On Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:25:50 -0400, Stephen wrote:

> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> 
> 
>> Well, you could 'get lucky' and get one of the next run of the HP
>> Touchpad for about $99.  They're working on an Android port, so you
>> probably wouldn't have to put up with the installed WebOS. ;)
>>
>>
> Yes, but I’m an impulse buyer. ;-)

LOL!  "Squirrel!"

>> Otherwise, what sort of features are you looking for?
>>
>>
> That is one of my problems. I don’t know what a tablet can do. I 
use my
> laptop for email, surfing the net and Poving. I don’t suppose that I
> could Pov on a tablet. I suppose that I am looking for a reason to spend
> money. Okay I know that I could uses it as a e-reader but what else?

The way I think of tablets and devices like that are as a 'media 
consumption device'.  So listening to music, watching movies/videos, that 
sort of thing.  Some have communications capabilities as well, but I see 
them as primarily for consumption of content.

Jim

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