Tablet section needed

JSWolf · 11-18-2011, 02:43 PM

I've just noticed that there's a mistake on MR. Tablets are being lumped in with eink readers when they don't actually belong there. There should be a tablet section for all the various tablets. Then subsections for the different brands. It would make finding information about tablets a lot easier then it is now. As it is now, tablet information is so all over the place that it's quite hard to find what's there. Something should be done soon before this gets even more convoluted.

HomeInMyShoes · 11-18-2011, 03:37 PM

That makes a lot of sense to me.

GeoffC · 11-19-2011, 12:06 PM

It's an overdue issue, but strictly the tablets are not, in themselves, readers .....

Billi · 11-19-2011, 01:37 PM

... and there is an Android and an Apple section already.

howyoudoin · 11-19-2011, 01:39 PM

I agree, makes sense to keep the pretend 'readers' away from the serious readers.

GeoffC · 11-20-2011, 03:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Billi

... and there is an Android and an Apple section already.

The "A" Brigade ....

CRussel · 11-20-2011, 10:38 AM

This is hardly what I would call a "mistake", and frankly I don't see any need to change. Plus changing introduces questions such as where do the KF and NT go? Right now they're happily in sub-fora of their respective main fora. And that seems to be working for the membership. Splitting out tablets to a whole new section will fragment the discussion and not improve it, IMO.

JSWolf · 11-20-2011, 03:47 PM

So where are the sections for all the different tablets that members have? There isn't such. So basically, posts about these other tablets have to be lumped in some section that doesn't identify them at all. And if we get Windows based tablets, there's no place for them. So yes, having a tablet section is needed. For the less popular tablets, prefixes would work fine until it's deemed that they become popular enough.

JSWolf · 11-20-2011, 03:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CRussel

This is hardly what I would call a "mistake", and frankly I don't see any need to change. Plus changing introduces questions such as where do the KF and NT go? Right now they're happily in sub-fora of their respective main fora. And that seems to be working for the membership. Splitting out tablets to a whole new section will fragment the discussion and not improve it, IMO.

Sure, the Fire is from Amazon, but it's a tablet. So it doesn't belong in the reader section at all. It belongs in a section with the nook tablet, iPad & iPad 2 and others.

Sweetpea · 11-21-2011, 06:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CRussel

This is hardly what I would call a "mistake", and frankly I don't see any need to change. Plus changing introduces questions such as where do the KF and NT go? Right now they're happily in sub-fora of their respective main fora. And that seems to be working for the membership. Splitting out tablets to a whole new section will fragment the discussion and not improve it, IMO.

It apparently doesn't work for "the" membership. Some people have problems with it (and it's not only Jon).

I already mentioned it on another thread about a new sub-forum for one of those tablets...

If I have a question about the difference between the Fire, Nook, Vox, Samsung tablet and the Ipad, where would I post it?

kennyc · 11-21-2011, 06:58 AM

Historically the separation on MR is by manufacturer, not by function. I say leave it alone, use sub-forums as is currently being done. I belong to other forums where the devices are separated by function (cell phones, tablets, readers) and it doesn't work well.

taming · 11-21-2011, 07:14 AM

Jon, if you actually had one of these devices--whether by Nook, Kobo, or Amazon--you might feel differently.

JSWolf · 11-21-2011, 01:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by taming

Jon, if you actually had one of these devices--whether by Nook, Kobo, or Amazon--you might feel differently.

Nope.. I wouldn't. My wife has an iPad and I do use it sometimes. But as said before, there is no appropriate place to talk about tablets.

Billi · 11-21-2011, 02:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

If I have a question about the difference between the Fire, Nook, Vox, Samsung tablet and the Ipad, where would I post it?

"Which one should I buy?"

(But seriously, why not in the general Android section? Why else do we have it?)

JSWolf · 11-21-2011, 03:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Billi

"Which one should I buy?"

(But seriously, why not in the general Android section? Why else do we have it?)

What if I wanted to talk about say the differences between The Blackberry Playbook, the HP Touchpad, the Apple iPad2, and the Samsung Galaxy Tab? No place to really do so.

11-18-2011, 02:43 PM	#1
JSWolf Mobile Reader Geek Posts: 34,224 Karma: 13801376 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Sony Reader PRS-650, iPad	Tablet section needed I've just noticed that there's a mistake on MR. Tablets are being lumped in with eink readers when they don't actually belong there. There should be a tablet section for all the various tablets. Then subsections for the different brands. It would make finding information about tablets a lot easier then it is now. As it is now, tablet information is so all over the place that it's quite hard to find what's there. Something should be done soon before this gets even more convoluted. __________________ Jon 2013 Reading List

11-18-2011, 03:37 PM	#2
HomeInMyShoes Ginormous Intergalactic Posts: 9,965 Karma: 33625427 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: junkyard Device: Kindle3	That makes a lot of sense to me. __________________ Reading Lists: 2011 \| 2012 \| 2013 “Reading one book is like eating one potato chip.” - Diane Duane

11-19-2011, 12:06 PM	#3
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 26,684 Karma: 16550486 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	It's an overdue issue, but strictly the tablets are not, in themselves, readers ..... __________________ > My Cats

11-19-2011, 01:37 PM	#4
Billi Wizard Posts: 2,518 Karma: 9654537 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Berlin Device: Cybook, iRex, PB, Onyx	... and there is an Android and an Apple section already. __________________ Keep on reading in the free world!

11-20-2011, 10:38 AM	#7
CRussel Wizard Posts: 2,644 Karma: 23501034 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: K PW, K3 3G, K3 WiFi, Original Fire, Fire HD	This is hardly what I would call a "mistake", and frankly I don't see any need to change. Plus changing introduces questions such as where do the KF and NT go? Right now they're happily in sub-fora of their respective main fora. And that seems to be working for the membership. Splitting out tablets to a whole new section will fragment the discussion and not improve it, IMO. __________________ Charlie. http://blogs.msmvps.com/russel My MobileRead 2013 Reading Challenge List My MobileRead 2012 Reading Challenge List

11-19-2011, 01:39 PM	#5
howyoudoin Ehhhh, how YOU doin? Posts: 566 Karma: 3023018 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: The end of the tether Device: Kindle 3 Wifi	I agree, makes sense to keep the pretend 'readers' away from the serious readers.

11-20-2011, 03:47 PM	#8
JSWolf Mobile Reader Geek Posts: 34,224 Karma: 13801376 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Sony Reader PRS-650, iPad	So where are the sections for all the different tablets that members have? There isn't such. So basically, posts about these other tablets have to be lumped in some section that doesn't identify them at all. And if we get Windows based tablets, there's no place for them. So yes, having a tablet section is needed. For the less popular tablets, prefixes would work fine until it's deemed that they become popular enough. __________________ Jon 2013 Reading List

11-21-2011, 06:58 AM	#11
kennyc Priorities! Priorties! Posts: 29,927 Karma: 36862314 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Galaxy SIII; Xoom; Kindle Fire	Historically the separation on MR is by manufacturer, not by function. I say leave it alone, use sub-forums as is currently being done. I belong to other forums where the devices are separated by function (cell phones, tablets, readers) and it doesn't work well. __________________ Kenny A. Chaffin Art Gallery - Print Gallery - Writing&Poetry "Strive on with Awareness" - Siddhartha Gautama

11-21-2011, 07:14 AM	#12
taming Trying for calm & polite Posts: 3,484 Karma: 8175999 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Alberta, Canada Device: kobo original, WiFI, Touch, Glo, and Aura	Jon, if you actually had one of these devices--whether by Nook, Kobo, or Amazon--you might feel differently. __________________ Taming Goes Rogue

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