November 6, 2012

  • ANDROID BLUES

    A week before my birthday I purchased an Android tablet. I told myself I would regret it. My iPod Touch stopped working in August. The button that closes screens stopped working. It charges and the power switch work, but there is no way to navigate between screens and apps. I miss it a lot. Its size was perfect. I went to a tailor to get three dress shirts made for school. The pocket was custom made for the iPod to ride in, featuring a zipper so it wouldn't fall out. And it was so easy downloading podcasts from the iTunes Store. And I never had problems with Youtube or Google Maps. It was one of the best purchases I ever made. The only problem was that it never let me post blogs to xanga. The ANDROID lets me post blogs to xanga. However, I do not like the formats used for Twitter, Facebook, or Yahoo. I get xanga updates in the mail, but never the complete message. Also, when replying to email, I am given limited space for the message. I do not appreciate character limits. They are useful when working on Twitter, but such limits have no place when writing email. The iPod had eight gigs of memory. The ANDROID has a 16-gig SD card installed. Without the SD card, there is no meaningful storage space. I installed Winamp onto the tablet two days ago. It is nothing compared to the version used on desktop and laptop computers. I do get access to Internet radio stations, though, and need to see if it will stream podcasts. At this time I have a number of apps to try out. Most are related to photograpy, and some are related to foreign languages. I have a dictionary, two Bible translations, and a handful of books to read, and that I appreciate. I do not like the fact that it is so blooody difficult to remove some files. I need to get a cover to protect this device with, as I do not like the slick surfaces. Feels like it could slip out of my hands, and that would be rather inconvenient. I don't hate the ANDROID, but I don't like it, either. Its a wannabe device wishing to be accepted by its peers from. Apple and Samsung. Buy one only if you feel sorry for it. It is cheap. I bought this tablet and 16-gig SD card for under 5000 baht.

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