MobileRead Forums - View Single Post

Lordvic · 10-19-2011, 12:02 PM

Honeycomb will run on any sized screen.

it's more tied to the underlying hardware. I've yet to see Honeycomb run on anything but Nvidia's Tegra2 technology.

I'm kind of frustrated that this was so quietly announced and released. Would have saved me $100+ a week ago if we had some information ahead of time.

My mother was using a Pandigital (lol) "ereader" tablet. Not sure why she had this one, my dad saw "kobo" on the box, figured it was an ereader and bought it for her (she wanted the same i had, the kobo Wifi).

but she grew to love having a 7" android tablet. even a slow one that didnt even have the application store (android 2.0 came on it). But she loved being able to sit on the couch, read, check her email, browse facebook, and browse the web. she's not a computer user, but she took to the tablet as it allowed her to do these things without having to actually use a computer!

Well, she took it on vacation with her to China last month. And dropped it. Shattered into pieces. she brought it home to see if i could fix it (as she's under the impression i can fix anything). But it was toast. bits of chips and logic circuit everywhere!

I felt bad, and I knew how much my mom loves reading and started enjoying the freedom of being online where she was comfortable. I decided to buy her a new tablet. I looked agian at the pandigital 7" reader, and i couldn't justify buying that for her again. it wasn't a great device. even android 2.0 on it ran like garbage. So I bought her the Acer Aconia 100.

She hates it

Honeycomb confuses her. its too complex. to cumbersome. she's had it 2 weeks now, and hasn't figured out how to import books into it. She's tried copy and pasting the epubs into directories like she used to, she's tried downloading them from email. She hates that the applications on it aren't readily available and she really hasn't figured out how to change the homescreen.

So now, out of nowhere today (yes we had an inkling a reader WAS coming) they release the Vox. on Android 2.3. This is the device my mother would do better with.

Maybe I"ll buy this, give it to her, and take the A100, but it would have been nice if Kobo gave indication on this device, and let us know in advance when tehy'd "release" it.

10-19-2011, 12:02 PM	#26
Lordvic Connoisseur Posts: 87 Karma: 19104 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Toronto / Ontario Device: Blackberry Playbook	Honeycomb will run on any sized screen. it's more tied to the underlying hardware. I've yet to see Honeycomb run on anything but Nvidia's Tegra2 technology. I'm kind of frustrated that this was so quietly announced and released. Would have saved me $100+ a week ago if we had some information ahead of time. My mother was using a Pandigital (lol) "ereader" tablet. Not sure why she had this one, my dad saw "kobo" on the box, figured it was an ereader and bought it for her (she wanted the same i had, the kobo Wifi). but she grew to love having a 7" android tablet. even a slow one that didnt even have the application store (android 2.0 came on it). But she loved being able to sit on the couch, read, check her email, browse facebook, and browse the web. she's not a computer user, but she took to the tablet as it allowed her to do these things without having to actually use a computer! Well, she took it on vacation with her to China last month. And dropped it. Shattered into pieces. she brought it home to see if i could fix it (as she's under the impression i can fix anything). But it was toast. bits of chips and logic circuit everywhere! I felt bad, and I knew how much my mom loves reading and started enjoying the freedom of being online where she was comfortable. I decided to buy her a new tablet. I looked agian at the pandigital 7" reader, and i couldn't justify buying that for her again. it wasn't a great device. even android 2.0 on it ran like garbage. So I bought her the Acer Aconia 100. She hates it Honeycomb confuses her. its too complex. to cumbersome. she's had it 2 weeks now, and hasn't figured out how to import books into it. She's tried copy and pasting the epubs into directories like she used to, she's tried downloading them from email. She hates that the applications on it aren't readily available and she really hasn't figured out how to change the homescreen. So now, out of nowhere today (yes we had an inkling a reader WAS coming) they release the Vox. on Android 2.3. This is the device my mother would do better with. Maybe I"ll buy this, give it to her, and take the A100, but it would have been nice if Kobo gave indication on this device, and let us know in advance when tehy'd "release" it.