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The point of the NookColor/tablets in general?

I absolutely love the NookColor. Its got a great design and does way more than it was intended to, thanks to the android community and developers and ofcourse even Barnes&Noble for their official Froyo release.
However, I have had it for a couple of months now. Messed around heaps, tried all the roms and the novelty is running out and I just dont know what to use it for anymore. I never actually used it much apart from for trying out new roms.
The gadgets I find myself using most on a daily basis:
- For calling and texting, I use my HTC Buzz/Wildfire.
- Due to Android's poor music capabilities and the size of the NookColor, I still use my iPod touch for on the go music.
- And I still find myself using my laptop for internet and doing university work.
This is not meant to be a complain-session but I was just wondering what you guys find yourself using your NookColor/tablets mostly for? What makes you go back to using it on a daily basis?
Just trying to find some uses for rejuvenating my interest and actually using the NookColor more on a daily basis.
Do we really need to fill the "gap between the smartphones and laptops"? Does a gap even exist?

Reading a book, watching videos are the soul reason.

Yeah, a lot easier to carry CFD/fluid mechanics/thermodynamics books in pdf format than physical format Also, it's nice for hulu and messing w/android, but I know what you mean. Out of college idk what I'd use it for. Just something around the house to look up something real quick, or to play pewpew2

im a gradstudent and working professional. they both come in handy when you can do textbooks or reference books with the e-reader apps. also, i love my laptops but when im in bed... its a lot easier to use the tablet for web surfing and email than having a really hot laptop to carry.
my gf likes it to play sudoko on a larger screen than a cell phone.

I have 2 of them, one is more or less permanently in my bathroom including charger. It has replaced all the stacks of magazines that used to clutter the place up.

-Portable real internet (BBC News, Hulu, ESPN3, etc.)
-Games (especially emulators controlled with Wiimote)
-Google Maps with Bluetooth GPS
-Creating Word documents
-I use a calculator on it a lot
-Calendar and scheduling
-Facebook and networking
-Getting Amazon's free app a day

What app do you use to create word docs?

DubiousPig said:
What app do you use to create word docs?
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I use Quickoffice HD from the notion ink apps. There is also documents to go, and a few others...
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Portable real internet indeed - handy for recipes!!
NPR news app (much easier to read).
I tend to use my phone for music, but the NC is better with Winamp (my ipod touch is in the hands of my kid now).
Youtube videos for gaming (been using for Lost Odyssey on the 360 to find treasure I missed)
Gamefaqs
checking email
Facebook once in a while
A lot of this I can't stand to do on a phone...but works great on the NC.
Making router / firewall /etc changes or grabbing the network password when someone needs it - DD-WRT router - handy and saves booting up a computer to do it.
Bank application / paypal app to check balances.
I would say #1 would be ebooks - but I read mostly on my e-ink Nook.
Killing time on the couch while the kids are watching Dora or whatever.

The Nook Color is my prefered way to surf the web. I love that I can sit back on the couch and hold it like a book while surfing.
I also read books, watch movies and play games on it. The last few meetings I've had I've used it to take a few notes.
Since getting the Nook Color I've hardly touched my netbook, and since getting the netbook I've hardly touched my laptop. My desktop is a whole different animal, however.

I honastly see no benifit of using the ipod music player over the android one. Coverflow looks nice but takes forever to get anywhere. I suppose the music u might lik erl is nice but I never touched it
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dpakrr said:
This is not meant to be a complain-session but I was just wondering what you guys find yourself using your NookColor/tablets mostly for? What makes you go back to using it on a daily basis?
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For me, I use it probably 70% of the time to read books. My state library (NH) has an e-book program. I have 2 weeks with each book before it self-deletes, so this kind of forces me a little to use it more as an e-reader.
However, I like having it to surf the web quickly. It's also a great planner and to-do list manager (I use the Get Things Done method with Evernote). so I find it really useful for quickly jotting down notes and tasks.
the rest of my time is used watching tv shows that I always said I wanted to watch but never had the motivation to go find them (Breaking Bad and Sunny in Philadelphia being the two I'm watching now).
Could I do this all on a laptop? probably, but I find this size tablet to be much more ergonomically friendly for when I want to use electronic media (bed... at the breakfast table... on a plane).
There's no shame in not finding a use between phone and laptop for another device. If the nook or tablets aren't for you... don't worry about it. the good thing is you can probably sell your nook for about what you bought it for. experiment over.

I got to read the news and magazines. I watch alot of movies on it. Use it every day while my wife jogs.
Sent from a super smooth captivate running andromeda

I wan to keep on topic but this is a noob question. Those that are using google maps with Bluetooth GPS. What is the GPS for? Meaning are you actually using it in your car kind of like a Garmin? I'm assuming google maps can be used without the GPS part to simply scroll around the maps.
Also is there any way to use a Bluetooth headset to make Skype calls?

klaiii said:
I use Quickoffice HD from the notion ink apps. There is also documents to go, and a few others...
Sent from my NookColor using XDA Premium App
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Do you find selecting text to be difficult? About 90% of the time I can't get that little slider to slide.

s52m3 said:
I wan to keep on topic but this is a noob question. Those that are using google maps with Bluetooth GPS. What is the GPS for? Meaning are you actually using it in your car kind of like a Garmin?
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Yep. It is fun to have such a large GPS in the car.

I use mine mostly for:
1) Browsing ...
2) Email / FacebookMail
3) Gaming (but am a bit frustrated with the lack of scaling in a lot of games)
4) Getting a license to each daily Amazon free app (I could use my phone, but don't, since I don't mind cluttering up my Nook) ... never know when I might go back and actually use one of them.
I find it most useful in the car/airplane but also just as a capable carry-along device with decent screen.
I have a Samsung Captivate (which I do use more for music) ... but when able I definitely use my Nook over it for things like browsing and email. I also have a very nice ultra-portable Win7 notebook (HP 2710p) ... which when my Nook is charged I basically never use unless I need to do something over my work's VPN.
The more I use my Nook, well, the more I use my Nook. I use it enough I'm just about convinced to plunk down more $ for a "real" tablet (camera, WiFi, GPS) later this year when the 3rd gen tablets start hitting the market.
The only thing I wish for is something like the iPad case with built-in keyboard, as I would like better typing.
When home, like I am now, I still use my desktop PC almost all the time and don't see it changing. But otherwise I'm surprisingly happy to pull out my Nook.
PS. One thing that got me using the Nook MUCH MUCH more was this case (I modded mine with a leather punch to open up holes behind the speaker ... if you do this just do a circlular pattern in the center as you'll start hitting magnet/metal out to the far left/right of the speaker area). It works great in easel mode both for in-lap use as well as a VERY convenient way to rest it over my hands when holding it up.

i got it because i wanted an e-reader...the fact that it's also a tablet is just an extra perk...that being said, the only thing i really use it for in that capacity is e-mail and light web surfing...but i think it will come in especially handy when traveling and i won't have to pack several books or laptop just for i-net access

75% reading books
10% news+email
5% few games
5% youtube+IMDB movie trailers
5% other tasks

I don't have an Android phone (still working on my previous generation of 'feature phone'), mostly because I can't use one during most of the waking hours.
So the nook suffices as an android surrogate. What's it do? Probably every thing you do on a phone, but on a bigger screen and only in the confines of my wifi bubble at home.
Because I dual boot between an android OS and the nook stock experience, I spend about 50/50 in each. When I'm in nook mode, it's to read. When I'm in AndroidOS mode, it's to get real time information (weather, news, calendar/agenda, etc).

Crackle - Free movies and tv shows

I didn't see a thread for the Crackle app from Sony that is free in the Market. This app gives you access to a lot of free movies and television shows. I have it installed on both of my gTabs (one running VEGAn 5.1.1 and the other running CyanogenMod 7.0.3 (stable)) and it runs great. I have noticed that during some times of the day it seems that the network connection between Crackle's servers and my house come to almost a crawl. Other than that it's another great free way to watch movies and t.v. shows on our gTabs.

Can you please share the latest version of the apk, all searches outside US gives us the 1.0 version (which don't run on the gtab).
TIA

aasoror said:
Can you please share the latest version of the apk, all searches outside US gives us the 1.0 version (which don't run on the gtab).
TIA
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Here it is.

Works like a charm.
Thanks,

works here too
I just loaded it on my gTab, with Ginger Edition, and seems to work like a charm. Thanks!

chucket said:
I just loaded it on my gTab, with Ginger Edition, and seems to work like a charm. Thanks!
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I'm runnuing BOS from Roe with the latest edition and this will load and install.
Had audio for a while and no video.
Now nothing but a white screen when I hit the watch now button for Silverado which was the first movie listed.
How's this supposed to work-download the movie or is it streaming etc??
Saw a add to Que but don't know how this works.

stsrep said:
I'm runnuing BOS from Roe with the latest edition and this will load and install.
Had audio for a while and no video.
Now nothing but a white screen when I hit the watch now button for Silverado which was the first movie listed.
How's this supposed to work-download the movie or is it streaming etc??
Saw a add to Que but don't know how this works.
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I've never ran that ROM so I can only speak to my experience with a gTab running CM 7.0.3.
It streams the video like Netflix/Hulu/Fox TV, it doesn't download it like the BlockBuster app.
Like I said on my original post, at certain times of the day or with certain videos it seems the network connection is super slow which can lead to white or black screens with only audio as the app is trying to buffer the video. Try it when you have the best WiFi connection possible. When at home I have 12 mb downstream and it plays fine for me 90% of the time.
As for the queue, it's just that, a queue like on Hulu. It's sort of a playlist so if you have several shows or movies in your queue they will play one after the other automatically.

sjmoreno said:
I've never ran that ROM so I can only speak to my experience with a gTab running CM 7.0.3.
It streams the video like Netflix/Hulu/Fox TV, it doesn't download it like the BlockBuster app.
Like I said on my original post, at certain times of the day or with certain videos it seems the network connection is super slow which can lead to white or black screens with only audio as the app is trying to buffer the video. Try it when you have the best WiFi connection possible. When at home I have 12 mb downstream and it plays fine for me 90% of the time.
As for the queue, it's just that, a queue like on Hulu. It's sort of a playlist so if you have several shows or movies in your queue they will play one after the other automatically.
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Well I'll try again and thanks for the info.

I must say, I'm pretty unimpressed with it. Its organization is a mess, and it looks like it just has rather unpopular shows and movies on it.
I might be wrong. But it seems to me that I'm sticking with Netflix for the time being.

Some of us are too cheap to pay for Netflix.
It's still got a few decent movies on there, and Seinfield and Married w/Children are a hoot for quick watching. It's at least worth a download, even if you only watch a couple of movies and uninstall it.

Pretty awesome Running G-Harmony and watching Ghostbusters as I type this! Thanks for posting!!

Thanks OP Great App. Works great on my GTablet and Droid X phone

Radon_22 said:
Some of us are too cheap to pay for Netflix.
It's still got a few decent movies on there, and Seinfield and Married w/Children are a hoot for quick watching. It's at least worth a download, even if you only watch a couple of movies and uninstall it.
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LOL Seinfeld and MwC...what else does one need
Works great on TNT Lite 4.4

stsrep said:
I'm runnuing BOS from Roe with the latest edition and this will load and install.
Had audio for a while and no video.
Now nothing but a white screen when I hit the watch now button for Silverado which was the first movie listed.
How's this supposed to work-download the movie or is it streaming etc??
Saw a add to Que but don't know how this works.
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It sounds like Crackle is using Flash. And it's a well known issue that flash only kind of works in Bottle of Smoke. Flash will play audio but not video. Knowing this I will not bother trying to install this on my tablet which is running GTabComb (which is a 1.1 bootloader derivative of BOS). The only reason YouTube app works on BOS is because it is probably using html5 instead of flash in the app.

Could you u post the latest version?
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I would if I could find where the apk was saved to. I didn't find it in the usual \data\apps folder like all of my other apks.

Like this app. Just watched Resident Evil. Good flick.
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Motorola Droid 3 Review

I finally have my review up. Enjoy
http://gadgetu.net/motorola-droid-3-review/#more

haven't watched it all yet, but I like how you're using two hands. That alone brings your review to a higher level than most video reviews.
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you have USAA!
I like this "blur", its very close to stock android. The only thing I don't like are the 4 launcher (?) icons, and no way to add a 5th. If I could add a 5th one, so I can put my app drawer icon in the middle, I would be using the stock launcher. (if there's an option to add more icons I haven't found it)
The one thing I would add to a review, and I haven't seen any reviewer mention it yet, are some of the outstanding motorola apps that come with the phone. One being their gallery, and how it pulls your contacts, and then the pictures from your contacts facebook/flickr/picasa/etc. Very very nice feature. The actual gallery for content on your phone is kinda bad. You get one folder for everything on your device.
The other standout app is ZumoCast. It can stream movies and music off of your computer to your phone. You can also get your word/excel/etc documents as well. Kinda replaces Dropbox like that. It also kind of replaces the cloud players from amazon/google/apple. Seems to need some work though, as it doesn't always manage to connect to your computer.

Just watched it. Very nicely done. Assuming you were speaking extemporaneously, your knowledge level is quite respectable.

Tips&Tricks, Etc..?

Ok so I am on FireKat v11 and it is amazing, of course.
Just wondering what all I am missing out on? As far as tweaks/mods and even cool apps that I am unaware of.
I use my phone quite a bit, Mostly for browsing the web and also watching movies and listening to music, So maybe anything that would enhance my experience doing those things?
This thread may seem kind of odd but I am fairly new to all of this and am just looking to expand my knowledge and enjoyment of this phone. Any idea's would be much appreciated!!

SonOfAnarchy0210 said:
Ok so I am on FireKat v11 and it is amazing, of course.
Just wondering what all I am missing out on? As far as tweaks/mods and even cool apps that I am unaware of.
I use my phone quite a bit, Mostly for browsing the web and also watching movies and listening to music, So maybe anything that would enhance my experience doing those things?
This thread may seem kind of odd but I am fairly new to all of this and am just looking to expand my knowledge and enjoyment of this phone. Any idea's would be much appreciated!!
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Definitely check out Viper for a serious boost in audio quality if you haven't already. The app is built into firekat but you need to install the audio driver from inside the app. There's an updated version here
I use Plex to stream movies/tv shows/etc from my computer to my note...the setup for that is kind of a pain since you have to install and configure plex on your computer but I use it across my note 3 note 10.1 and nexus 10 and it has full stop/resume support so if you've got a lot of movies on your computer it might be worth checking out

REQ: A YouTube video showing everyday use

So I have been trying to see videos on Youtube about the Galaxy Tab S.. But they are all unboxing videos, reviews,tips and tricks, quick comparisons to iPads, etc.. All brand new with no apps or customizations on them. There are a few gaming ones, but they only stay in the games.
What I am looking for.. and what would probably help others wanting to do the switch from iPad (or even get the Tab S as their first tablet), are videos showing every day use. Remoting into desktops, doing document editing, photo editing, etc with the tablet already fully themed and customized. Heck, even a custom ROM would be great.
I would love to see the speed that this tablet can open and close apps, doing work, etc..
I looked all over YouTube for videos like this, but have come up empty every time.

Well.. We have CM11 and beta of CM12! They both run smooth and do not lag like stock touchwiz. But on stock roms they tend to lag on easy tasks like scrolling. But installing a stock custom rom like iron rom doesnt lag in the homescreen or anything. I use my tablet for school so yeah I use it everyday. I also themed the mine with discreet blue theme and installed a bunch of apps.
As for the screen its perfect even outside its still visble. As for everday use of editing, gaming, sending emails and all that.. It does it fast and easy. There tends to be a few lag spikes apon loading large apps but only for a bit. I too switched from an iPad and its a ton faster in loading times. But opening a ton of apps at the same time ex 10 apps can freeze and even reboot by itself. Doing work/typing documents does the job with no lags and handcom office is good for that.
Anyway if you have more questions ask me! I have a youtube channel but I am unprofessional at them lol. But installing a custom rom fixes most issues of lag than stock rom. CM11 or irom is a must have for me. Hope this helps!

DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
Anyway if you have more questions ask me! I have a youtube channel but I am unprofessional at them lol. But installing a custom rom fixes most issues of lag than stock rom. CM11 or irom is a must have for me. Hope this helps!
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Thanks! Do you have a video on your channel like what I asked? Showing everyday use? Mutlti tasking, not just with the default apps that come on the tablet?
Linky?

EvanWasHere said:
Thanks! Do you have a video on your channel like what I asked? Showing everyday use? Mutlti tasking, not just with the default apps that come on the tablet?
Linky?
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Sorry no video that I found.

DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
Sorry no video that I found.
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Maybe... make one?

http://youtu.be/j1JiDa3T9Jk
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