tyrion Posted June 8, 2013 Report Share Posted June 8, 2013 Just testing swiftkey. My issue is the space bar. I constantly hit it but it does not register. Way too frustrating no matter which keyboard I use. Again, love the S4, but the ipad blows this away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvlgato Posted June 9, 2013 Report Share Posted June 9, 2013 (edited) Weird. Mine doesn't do that at all. Maybe a reboot? Play with the settings in 'Input and Languages' (home screen, left virtual button, scroll half way down.) ? Same thing happen in both horizontal and vertical view? Maybe Uninstall and reinstall? Edited June 9, 2013 by jvlgato Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlSeibert Posted June 9, 2013 Report Share Posted June 9, 2013 (edited) I have now returned to the stock Google voice feature for phone dialing. I can't remember why I rejected it first time around. It doesn't do anything but dial contacts, but it does that very well and doesn't hog resources or do anything bad, so I think I'll stick with it. I turned on the feature that keeps the screen alive as long as you're looking at it. It actually works and doesn't chew up battery. Pretty cool. And I finally have a case/skin that I'm happy with. It's a cheap polyurethane case with a couple strips of dense neoprene stuck on the back. Now I can handle the phone with some confidence. Depending on how you count it either cost all of ten dollars or sixty )I'll post some pictures when I don't have a sleeping cat on my lap. Edited June 9, 2013 by CarlSeibert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 Well, I need another solution for Note II -> USB OTG cable -> USB DAC -> etc. (amp, headphones, whathaveyou). If I run towards the ends of my battery life, I need access to that orifice to charge, so I either need a Y cable a la this (except Note II, though I'm not sure that isn't going to be exactly the same thing) or the dock (which is 10x more expensive, but I was planning on getting anyway for the HDMI functionality -- but technically I could just get another Y cable that did HDMI for that, and I'd still be up US$80. But I still wouldn't have multiple USB functionality, so I guess what I'm asking is -- talk me into or out of getting the dock, please.  And...go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahame Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013  But since this is Head Case  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 That's like the unofficial Head-Case Enablers Unanimous shirt.   Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexicanDragon Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 The only reason I don't have the dock is because I haven't seen it in stock... and this is ME! Why don't you have the dock already? It's an elegant solution to your problems. /me waits to see the Mindless Consumerism thread update properly... Â **BRENT** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postjack Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 (edited) So I'm really way behind with the times apparently. With the note ii dock, could I use an external USB DAC?  woah, so I can just get one of these usb otg cables:  http://www.ebay.com/itm/mini-USB-OTG-Host-cable-lead-for-Archos-Home-Tablet-7-/261251996699?pt=US_Tablet_eReader_Chargers_Sync_Cables&hash=item3cd3d51c1b  and run a pico straight from my note 2? has the world gone insane?  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG7LjVCj50Y  shows you how far behind I am on portable audio. Edited July 30, 2013 by postjack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexicanDragon Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Yep, but you can do that with an OTG USB cable too. I think it works many DACs, but maybe not all of them. Â **BRENT** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postjack Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Yep, but you can do that with an OTG USB cable too. I think it works many DACs, but maybe not all of them. Â **BRENT** Â gotcha, just updated my post right when you were replying. thanks for the confirm. Â as good a reason as ever to pickup a pico in the coming months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Yeah. But I noticed an oddity today -- I plugged in a HRT MusicStreamer II, and it didn't work, even though it saw a USB device connected. Rebooted the phone and it worked (I knew it worked because it had worked before). So it may not just be a matter of plugging it in. I've seen multiple reports that USB Audio Recorder Pro will work in cases that stock software and UI will not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahame Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Don't overpay Posty, remember monoprice. http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=108&cp_id=10833&cs_id=1083314&p_id=9724&seq=1&format=2 http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=108&cp_id=10833&cs_id=1083314&p_id=10019&seq=1&format=2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 The only reason I don't have the dock is because I haven't seen it in stock... and this is ME! Why don't you have the dock already? It's an elegant solution to your problems. /me waits to see the Mindless Consumerism thread update properly... Yeah, don't hold your breath. I mean, not unless you can hold it for two weeks.  The dock has been in stock more than not ever since a couple months after all our promotions expired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMoney Posted August 5, 2013 Report Share Posted August 5, 2013 On a whim I picked up a nexus 7 over the weekend. I really like it. It is a heck of a device for only 230. It might be the beginning of the end of my allegiance to iOS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetoole Posted August 5, 2013 Report Share Posted August 5, 2013 I would have the new Nexus 7 already, except I really want the LTE version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMoney Posted August 5, 2013 Report Share Posted August 5, 2013 (edited) Coming from the retina iPad the 7-inch screen is a revelation. I considered the iPad mini, but I like the idea of a 1920x1200 screen and streaming bluray rips in native 1080p off my NAS. Edited August 5, 2013 by TMoney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted August 5, 2013 Report Share Posted August 5, 2013 I've been using the iPad mini since the day it was released, and I've never noticed pixels, which tells me higher resolution would just use more memory and bandwidth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted August 5, 2013 Report Share Posted August 5, 2013 Everyone's use is different, but I primary use tablets for long text lately (Kindle, Readability, etc.). I still have my major issues with Android, but go to the 1G Nexus 7 over the 1G iPad for that use. I'd say pixel difference is especially noticeable there. Playing games, watching Netflix or Hulu+, etc. not so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted August 5, 2013 Report Share Posted August 5, 2013 I mostly use my iPad for reading as well, and for me, weight matters more than hypothetically better pixel density. The iPad mini is as easy to read as any backlit device can be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted August 5, 2013 Report Share Posted August 5, 2013 Fair enough, but the Nexus 7 II is lighter than the iPad mini also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted August 5, 2013 Report Share Posted August 5, 2013 http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-31747_7-57537541-243/ipad-mini-vs-google-nexus-7-vs-amazon-kindle-fire-hd/  not according to cnet  *edit* oh, didn't realize they reused the nexus 7 name.  ipad is 18 grams heavier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted August 5, 2013 Report Share Posted August 5, 2013 Believe that's the first Nexus 7. According to Google and Apple and the current offerings....  Google: 290g Apple: 308-312g  Not huge difference of course, though if Apple went retina for their next version would be curious if they could match/lessen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted August 5, 2013 Report Share Posted August 5, 2013 Could? Sure. Â Question is always what they choose to do. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefQon Posted August 5, 2013 Report Share Posted August 5, 2013 Do you folks that use android leave your devices stock or root it/install custom roms etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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