Technology Hey guys...what do?

[Casey]

Ah, I see. Didn't think about the closed-source part of it.

You were all about your nook when it first came out or when Honeycomb was available for it.

Yeah. Time goes by and it just doesn't get much use other than as an E-Reader. Which is ironic, because that's all it was originally but people rooted them in order to run them as tablets. Still, it was worth doing because I use the Kindle software for my e-book needs rather than B&Ns.

I find that it's easier/more convenient to do lightweight stuff on my phone, and all heavy work I do on my laptop. Which is exactly what happened to both of my cousins who had iPads.... after a few months, the novelty wore off and they just didn't get used much. They both ended up selling them. The most useful times were on tour, when it's not practical or comfortable to have a laptop out in a car or on a plane.

Kinda why the Transformer is the most interesting to me. Just has more potential and flexibility. Especially now that Android supports USB hosting....
Which is why I'm thinking about getting a Transformer 2 because we're going to be doing a shitload of touring once the new album is out. I have to travel light. I have to have my laptop so I can work efficiently between shows. I obviously have to have my phone. If I could save having to take three devices... that would be good. if I could do all of the work I need to do on my laptop on the Transformer + Laptop dock, it'd be great.

I think tablets ought to be cheaper until there's more proven use cases.

 

[dilla]

When you go on tour, do you have some special Europe plan for data and calling/SMS ? And what do you do in the States for stuff like that? Switch SIMs?

 

[Casey]

When you go on tour, do you have some special Europe plan for data and calling/SMS ? And what do you do in the States for stuff like that? Switch SIMs?

There are plans like that, but it's still cheaper to buy Skype credit and make calls over Skype on Wifi. You can have calls forwarded from your cell number to the Skype app when you buy credit too. For messaging, through a combination of things like Gtalk, WhatsApp, KIK, etc, I can usually get through to most people. I'll send an SMS if it's really urgent and I can't get a hold of someone any other way. Pretty much most places have Wifi these days, at the airports, the hotels we stay at, venues we perform at, even when you go out and about in the city there's Wifi networks you can connect to or you can pay a few bucks for those services that operate Wifi towers across cities etc.

Same in the US, although I think you can get prepaid data plans but I've never had to as of yet. I'd just wifi or tether to someone elses data plan, most places we go there's local people with us like crew or a label rep who have a smartphone.

On tour I actually don't need it so much except for personal stuff cos we always have management etc with us dealing with all the business stuff and I think Blackberry's have international data plans or something for business accounts. They always seem to be able to access their emails and shit and let us know what we need to be doing and tell us the schedules. Then I just catch up with personal shit when I'm in the hotel room.

 

[Pittsey]

I use my tablet a lot. Just sits by my bed. Perfect for late night surfing or reading the news with a cup of tea when I wake up. Also useful for the plane and travelling.

 

[ARon]

See I just use my phone for that. That's why I still think tablets are useless, for me at least. But if I can find a touchpad this weekend I'm going to get it

 

[Pittsey]

See I just use my phone for that. That's why I still think tablets are useless, for me at least. But if I can find a touchpad this weekend I'm going to get it

But your phone has a <4 Inch screen. A tablet has 10 inches. Makes all the difference. To me, anyway.

 

[dilla]

See I just use my phone for that. That's why I still think tablets are useless, for me at least. But if I can find a touchpad this weekend I'm going to get it

Good luck. Many are getting their orders cancelled from Barnes, Best Buy, HP, and other small retailers. My retailer, onSale, included.

Still have yet to get a cancellation email, but I'm not too confident I got one. So it's just a matter of time before I get mine. I just want to be there to receive it immediately, and finally move on.

A few that did order from onSale through Amazon have received their shipments. There just doesn't seem to be a strict methodology they used in determining who got one and who didn't. Proximity, how many you ordered, what time you ordered. Nothing. People that order before and after me are getting cancellations and some are getting their orders. Models don't seem to matter much either. 16GB and32 GB are both coming out.

This is nuts.

 

[dilla]

If anyone cares, it's 15 minutes from my house at the local UPS store. I called MacMall, which is affiliated with onSale or something, and told them my Amazon number. While on Amazon it said "shipping soon" (and now, I can't see any of my orders, ever, on Amazon, due to some maintenance? Glitch?), the rep gave me a UPS tracking number and told me it had shipped.

How far was it as of 6PM? 15 minutes away. Where did it go around 7PM? 15 minutes...the other way. Now it's about 25-30 minutes away and will most likely be delivered tomorrow. Yay. At least I get it.

Can't wait for Android on it. And to try webOS out before that.

 

[dilla]

Came in the mail today. Pretty nice. App store is definitely anemic, but I'm about to go overclock this bitch to 1.7 Ghz and see how it runs.

It plays videos from TVshack well, but not Hulu, like someone had mentioned somewhere else. But also, I'm doing the firmware update, so that could also be it.