My mother? Let me tell you about my mother
Posted on 01/26/2014 8:18:52 PM PST by killermosquito
I just purchased a Nexus 7. Any freepers own one? Do you have any suggestions?
Thanks, I will check that one out. TuneIn has been a battery hog since the last update although it still works really well.
On a different note, I have to ask, are you a large person? Pleasantly plump? A little on the hefty side, perhaps? Well, let’s face it: are you fat? When you go jogging, do you leave potholes? When you make love, do you have to give directions? At the zoo, do elephants throw you peanuts? Do you look at a menu and say, “Okay”?
I got the well-reviewed half-price version, the Hisense Sero 7 Pro. It has been very handy, surprisingly. It has a camera on the back and front. I got the cover with a large accessory kit that included the HDMI plug, a radio one, etc. I also got the plastic stuff to protect the screen, Illumni-Shield, I think. A man did a you-tube showing the easiest way to put it on using masking tape. I followed his method. Perfect.
Personally, the 5x7 size being like carrying around a paperback, is perfect for me.
I found a cool-to-me new app for cataloging all my stored stuff. It even scans barcodes, though bulk items were not reconized,. No barcodes on my home-canned goods, of course. I am now looking at gardening apps. Post-its are not getting it during the growing season. There seems to be apps for every interest on Google Play. Amazon carries them too. I have to admit reading on the tablet is nicer than my Kindle.
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My mother? Let me tell you about my mother
I have the first generation Nexus 7 and use it everyday. As others has mentioned Chromecast is very handy to have. I haven’t rooted it because I’m afraid I would brick it.
The lady in the picture is pretty, yes. But helpful not really. But I appreciate the reference to the movie which I had forgotten.
Yes, I got a Chromecast a few weeks ago. What do you suggest I do for portable content? I want to have plenty of movies on it for viewing on the plane and in case I get stranded at an airport. Do you know of a way to rip a DVD from my PC to the tablet?
What must have apps do you suggest?
Thanks.
I have an iPod Touch, a Nexus 7, and a Windows laptop.
One of the apps I highly recommend is Pocket.
It allows you to save articles from your web browser to read later. You create an account at the Pocket website. That allows Pocket to push the saved articles to any device you have running a Pocket app (i.e., my iPod Touch and my Nexus) and a Pocket extension (Chrome and Firefox on my PC). So I can Pocket an article on my Nexus and read it later on my iPod Touch, for example.
I can read the articles when I’m offline (just remember to start the app when you are online so that the articles can be downloaded). Even better, there are some articles that you just want to keep - financial advice, a restaurant’s menu, a news article about a family member, a listing of best websites for something you’re interested in, instructions for how to do something, etc. Once you’ve saved that article, you have it forever and you don’t have to go searching the internet for it again. And, usually, it’s formatted better, without all the ads, for reading.
I’ve never tried ripping DVDs from my computer, but if I was going to do it, after I’ve loaded it to my computer, try uploading it to the video portion of your tablet. There may be copyright issues, so you may not be able to copy a DVD.
As far as Apps, I have Drudge loaded, I’m a member of Netflix, so I’ve loaded that app, You Tube, I don’t know what kind of games you like, but I like word games, so I’ve uploaded apps that I can play word games. Do a Google or Bing search for Android apps and you should be able to pick some you like. Also Pandora, Tune in Radio, in which you can pick up just about any radio station anywhere in the world. I love listening to that at night. You tube has some movies and a lot of old TV shows. I Don’t know how old you are, but in my world, I like TV shows from the 50s, 60s, and 70s. Hope this helps.
The android forum has great tips for putting movies on you N7. You will have to download an app and there are a couple choices the posters recommend.
I’m going to give it a go myself.
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