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covingtoncat73 · 05-11-2012, 10:08 AM

Okay. It is basic, it runs 2.3 and not 3, and it is 7'' not 10'' but I only paid $200 for it at Best Buy. They had to order it.

I am going to see how it goes. I splurged on a keyboard (a $70 logitech that comes with something that doubles as a case for the keyboard and a stand for the tablet) because I want to use it as my primary home computer. The reason for this is that I dropped and killed my beloved HP laptop, for which I hate myself.

Anyway, I had some difficulty pairing the keyboard with the tablet and, looking online, saw that this was a common complaint with the Ideapad. However, I brought the keyboard and tablet back to Best Buy and the guy was able to fix it in less that 15 minutes. I have had no problem since with the Keyboard.

It has no USB, of course, so I have set up the necessary software for my Kobo (ADE, Calibre) and my Walkman MP3 (Overdrive, iTunes) on my work computer (I have a private office so hopefully won't get in trouble). If I run into problems with that, I'll try and set that stuff up on my mom's little netbook, which already has iTunes anyway (I'd have to put ADE and Calibre on it and Overdrive).

The little touch "buttons" at the bottom for menu, back, and home take getting used to and the touchscreen isn't as responsive as the one on my phone (have to do multiple taps a lot).

However, I am pretty comfortable using it to browse the Internet and have managed to get most of my music (I have mostly bought physical CDs and not iTunes, though I have managed my music that way) on the Amazon MP3 cloudplayer and that works great. This little tablet has great sound and plays Netflix quite well, too.

More to point, I have several reading apps on it, of course. I have the Kobo app, the Kindle app, the Overdrive app (for the library books), and the Moon+reader for the Gutenberg books (been meaning to read some E.R. Burroughs and Jules Verne).

The bottom-line is I think it is a decent value for the money.

So, what Android reading apps are your favorite?

05-11-2012, 10:08 AM	#1
covingtoncat73 Wizard Posts: 2,745 Karma: 83407757 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Lenovo Duet Chromebook, Moto e	Got an Android Tablet (Lenovo Ideapad) Okay. It is basic, it runs 2.3 and not 3, and it is 7'' not 10'' but I only paid $200 for it at Best Buy. They had to order it. I am going to see how it goes. I splurged on a keyboard (a $70 logitech that comes with something that doubles as a case for the keyboard and a stand for the tablet) because I want to use it as my primary home computer. The reason for this is that I dropped and killed my beloved HP laptop, for which I hate myself. Anyway, I had some difficulty pairing the keyboard with the tablet and, looking online, saw that this was a common complaint with the Ideapad. However, I brought the keyboard and tablet back to Best Buy and the guy was able to fix it in less that 15 minutes. I have had no problem since with the Keyboard. It has no USB, of course, so I have set up the necessary software for my Kobo (ADE, Calibre) and my Walkman MP3 (Overdrive, iTunes) on my work computer (I have a private office so hopefully won't get in trouble). If I run into problems with that, I'll try and set that stuff up on my mom's little netbook, which already has iTunes anyway (I'd have to put ADE and Calibre on it and Overdrive). The little touch "buttons" at the bottom for menu, back, and home take getting used to and the touchscreen isn't as responsive as the one on my phone (have to do multiple taps a lot). However, I am pretty comfortable using it to browse the Internet and have managed to get most of my music (I have mostly bought physical CDs and not iTunes, though I have managed my music that way) on the Amazon MP3 cloudplayer and that works great. This little tablet has great sound and plays Netflix quite well, too. More to point, I have several reading apps on it, of course. I have the Kobo app, the Kindle app, the Overdrive app (for the library books), and the Moon+reader for the Gutenberg books (been meaning to read some E.R. Burroughs and Jules Verne). The bottom-line is I think it is a decent value for the money. So, what Android reading apps are your favorite? Last edited by covingtoncat73; 05-15-2012 at 01:59 PM. Reason: Changed "I" to "I'll" and "Thinkpad" to "Ideapad."