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[tyrion]

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.

[jvlgato]

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

[CarlSeibert]

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

[Dusty Chalk]

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.

[Grahame]

 

But since this is Head Case

 

[Dusty Chalk]

That's like the unofficial Head-Case Enablers Unanimous shirt.    

[MexicanDragon]

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...

 

**BRENT**

[postjack]

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

[MexicanDragon]

Yep, but you can do that with an OTG USB cable too. I think it works many DACs, but maybe not all of them.

 

**BRENT**

[postjack]

Yep, but you can do that with an OTG USB cable too. I think it works many DACs, but maybe not all of them.

 

**BRENT**

 

gotcha, just updated my post right when you were replying. thanks for the confirm.

 

as good a reason as ever to pickup a pico in the coming months.

[Dusty Chalk]

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.

[Grahame]

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

[Dusty Chalk]

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.

[TMoney]

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.

[cetoole]

I would have the new Nexus 7 already, except I really want the LTE version.

[TMoney]

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

[grawk]

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.

[blessingx]

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.

[grawk]

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.

[blessingx]

Fair enough, but the Nexus 7 II is lighter than the iPad mini also.

[grawk]

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.

[blessingx]

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. 

[grawk]

Could? Sure.  Question is always what they choose to do.  

[DefQon]

Do you folks that use android leave your devices stock or root it/install custom roms etc?

[mypasswordis]

the latter