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Originally Posted by HansTWN
There always will be some key ingredient missing --- that is how they get you to upgrade. If a device was using the latest and greatest for every single component and had all the latest desirable features people would only upgrade every 3-5 years. That would be the end of the tech world as we know it.
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I will grant you all that Hans.
But I only want a few things.
I don't really care how fast it is and how videos play. I don't care how thin it is.
I don't want to pay for a cell service phone.
I do want some battery life, but I carry chargers (portable) now for that.
I want a really great screen, but IPS isn't necessary since it is usually me alone looking at it.
A bright vibrant screen, with 1024 to 1200 pixels on one axis is what I want on a 5 to 5 1/2 inch screen.
I want an
SD card, and an
all purpose USB2 port and it would be nice to have it full size too. (USB not SD)
I want
self contained GPS and at this point in time Android. Maybe later a device that can run MS directly, but no hurry there because I know the costs will be high for some years. The Android MS Office look-a-likes are ok.
A stylus would be great, but with what I listed above, I can hook up a keyboard easily.
Samsung is so close with its Players and the prices are great, but there are things in the Note that are already here in the
"present tense."
I am seriously thinking on trying to get a 1 or 2 year warranty on a used Note 1, when the Note 2s come out.
Now if I could get a used Note 1 really, really, really cheap I would chance a 3 month warranty.
The other thing you might have noticed is that I want a device that is paid for up front with no monthly charges.
My feature prepaid phone with a basic small keyboard is fine because probably in the last 2 or 3 years I have text-ed maybe a dozen or so times that whole time looking up addresses for a GPS. I have a few numbers I can text that will reply back with Google like results.
Even my Kindle will do that!
---- the above is for out of the aircraft ----