Re: [Nolug] Nook Color vs Kindle Fire

On Tue, Oct 04, 2011 at 03:16:10PM -0500, Joey Kelly wrote:
> On Tuesday 04 October 2011 14:49, Jonathan Roberts wrote:
>> Amazon Prime does not compare to Netflix in my experience. (Of course,
>> NF's streaming catalog seems to be going down and Amazon is getting
>> better).
>
> Different strokes...
>
> I'm a sysadmin and don't care about games or movies. I want a tablet that I
> have root on and that I don't share with a provider. I would do a lot more on
> my droid phone if I wasn't paranoid about typing costly passwords into it. If
> a nook or kindle (or other suitable and cheap device) allows me to boot my
> own image off a memory card, I'd be happy as a clam.
>
> I bought a Nokia 770 tablet when they first came out, but it's too small and
> too slow for any serious work.

You plan on having a keyboard with that tablet? Most tell me that the
touch screen typing is not very well suited for cli.

Brett

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