Posts by Hein Monnig

Tablets need permanent Black Friday price slash to triumph

Android rocks

I'm typing this on my Acer Iconia A500, which I regard as an excellent buy: sturdy (read: heavy-ish), fast, well featured, full-sized USB port, plays DivX out of the box, streams video and music perfectly via BSPlayer, etc. I deliberately steered clear of an I pad because of my dislike for iTunes, cable connections and the almost mandatory conversion of a large video library to MP4 format. So I did not exactly save any money, but the Iconia continues to be worth every cent I spent. Oh, and because I like Android so much - am still very comfortable on DOS command line - I bought a 7" Galaxy Tab as well, for when the kids have my big Acer for games...

Acer Iconia Tab A500 10in Android tablet

Connectivity rules

I'm typing this on my own A500 - the device is phenomenal! Why's it better than the I pad? The ports and DivX... So far, every flash drive and portable hard disk plugged in has been accessible. And with a player like Rockplayer installed, all my AVI movies play straight away, and beautifully. The other reason why I bought it, was for browsing. Opera Mobile works magnificently. All in all, I'm very happy that I reallocated some of the children's inheritance money for the Acer fondleslab (great word; I'm also forcing my kids to use it).