bunanson wants to buy viewsonic gtablet $260 shipped; any advice?
 

http://www.buy.com/prod/viewsonic-g-...219101228.html

froyo
512 mb ram
g sensor
no gps

Thinking to get one. Main purpose is to watch tv throughout the world, and occasional surfing

good experience, bad experience, please dont, whatnots; greatly appreciated

bun

Re: bunanson wants to buy viewsonic gtablet $260 shipped; any advice?
 

You want advice? OK: STOP WATCHING TV!

Just kidding. I dropped in to see what the ol' Maemsters have to say about the N9, and, to my delight, there you were.

As someone who, apart from movies, watches no television other than an occasional show of Jeopardy, I gotta ask: what the heck do you find to watch?

[Tapped out on my trusty N800, while, of course, lying in bed on my back]

Re: bunanson wants to buy viewsonic gtablet $260 shipped; any advice?
 

I like to travel. I like to watch things around the world. But we all know, that is prohibitive. First, you dont have that much money. Second, you dont have that much vacation time. Third, you dont know how to accomplish that. So, I resort to watching tv all over the world, to enjoy their cultures, to enjoy their language, to enjoy what other earthlings are doing.

The VirginMobile cellphone, LG optimus V, can do ALL of the above, anywhere. Problem, a 3.2" screen.

So I want something like the above, but with bigger screen, and HDMI output to my projector.

I guess my goal is a lot more straight forward than most geeks :)

What the hack I got to watch, natures, national geographics, Discovery, Animal Planet, E!Online (mainly jen aniston and bradjoly, its fun and other pretty girls), msnbc gossips, TV (regular tv), PhoenixTV (TV china) CCTV (TV China),

Skype for talking without paying

Realtor.com, look for house

HomeDepot to buy things to fix my old house

Walmart to buy grocery/food

and most of all, turn by turn Google navigator. The only gripe I have is not enough driving when going to work, my driving time is only 10 min. with the google navigation, I wish I have like 20 - 30 min to drive to work :)

Is that enough to justify to buy a dumb tablet for fun?

bun

Re: bunanson wants to buy viewsonic gtablet $260 shipped; any advice?
 

Get it. Froyo sucks balls big time, but xda developers has many roms for it, even honeycomb alpha. viewsonic is pretty mum on honeycomb on the gtablet though. battery life is great, lasts about 6-8 hours full usage. size is a bit prohibitive becuase it's big! screen viewing angles suck bigtime, but not a major problem if single user. Now if only someone would get meego netbook or tablet ui running on the gtablet and viewpad 10s, life would be beautiful.
Hope that helps.

Re: bunanson wants to buy viewsonic gtablet $260 shipped; any advice?
 

@joelsk: Sounds like a recommendation. Thanks. Without gps and 3G cellphone, it lost a lot of fun. I guess BT GPS is an option. Hope it has BT.

bun

Re: bunanson wants to buy viewsonic gtablet $260 shipped; any advice?
 

It has bt. the size prohibits usage outside the home so gps isn't really a problem. If 3g is a deal breaker, thenm dun get it. I've been using the 10s (same as gtablet specs) for a few months now, other than a serious dislike of froyo, i don't have any problems.

Re: bunanson wants to buy viewsonic gtablet $260 shipped; any advice?
 

The LCD Display really bad big time. So if you are thinking to put it in somewhere where u can watch video or using it as an e-reader think again :).

I would suggest spend a little bit extra to get a better one.

Go to a shop where u can at least try it. Really the LCD display will annoy you.

Even I have gotten used to it, but well, sometimes still wondering why dont I spend extra to get the Asus /Acer (forgot which one is cheaper).

Re: bunanson wants to buy viewsonic gtablet $260 shipped; any advice?
 

It can't connect to ad hoc wifi and has no bluetooth-pan profile. Therefore if you wanna tether to your mobile phone for internet connection you might have to struggle a bit, unless you could find an app I don't know which could solve the problem.

Re: bunanson wants to buy viewsonic gtablet $260 shipped; any advice?
 

Hotspot will take care of it. Wifi hotspot, my LG Optimus V can provide that.

I found another one, and I think I may like this one better, http://www.buy.com/prod/viewsonic-vp...218018747.html

cnet review:http://reviews.cnet.com/tablets/view...34165135.html; and it takes tmobile sim card too.

it is 3G ready w integrated gps and smaller. What do you all think? I think this is what I am after.

bun

Re: bunanson wants to buy viewsonic gtablet $260 shipped; any advice?
 

What is a LCD display? Is the N900 display is a LCD display?
TIA,

bun