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The iPad is out, too locked down for my tastes. Android is out, they've basically thrown in the towel in this space. Their newest release claims "We're back fo
by Macha 4y ago
The iPad is out, too locked down for my tastes.
Android is out, they've basically thrown in the towel in this space. Their newest release claims "We're back for real this time", but they already dumped it once.
I'd take a desktop with touch experience over a "phone app on big screen" experience 100%.
So I've ended up with a Surface Go as my tablet when I replaced my nvidia shield k1 also. The UI can be janky, but having stuff like proper multitasking, being able to use apps like VS Code or my preferred PDF reader, and actual desktop Firefox with all the extensions does outweigh that jankiness for me.
I don't understand the purpose of the "big phone" tablets when phones themselves have now gotten as big as my first tablet.
- mark_l_watson 4y agoiPadOS 16 beta with StageManager helps a bit, especially with the cover case/keyboard and a $10 Bluetooth mouse and a USB-C external monitor. I think future iPhones may provide similar docking and software, so, who knows, maybe in five years a phone will be good for everything as long as docking setups are available. As I said elsewhere in this thread, to use iOS or iPadOS for general use, I need a SSH/Mosh client app and a remote server. This may seem like a huge constraint but I often use SSH/Mosh on my laptops and work on remote servers. This is likely an age thing: I am 71 years old and it seems natural for me to work with remote Emacs, etc. setups.
- fomine3 4y agoAgree but a cons of Windows tablet is that Kindle app sucks. It's not minor problem since tablet is primary for reading books for me.
- w4rh4wk5 4y agoI've never used the Kindle app, so I don't know what that user experience is like, but I've been pretty happy with Sumatra PDF for reading EPUBs. Inside the advanced settings you can adjust color, font, and font size. For me, that's all I need from an ebook reader.
- Macha 4y agoDoes Sumatra support reading Amazon's books direct, or do you need to pass them through DeDRM first? Or is there some other store selling DRM-free epubs I'm not aware of? I end up stripping DRM off mine with Calibre's tools, then reading them on calibre-web.
- w4rh4wk5 4y agoPretty sure Amazon's books are not directly supported.
- hollandheese 4y agoHonestly, use Calibre and DeDRM. The Calibre has pretty nice epub/mobi/azw3 reading software as well as the best library management. Or just get an actual Kindle.
- nicbou 4y agoIt comes down to what you want to do with your tablet. I want to replace paper books and notebooks. The iPad is unrivalled for that. If I need a machine to type on, I need a full OS on a full laptop. I just pack both.
- theK 4y agoI think the iOS experience is great at first but starts to break down very fast as soon as you want it to interact with your selfhosted world. There still isnt an easy way to give an ipad an SSH identity and sync arbitrary folders for example.
- nicbou 4y agoThis is fine for me. My iPad is a mostly disconnected device on purpose. It's truly just a notebook.