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Originally Posted by johndoesecond
Ho mgmueller,
Did you have a chance to have a look at Galaxy note?
I remember you liked Streak. This one seems to be a better and faster machine with more or less similar form factor.
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I hadn't heard of Galaxy note before your post, I actually had to google it.
Quite a coincidence: I had thought about Galaxy Player and/or Galaxy S last week. I've decided against them and probably same applies for note: I simply don't have a need for units smaller than 7".
I use iPod touch as a media player, often plug it to the TV in hotels or one of my pico beamers when traveling. Else, I'm not using iPod touch at all. Same would happen for any Android gadget of that size.
If I plug it to the TV or beamer, size doesn't matter. I can do so with a 7" or even 10" tablet as well.
If I actively want to use it, I find 7" about perfect.
And I'm quite fond of the 8.9" units, such as Galaxy Tab or LG.
Most interesting for now: Samsung 7.7" and 8.9" and LG 8.9".
But (and this never has happened before) I've promised myself, to get rid of 2 or 3 tablets, before buying new ones. I already sold the Asus EeePad Transformer (maybe used it 3 hours in total), next hopefully will be Acer Iconia. Maybe iPad 1 as well...
I simply can't handle my units anymore. Whenever I open my bookcase, another tablet or reader has run out of battery.
And lots of my units I never have used.
Acer Iconia and Asus EePad Transformer for example had been unplanned and I didn't even play around with them.
So I've developed a new habit: I don't buy those gadgets spontaneously anymore. I check them out and think for at least a day. The urge to buy the Sony tablet had been gone the very same day I saw it.
Unfortunately, this usually is a sign that I'm moving on and probably will find some new type of gadgets quickly.
And I had another epiphany 2 weeks ago: I've reactivated my iRex 800, hadn't used it for 9 months or so. I was deeply disappointed about contrast and display quality. In my memory, those had been way better. Now, after having read an entire book on it again, I'm used to it again. But not as fond of eInk/ePaper anymore, as I used to be. Tablets mainly have replaced my eBook readers. And as I've said: I'm not buying tablets that spontaneously anymore...
Time for the next new thing, I guess...