<html><body>On 24 October 2011 12:28, Fay Zee <sussex@eglug.org.uk> wrote:<br />><br />> Hi to all those who offered to bring their tablets, hand held devices, etc<br />> along to the October moot.<br />><br />> Thanks, and very much appreciated.<br />><br />><br />> Best Regards,<br />> Fay<br />> East Grinstead Linux User Group<br />> www.eglug.org.uk<br /><br /><br />My thanks to Dave for allowing us to play on his Samsung Galaxy S2, and to Alex for letting us download an app to his new HTC Desire HD.<br /><br />I had never used one before. I think it would take some time to get myself used to navigating via gestures.<br /><br />Dave showed how he could type out an email with almost every word containing a typo, yet the Samsung guessed the correct word either first or second in the list. The list ran in a line under the typing, so the items were really easy to pick.<br /><br />We were also able to compare map apps between the Desire and an iPhone - not that much difference as far as I could see.<br /><br />My main interest in a smart phone or tablet is as a gallery for my illustrations. Alex connected his HTC up to my Eee PC as a source of power, the Eee PC recognised it as a storage device and I simply created a new folder in the existing media folder and uploaded five images. When I navigated to the gallery app ("Gallery"), it automatically listed my newly created folder as a separate album and displayed my pictures. There wasn't any gallery management tool to move images between galleries or create/delete galleries, so it looks like that all has to be done via a laptop or desktop, which is fine. I was able to zoom the images with a gesture and turning the phone on its side changed the orientation. Despite the small size of the screen (well, large for a phone but of course smaller than a tablet), all the sample images had good definition.<br /><br />I was surprised to see on Amazon the Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II 16 GB 4.3" Smartphone at £400 was more expensive than the Samsung P1010 Galaxy Tab 16GB 7" Tablet at £316.<br /><br />As I would want it only for the Gallery, the tablet seems the better option.<br /><br /> <br />
Best Regards,<br />Fay<br />East Grinstead Linux User Group<br />www.eglugorg.uk<br /><br /></body></html>