Tablets, eReaders, Media Players - 2016

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by WestCactus

Target is having a 15% off electronics. Kindles included and they carry the oasis. Put it in the red card for an additional 5% off.

Thanks for the heads up

Now for the fine print:

Target 15% off Sale -- exp 28 Nov

save an extra 15% off your purchase online or in stores* Sunday & Monday

*Offer excludes all gift cards, prepaid cards (airtime, entertainment, iTunes, and online gaming), Beauty Advent Calendar, Elf on the Shelf, LEGO, Cards Against Humanity, Joking Hazard game, Vitamix, Simple Human, Weber, DSLR cameras and lenses, LG TVs, Samsung TVs, Google products, Bose, Sonos, GoPro, alcohol, dairy milk, Tylenol, CVS pharmacy, clinic, Target Optical, and Portrait Studio. Target.com orders also exclude Traeger and Company Store purchases.

[silverraven]

Originally Posted by Hemmi

You can always order online. Target offers the same 15% off there.

OK, I must be still in stupid mode. I don't see the Voyage online. I see where it should be, but I must be missing it. I see the kindle, the paperwhite and the oasis, but not the voyage.
Help (link) would be appreciated!
S

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by silverraven

OK, I must be still in stupid mode. I don't see the Voyage online. I see where it should be, but I must be missing it. I see the kindle, the paperwhite and the oasis, but not the voyage.
Help (link) would be appreciated!
S

They don't carry it. Search: no results for “kindle voyage”

Here's Target's Amazon products page.

[silverraven]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

They don't carry it. Search: no results for “kindle voyage”

Here's Target's Amazon products page.

Thank You!! I kept looking and looking, did search too. I thought I was just still stupid! I thought since the $169 price was being listed under the Paperwhite they had put it under there by mistake. Maybe as a drop down option.
I wonder why they don't carry it....
S

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by silverraven

Thank You!! I kept looking and looking, did search too. I thought I was just still stupid! I thought since the $169 price was being listed under the Paperwhite they had put it under there by mistake. Maybe as a drop down option.
I wonder why they don't carry it....
S

YW, no idea as to why they don't carry it. They don't carry the Echos either.

[BearMountainBooks]

The echoes makes sense as that is a product that pushes people to use more of Amazon. I didn't advertise them for the longest time because it means no more referrals when people use the echoes/alexa/etc to order. It cuts out my business model...but the Voyage doesn't make sense in the same way. Maybe they don't like the terms (terms could be different for high end models?)

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks

The echoes makes sense as that is a product that pushes people to use more of Amazon. I didn't advertise them for the longest time because it means no more referrals when people use the echoes/alexa/etc to order. It cuts out my business model...but the Voyage doesn't make sense in the same way. Maybe they don't like the terms (terms could be different for high end models?)

The kicker is, they sell the more expensive Oasis.

[BearMountainBooks]

Must just be universe randomness.

[Barbara1955]

I need to find a Tablet to replace my Fire 10.... Now that Amazon took my Vudu app away! I done with Amazon.. I already replaced the eReaders with Kobo.

Any ideas... No Apples No B&N. 10" or less BUT must be able to use the Vudu app for all my Movies!

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks

Must just be universe randomness.

Could be. But we can all rest assured knowing that answer is out there among the stars:

Spoiler:

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[BearMountainBooks]

Originally Posted by Katie1

I need to find a Tablet to replace my Fire 10.... Now that Amazon took my Vudu app away! I done with Amazon.. I already replaced the eReaders with Kobo.

Any ideas... No Apples No B&N. 10" or less BUT must be able to use the Vudu app for all my Movies!

I don't know much about that app, but some of the best tablet prices we've seen have been newegg and ebay (ebay has vendors that sell new and they back purchases. I shop there a lot.) Ebay is doing a pretty big weekend deal with a bunch of new items at prices that are better than I've seen at Amazon or Walmart. You might try there and keep an eye on Fry's, newegg and maaaybe tigerdirect.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by Katie1

I need to find a Tablet to replace my Fire 10.... Now that Amazon took my Vudu app away! I done with Amazon.. I already replaced the eReaders with Kobo.

Any ideas... No Apples No B&N. 10" or less BUT must be able to use the Vudu app for all my Movies!

I just added the Vudu app to my Fire HD 6. I previously added the Google Play Store to it, so now I can download apps from there.

I forgot which method I used to add the Play Store, but a Google search should yield plenty of written and video instructions on how to do it.

[Manabi]

Originally Posted by Alohamora

Micro SD memory card questions-

If I swap out a small sd card for a larger one, can I just copy the files to the new one, or will I have to re-download? I have Kindle books, Audible books and Prime videos to transfer. Re-downloading means a trip to the library to use their wi-fi, I only have cellular data at home.

What are the chances a device spec'ed for 32gb will work with a 64gb card? I think I've read this will sometimes work. Not that I've ever filled up 32gb. yet....

If you're copying it over to the new card on a PC/Mac it should work fine. Just make sure you copy everything. A folder that looks like junk may hold some system files.

As to the 64gb card thing, you're likely to run into one of a couple of outcomes:

• It doesn't recognize the card at all.
• It recognizes the card but only lets you use 32gb of it.
• It seems to recognize the card, but it doesn't work reliably. (Accessing the card causes the device to crash, other random problems. I had to reformat a microSD card for my Nook HD+ when I upgraded Android. Somehow the card itself, which worked fine in the previous version, was causing the whole tablet to crash, sometimes during boot up.)
• It recognizes it and works fine.

If you have a 64gb card already it won't hurt to try it, but buying one just to try is probably a waste.

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

The kicker is, they sell the more expensive Oasis.

My bet is that the Voyage doesn't sell very well and Target's decided not to carry it. The Oasis is new enough that they're likely still testing out sales on it. If it does poorly, expect them to stop carrying it by next holiday season.

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Could be. But we can all rest assured knowing that answer is out there among the stars:

Spoiler:

42

Humanity's starting point being people like public telephone sanitizers really explains a lot!

Originally Posted by Katie1

I need to find a Tablet to replace my Fire 10.... Now that Amazon took my Vudu app away! I done with Amazon.. I already replaced the eReaders with Kobo.

Any ideas... No Apples No B&N. 10" or less BUT must be able to use the Vudu app for all my Movies!

There's Google's Pixel C. It'll be able to use Vudu since it's on Google Play. You can still find Nexus 10's for sale new from third-party sellers, so you might check that out too.

[tubemonkey]

The LG K3 is now $15 at Best Buy, down from $30.


LG K3 --> $80 - And 6.0 - 1.1GHz x4 - 1.0GB RAM - 8GB ROM - 4.5" - 218 ppi --- Virgin -- $15 BB

[Barbara1955]

Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks

I don't know much about that app, but some of the best tablet prices we've seen have been newegg and ebay (ebay has vendors that sell new and they back purchases. I shop there a lot.) Ebay is doing a pretty big weekend deal with a bunch of new items at prices that are better than I've seen at Amazon or Walmart. You might try there and keep an eye on Fry's, newegg and maaaybe tigerdirect.

Where to buy is not the problem What to buy is...