11-25-2011, 01:16 PM | #16 |
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This night, I plugged my 0.5 mah phone charger into the Vox and turned it off. It was at 10% battery. I unplugged it 7h ago and have been using it sporadically. It still says 10%, it's still on. Any charger will charge - even a USB port at work.
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11-25-2011, 01:36 PM | #17 |
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11-25-2011, 01:49 PM | #18 |
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Not accurate. You can sideload apps on the Kindle Fire without rooting. Same setup as the Vox. Simply enable it within Settings. I have the NOOK app and other eReader apps on mine. Perhaps I'll load the Kobo app when they put a tablet version in the Android Market.
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11-25-2011, 02:40 PM | #19 | |
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11-25-2011, 02:43 PM | #20 |
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Whenever my husband does something awesome with his iPad, I always say "how's that crappy-screened machine of yours working out for you?". It makes me feel good about my $500 cheaper product!
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11-25-2011, 02:45 PM | #21 | |
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My battery usage is quite good with WiFi off and with my screen brightness turned down. I can easily get a 10-15 hour day out of it, depending on if I watch a video or if I do a lot of internet browsing. I guess it all depends on what you do. My hubby's iPad always seems to need re-charging - but that gets more 'game' play on it, so that could be a factor. |
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11-25-2011, 02:49 PM | #22 | |
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Some comments are saying it's the LOWEST SCORE EVER - for ANY device. Double OUCH! And this doesn't even factor in Kobo's lack of responsive and knowlegable customer / tech phone support. Triple OUCH! I sure love my Vox, but when I read stuff like this, I kind of take it personally and feel all defensive, because it makes me feel like I am being called an idiot for buying it...when in fact, I think it's one of my smartest purchases since my Kobo WiFi... |
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11-25-2011, 03:00 PM | #23 |
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Awful reviewer...
Love the screen, bright enough for outdoors at full brightness and dim in night mode for dark places. Love the reader, life and pulse apps. Only 512 MB main memory? Have not run out once! Love the microsd, have 32 GB installed for my media and stuff. Only 800 MHz? Seems fast enough for all that I do which is mostly e-books, music, facebook, twitter, youtube which works great with Flash 11 installed, PDF with Acrobat, Angry Birds, etc. Battery is great with wifi off. Hopefully they can improve the wifi efficiency. Last edited by hpulley; 11-25-2011 at 03:45 PM. Reason: youube |
11-25-2011, 04:33 PM | #24 |
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Thanks for answering my question. I just bought it today for $180 hopefully i have the same experience as you guys!
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11-25-2011, 04:59 PM | #25 |
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OK, thanks for clarifying that.
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11-25-2011, 06:26 PM | #26 |
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Can't remember if the Nook app supports ADE or not. My main concern there is the non-existent international support. No cloud storage, no Amazon App Store, etc.
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11-25-2011, 07:10 PM | #27 | |
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I've used Linux for many years and played with many minimal systems which made very good use of low-spec hardware, so I've no problem with this Vox. Uninstall what you will never use, don't run what doesn't need to, and your battery life will be very good. |
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11-26-2011, 10:24 AM | #28 | |
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11-26-2011, 12:27 PM | #29 |
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They don't have those in Canada, but from what I've read it beats the NC screen. Might beat the Nook Tablet too, but I can't say for sure. May beat the Kindle Fire judging by the complaints about viewing angles on the KF's screen. I've never had issues with those, and I've tested with video too (via the actual YouTube app).
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11-26-2011, 01:30 PM | #30 | |
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