tablet for SCaLE trip?

[Stephen]

Well Honestly the 3 Tabs oficially on the Cyanogenmod site are the
Advent Vega (also known as P10AN01), Nook Color (aka Encore), the HP
Touchpad, and the ViewSonic G Tablet.

The 2 of those i would suggest would be the B&N and the Viewsonic
Gtab, they are both very nice physically, and the Gtab has identical
specs and performance to the Galaxy tab. I haven't looked to see if
any of those are doing the M$ licencing or not.

I actually want either one of those :-)

On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 4:26 PM, der.hans <PLUGd at lufthans.com> wrote:
> moin moin,
>
> I'm thinking that 10 - 12 hours in a car could be more effectively used
> if I had an appropriate computing device. The Nexus One is great, but the
> screen is too small for use over long periods. My laptops are great, but
> not so good for cramped car and airplane seats, especially not for those
> sitting next to me :).
>
> Thus, I'm thinking a tablet of some sort might be best.
>
> Unfortunately, I waited to long to mail order something :(.
>
> I'm now wishing I'd managed to get in on the HP firesales...
>
> Aside from function and upgradeable, I want a manufacturer that doesn't
> lock down booting ( so no Motorola ) and that doesn't pay the m$ tax ( so
> no HTC and others ). It'd be nice if there was a table out there that
> listed those two items for Android devices.
>
> The tablet definitely needs to be running cyanogen, but I won't get to
> that until after SCaLE.
>
> I was thinking about the Galaxy Tab after seeing it in a store yesterday
> and because it'd be good to help fight the bogus patent suits ( $wife got
> a Nook tablet because I love the Barnes and Noble responses to the m$
> bogus patent extortion ). I'm not interested in custom interfaces, but
> since whatever I get will move to cyanogen, it doesn't really matter.
>
> I would prefer a larger screen, e.g. the 10" Galaxy Tab.
>
> More RAM and multi-core CPU are probably good ideas for me.
>
> I don't need, or want, a cell phone service on the tablet. Definitely need
> WiFi. Would love bluetooth audio and data.
>
> Looks like Samsung is paying m$ tax :(.
>
> http://betanews.com/2011/09/28/microsoft-extracts-android-tax-from-samsung/
>
> m$ tax: HTC, LG, Samsung
>
> locked: Motorola
>
> ! m$ tax and ! locked: Barnes and Noble, any others?
>
> ciao,
>
> der.hans
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