eric
I am debating which one to get and need help with the decision
I mostly want one to be able to take notes in class with the stylus but can not decide on which to get?
I know how the ipad 2 feels because i tried it at the stores but i dont know how the lenovo tablet feels.
Is there a store where i can try it out and see how it feels? or has anyone tried it?
What I want it for
Like i said i want it to take notes in class since i am in college. I will need it to write down lots of equations since I am a junior in mech. engineering.
Any help would be appreciated.
thank you
Answer
I would say to do your research. Define what is a must have and what you can do without. Some people are fanatical about their iPad, but I don't see it as a laptop replacement yet. I have used both the iPad and just purchased a ThinkPad Tablet. Of the two, I love the ThinkPad Tablet. It is much more flexible for a business user. I enjoyed playing games and watching video on the iPad, but not much else. The iPad 2 is very light.
Some pros and cons of both. The iPad is a proprietary Apple product, with only one port. You can use it with a projector, to download photos from an SD card, or connect it to the computer with iTunes. It has been very reliant on iTunes, but the iCloud is coming out this week which will change that.
I found it too inflexible for my needs. Emailing documents is fine if you have infinite storage in your mailbox, but our company email has a low usage limit. So it wasn't practical to email content to get it on and off the iPad. Out of box, you cannot use it for MS Office documents, you have to purchase the iWork Apps ($30) or QuickOffice ($20) to use files created in MS Office or iWork. I didn't like having to be tethered to iTunes and to be limited on what computers I could sync my iPad with.
Pros and cons of the ThinkPad: It has a full-size USB and SD Card Reader. So you can plug in a flash drive to get files on and off of it. It works completely independently from a computer. The pen option is exactly what I was looking for for note taking. I am a heavy note taker with lots of pieces of paper around. So this was a major draw for me. You can use the OCR option and can send your notes as text to email or several other options. The OCR works ok most of the time, and the pen is a digitizer, not just a stylus so it works in conjunction with the tablet.
The Thinkpad comes with Docs to Go, out of the box. So you are ready to work with MS Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents right away. It also has tabbed browsing for the Internet, which I prefer to Safari on the iPad. It does not require an account with a credit card to download free Apps, and comes with a bunch of Business friendly Apps already installed.
The keyboard is comfortable, has an optical mouse and doesn't run down the battery life as much as a bluetooth keyboard. Android takes some getting used to, if you haven't used it before. It goes into sleep mode, and it will run the battery down if left on overnight. So it is better to power it off in the evening. The battery lasted a full day of use from a full charge. The keyboard case does add some weight to it, but it also protects it.
The Thinkpad has a sturdy feel to it, but it only weighs a bit more than the iPad 2. The back is kind of rubberized feeling, which is easier to get a grip on. Some people complained that it shows fingerprints, but no more so than the iPad. It has a mini HDMI-out which I haven't tried yet, but it should work with a projector.
Do your homework, and see what Apps are available for both. The Apps sometimes make all the difference. If you use the Adobe CS programs, they just announced a new set of Tablet Apps, like Photoshop for tablets. Very cool!
I got mine direct from Lenovo. Check with your school to see if you can get a student discount on your purchase when you decide.
Enjoy!
I would say to do your research. Define what is a must have and what you can do without. Some people are fanatical about their iPad, but I don't see it as a laptop replacement yet. I have used both the iPad and just purchased a ThinkPad Tablet. Of the two, I love the ThinkPad Tablet. It is much more flexible for a business user. I enjoyed playing games and watching video on the iPad, but not much else. The iPad 2 is very light.
Some pros and cons of both. The iPad is a proprietary Apple product, with only one port. You can use it with a projector, to download photos from an SD card, or connect it to the computer with iTunes. It has been very reliant on iTunes, but the iCloud is coming out this week which will change that.
I found it too inflexible for my needs. Emailing documents is fine if you have infinite storage in your mailbox, but our company email has a low usage limit. So it wasn't practical to email content to get it on and off the iPad. Out of box, you cannot use it for MS Office documents, you have to purchase the iWork Apps ($30) or QuickOffice ($20) to use files created in MS Office or iWork. I didn't like having to be tethered to iTunes and to be limited on what computers I could sync my iPad with.
Pros and cons of the ThinkPad: It has a full-size USB and SD Card Reader. So you can plug in a flash drive to get files on and off of it. It works completely independently from a computer. The pen option is exactly what I was looking for for note taking. I am a heavy note taker with lots of pieces of paper around. So this was a major draw for me. You can use the OCR option and can send your notes as text to email or several other options. The OCR works ok most of the time, and the pen is a digitizer, not just a stylus so it works in conjunction with the tablet.
The Thinkpad comes with Docs to Go, out of the box. So you are ready to work with MS Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents right away. It also has tabbed browsing for the Internet, which I prefer to Safari on the iPad. It does not require an account with a credit card to download free Apps, and comes with a bunch of Business friendly Apps already installed.
The keyboard is comfortable, has an optical mouse and doesn't run down the battery life as much as a bluetooth keyboard. Android takes some getting used to, if you haven't used it before. It goes into sleep mode, and it will run the battery down if left on overnight. So it is better to power it off in the evening. The battery lasted a full day of use from a full charge. The keyboard case does add some weight to it, but it also protects it.
The Thinkpad has a sturdy feel to it, but it only weighs a bit more than the iPad 2. The back is kind of rubberized feeling, which is easier to get a grip on. Some people complained that it shows fingerprints, but no more so than the iPad. It has a mini HDMI-out which I haven't tried yet, but it should work with a projector.
Do your homework, and see what Apps are available for both. The Apps sometimes make all the difference. If you use the Adobe CS programs, they just announced a new set of Tablet Apps, like Photoshop for tablets. Very cool!
I got mine direct from Lenovo. Check with your school to see if you can get a student discount on your purchase when you decide.
Enjoy!
iPad 2 or Motorola Xoom?
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After recently showing an interest in the functionality and benefits to a tablet thanks to good marketing from apple i discovered myself shopping around for the best price for an iPad 2 but i knew in the back of my mind that somewhere a better tablet was hiding, for a cheaper price. After doing thorough research i've narrowed it down to this baby. . .the Motorola Xoom. I have an iPhone4 and although i love it, i feel like i'm being consumed by Apple. It get's a little tiring sat in the massively adequately equipped Apple Sandbox, the feeling that you have everything you could ever need but you aren't really free. I like the idea of getting something different, with a more open and zesty OS. I'm after people who maybe own or work with these? I love how the Xoom is Google powered and i am keen to try android as i've never had any experience, 3.1 honeycoombe sounds like a good place to start. Although the iPad 2 looks slightly better and is obviously more stylish i don't really care about the aesthetics. Basically i'm completely torn between the two, someone needs to make a decision for me.
The two prices i have found are as follows:
16GB iPad 2 - £410
32GB Xoom - £334
Thanks for your answers guys, but a couple of days ago i accidentally won a xoom on eBay for £250 ($390) haha Looks like lady lucky chose for me! I feel everything i need is on the iPhone4, i get enough abuse as it is! Now i'm an apple AND android person. Wish me luck
Answer
First off, I'm an avid user of both iPhone and iPad and use it for literally almost every aspect of my life. from. a work prospective, it's incredible. Productivity apps like keynote (presentations) pages (typing docs) and numbers (spreadsheets) are amazing on e iPad and I personally use them to type entire term papers, create amazing full length featured presentations to my college classes and use "numbers" to create my personal budget. I did a full presentation to my sales class directly from my iPad to the classroom projector (simple VGA accessory) and controlled it wirelessly (via Bluetooth) from my iPhone with an app called "Keynote remote" (0.99 cents) it's a jaw dropper with the classmates.
there's a lot of answers to your questions. but I'm going to go ahead and tell you this firm statement: "it's all about the software, period"
The "Apple Sandbox": Having an iPhone accompanied by an iPad 2 is only natural, There's a lot of benefits with having both idevices. Example: I have a school assignment, to-do, note taking and other life assistant based apps that WIRELESSLY sync between my iPad and iPhone by it's self. so everything's with me. On-the-go data entry into my apps are possible with my iPhone, and when I get home to start homework or other things, my iPad is already synced with the data I need to do what I need to do.
The iOS for iPad is going to be updated in a few weeks with apples new iOS5 with over 200 new features coming to it. YouTube search "ios5" to check it out. Another important aspect of iOS that people look over is that iOS is SAFER! Since google android OS is open sourced, there has been a breakout in malware infections into customers phones (basically a virus).
Do you like apps? or just browsing the Internet, because the app store has more apps than any OS on this planet. And it's awesome, just think about any part of your life or productivity that you would want to improve or just even check out, and search for it on iTunes and see what's there.
coders (developers) searching through apples new iTunes program code found evidence that the new iTunes will feature a "delete app after subscription ends" which means that apple may be rolling out the ability to rent apps, this would be good for trying new apps out that are expensive or maybe you'd just like to use it for a one time thing.
there's a lot more answers to give, but comment with some objections to what I said and I'll tell you even more information that leans you to the iPad. it's honestly the way to go.
First off, I'm an avid user of both iPhone and iPad and use it for literally almost every aspect of my life. from. a work prospective, it's incredible. Productivity apps like keynote (presentations) pages (typing docs) and numbers (spreadsheets) are amazing on e iPad and I personally use them to type entire term papers, create amazing full length featured presentations to my college classes and use "numbers" to create my personal budget. I did a full presentation to my sales class directly from my iPad to the classroom projector (simple VGA accessory) and controlled it wirelessly (via Bluetooth) from my iPhone with an app called "Keynote remote" (0.99 cents) it's a jaw dropper with the classmates.
there's a lot of answers to your questions. but I'm going to go ahead and tell you this firm statement: "it's all about the software, period"
The "Apple Sandbox": Having an iPhone accompanied by an iPad 2 is only natural, There's a lot of benefits with having both idevices. Example: I have a school assignment, to-do, note taking and other life assistant based apps that WIRELESSLY sync between my iPad and iPhone by it's self. so everything's with me. On-the-go data entry into my apps are possible with my iPhone, and when I get home to start homework or other things, my iPad is already synced with the data I need to do what I need to do.
The iOS for iPad is going to be updated in a few weeks with apples new iOS5 with over 200 new features coming to it. YouTube search "ios5" to check it out. Another important aspect of iOS that people look over is that iOS is SAFER! Since google android OS is open sourced, there has been a breakout in malware infections into customers phones (basically a virus).
Do you like apps? or just browsing the Internet, because the app store has more apps than any OS on this planet. And it's awesome, just think about any part of your life or productivity that you would want to improve or just even check out, and search for it on iTunes and see what's there.
coders (developers) searching through apples new iTunes program code found evidence that the new iTunes will feature a "delete app after subscription ends" which means that apple may be rolling out the ability to rent apps, this would be good for trying new apps out that are expensive or maybe you'd just like to use it for a one time thing.
there's a lot more answers to give, but comment with some objections to what I said and I'll tell you even more information that leans you to the iPad. it's honestly the way to go.
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