Re: [Nolug] Nook Color vs Kindle Fire

On Tuesday 04 October 2011 15:08, B. Estrade wrote:
> 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.

I still have the Stowaway I got with the 770. Unfortunately it does NOT work
with my phone, as HTC broke the bluetooth stack on their devices.

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Joey Kelly
Minister of the Gospel and Linux Consultant
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504-239-6550
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