, since I rarely use my phone as a phone, it is pretty identical. Apart from being much bigger.
I got it for several reasons. Well, two.
Firstly, I am going away for a couple of weeks, somewhere I'm not likely to have the internet, and I thought it would be good to load up some things to watch in iPlayer. At this it fails singularly. No fault of the Nexus; the Android iPlayer app uses only streaming, not downloaded, media. So if I'm not connected, I can't use iPlayer.
Secondly, I have a cat. (You may have noticed this.) When I sit down, Talisker often sits on my lap, particularly in the evenings. And when he does this, I cannot use my laptop, my lap being otherwise occupied. I reckoned a handheld device - bigger than my phone - would mean I could write stuff whilst sitting on the sofa.
At this, it works admirably well. As I have a cast on my lap right now.
One downside, perhaps, may be an increased level of typos. Which will please some people.
I got it for several reasons. Well, two.
Firstly, I am going away for a couple of weeks, somewhere I'm not likely to have the internet, and I thought it would be good to load up some things to watch in iPlayer. At this it fails singularly. No fault of the Nexus; the Android iPlayer app uses only streaming, not downloaded, media. So if I'm not connected, I can't use iPlayer.
Secondly, I have a cat. (You may have noticed this.) When I sit down, Talisker often sits on my lap, particularly in the evenings. And when he does this, I cannot use my laptop, my lap being otherwise occupied. I reckoned a handheld device - bigger than my phone - would mean I could write stuff whilst sitting on the sofa.
At this, it works admirably well. As I have a cast on my lap right now.
One downside, perhaps, may be an increased level of typos. Which will please some people.