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Originally Posted by fjtorres
1- Anybody who bought it as a reader, counting solely on the built-in app should return it until it does.
2- Round these parts we *knew* before ordering that the shipping firmware was incomplete.
4- This is what playing at the bleeding edge is like. You seen the other IQ threads around here? About rooting it? About finding workarounds to the lack of Marketplace and Android memory management? About exploring android and finding good useful apps? This is what most of us willingly signed up for.
5- If it is not what you expected you have ample grounds to return it; do so. Get a Kindle or NookColor. They do what they're advertised as doing. And not much else. But what they do, they do very well. Or get an iPad.
Those are mainstream consumer products and not hobbyist products.
Given that Google does *not* license Android for tablets (much less readers) anybody buying one should know they're buying a hobbyist toy.
And toys are for playing with.
If you're not going to play with it, why keep it?  |
Agreed with everything you said, but I can attest that the IQ is not just a toy. I bought it to be used as an aide in class to enter student attendance, and be able to tell them their results when they ask. I'm using the full version of OfficeSuite, well worth the price. Until I got it, I carried my 15" laptop with me, which would then sit there unused. It's weight, along with the weight of textbooks, 40+ handouts, quizzes and whatnot was causing me back problems.
I had no intention to do so at first, but I will see about connecting it to the uni network so I can upload my files to our system. My colleagues are impressed by it, and at least one of them is seriously considering buying it. So for me, this is a multipurpose device which I can use to produce as well as to consume. I use my Astak for reading for a long amount of time, but the IQ is perfectly fine for those moments I'm on a break between classes.
I've never been an early adopter, and I'm finding it fun. I'm already developing a reputation at our uni as the one with the techno gadgets!