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Re: Share Your Budget Tablet and Laptop Picks
I have a high power PC for my hardcore work, but for getting around I like the Google Nexus 7. Nice tablet, slick, fast, less than $200 bucks. Great for using when you fly.
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The Nexus 7 is good ? I have been looking at that as well as the Kindle Fire HD-7. Guess I should go with whichever has the best price that I can find. Thanks !
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Thanks everybody! Some great ideas here.The Nexus 7 is the pick of a lot of tech sites.I'll have to look at now that fellow members recommend it too. Does anybody know if there's a tablet that uses Flash?
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Yes, you can install Flash on the Nexus, TravelRob. Here's a video showing you how to do it. Believe Apple is the company with a boycott on anything Adobe related.
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My last pick is the Kindle Fire HD 7 Inch Tablet for $139.00. Best Buy is featuring the Kindle Fire in its Black Friday sale, which actually starts Thursday 6pm. From their ad: Kindle Fire HD 7-inch 2012 for $99.99 (regularly $199.99)
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If you want something a little larger and with a keyboard and good computing power, there's a new bunch of chromebooks coming out for the holiday season. PC World recently featured one in the $200 price range, weighing on 1.25 kg. Here's that link.
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Dreamer, That sounds like a good idea!Hopefully someone will post their own experiences in acquiring used devises. Some of us just need function and don't always need the latest and most expensive. POI's
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Those are some pretty cheap devices...didn't realize the Kindle had gotten that low. I have an original Kindle Fire, and I've been pretty happy with it, although at 7" and limited word processing, it hasn't been everything. The little laptop in your list I went on Amazon and looked at it and it is 7" too...sort of like a mini-iPad with a keyboard, except that it's really an Android tablet with a keyboard! A tablet that size with a keyboard might just be the smallest practical tool.
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Originally Posted by Travel Rob: Hi FlashFlyer, I noticed the different colors of the Wolvol have different prices. This Lime Green one was only $109.94 when I looked. http://www.amazon.com/WolVol-W...W/ref=pd_sim_sbs_e_3 I'm going keep my eye on that brand though and see if they have a device in the f uture that will meet my needs .I'm impressed at their price levels.
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Lime green! They'd have to pay me to take that one. Must be selling, though--when I looked it said there were only 6 left!
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As Kermit the Frog says, It's not easy being green ! I like products in bright colors. It keeps me from losing things, especially when I travel. Hard to miss a bright green tablet, even in the gloomy corner of a budget hotel room or tucked into a dark airplane seat pocket. It is good to read about these bargain tablets. They can only get cheaper during the upcoming holiday sales.
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I noticed that there's a whole new iPad model out, and the article said a lot of the people looking to buy right away were people who keep trading up. So, if they're trading in last week's model, do you have any idea where's a good place to buy good used ones? It might be as cheap as the new ones here, if they're OK
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Re: U.S. cuts most Cuba air routes
We were there just before that, in January 2016, and found a broad wave of (over)optimistic expectation that we were the leading edge of a wave, and that Obama was something akin to Mother Theresa and Gandhi wrapped in one. On our last visit, this past January, we had less contact with locals, but found a belief among some that Trump was a glitch and soon the Americans would come again... It seems to me that there are a lot of misperceptions on all sides, including the idea that Cuba is what...
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Those darn computers! Outage snarls London
Computer outages in Britain's air traffic control system are fouling up flights in and out of London, as controllers limit the number of flights to what they can handle without the misbehaving machines. DETAILS (and updates) from USA Today.
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UK report: Virus crisis could kill cash
The ongoing lockdowns are accelerating the trend toward a cashless society, and that's raising serious concerns.
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United's computer glitches ground its flights
United Airlines suffered another of its continuing series of computer glitches today, grounding all flights for a time this morning, and leaving delays and confusion extending possibly into the evening. Up to 800 flights were affected. The...
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Swedish confusion: hash browns, not hash brownies!
What the customers reakkt wanted... What could have been an amusing story about translation confusion has instead left two women upset with a Stockholm restaurant that has an English menu, but staff members with a glitch in the language. ...
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Not-so-good day for flying airplanes...
Leaving aside the big stuff—like the Southwest Airlines computer glitch that grounded or delayed hundreds of flights over the weekend—it's been a tough couple of days for flying. Monday, on an Alaska Airlines 737, a credit-card...
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American Agrees to Honor 'Mistake Fares' to China
A deal between the Transportation Department and American Airlines resulted in 1,634 travelers getting either nearly free flights or reduced business-class tickets to China. Travel must be completed during the next year....
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BA suffers computer glitch; Delta's cost $100 million
As BA suffers from check-in system crashes, Delta adds up the cost of last month's outage and cancellations.
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Airline system crashes: How do they happen?
As Delta struggles to return to normal, everyone's question is "How do these system-wide crashes even happen?"
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Sagrada Familia finally gets a permit
Barcelona corrects a technical glitch which allowed the famous cathedral to be an illegal construction site for 137 years.
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Southwest's Hawaii schedule boo-boo
Southwest's Hawaii schedule gets off to a flying start and a glitch that doesn't show return flights for eastern and Midwest cities.
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Share Your Budget Tablet and Laptop Picks
Please share your picks for $140.00 and under internet devices. I'm especially interested in your reviews for sub $100.00 tablets. Below are some of my picks. This little WolVol brand laptop has pretty good ratings and it's under...
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Jetblue data center problems cause Delays, Computer shut down
A power outage to computer servers causes serious flight delays.
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Longest cruise: 3 weeks on Mississippi
An American cruise line tries out a longer three-week itinerary on the Mississippi
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Vienna gets a (2 am) wake-up call
An apparent hack attack on the cathedral's carillon provided an impromptu and unwelcome late-night concert
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Lisbon's lights reluctant to shine
A glitch turns the lighting of Lisbon's Christmas tree into a moment of comedy
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Big oops! $250,000 in tickets for $17K
A currency conversion glitch on one of ANA's websites may be a bonanza for those who moved fast