Mobile phones & tablets thread

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Originally Posted by Koz

That's the problem, isn't it?
It does nothing that your iPhone does not do.
(IIRC, I could do most of that my old HTC Harrier - wait for it - 8 years ago!!! And it cost me 80$)

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Well, I wouldn't want to sit and watch a 2hr 50m film (Grand Prix...still a cracker!!) on my phone, that's for sure.

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Originally Posted by Koz

Handwriting apps, how well do they work? How accurate would you rate the OCR?

What kind of stylus do you use? I have seen a few and they look absolutely dreadful, I couldn't see myself using one of them.

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I use a boxwave stylus with the Notes Plus app and can replicate my handwriting perfectly well so no problems with the OCR.

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Originally Posted by Koz

That's the problem, isn't it?
It does nothing that your iPhone does not do.
(IIRC, I could do most of that my old HTC Harrier - wait for it - 8 years ago!!! And it cost me 80$)

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Handwriting apps, how well do they work? How accurate would you rate the OCR?

What kind of stylus do you use? I have seen a few and they look absolutely dreadful, I couldn't see myself using one of them.

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Exactly. Even if the OCR is good, typing with a keyboard is still craploads better. Apple have a talent for polishing things, but sometimes you can only polish a non-ideal situation so much. If you were going to handwrite a long letter to someone you wouldn't do it on a clipboard standing up would you? You'd do it on a desk. To me the iPad is like a really good clipboard, it does its thing really well, but the form factor simply doesn't lend itself that well to anything other than light use. You can do heavier stuff on it, but you're almost always going to be better off with a netbook or a laptop.

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Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1

Well, I wouldn't want to sit and watch a 2hr 50m film (Grand Prix...still a cracker!!) on my phone, that's for sure.

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Surely though, watching said movie on a TV would be a better idea and if you're going to be watching something for almost 3 hours I assume you're on a train or a plane, then a laptop would do the job also? A lot of people in the comments section (as well as the author) mentioned that they'd traded their iPad's in for Macbook Air's which were far better.

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Surely though, watching said movie on a TV would be a better idea and if you're going to be watching something for almost 3 hours I assume you're on a train or a plane, then a laptop would do the job also?

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My point about waching the film was in response to Koz's claim that the iPad "does nothing that your iPhone does not do".

I don't disagree that you can watch films on a laptop but I wouldn't watch a 3hr film on my phone.

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Originally Posted by henners88

I don't say to my wife, "why are you buying that skirt here when you can get one in Primark that does the same job", because it is all down to personal taste and if someone is happy with a product I don't see a reason to dismiss it.

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Bollocks! You don't say that to your wife because you know you'll get your nuts ripped off ;) :p : :D

Daniel has violated Godwins Law so is from now on automatically wrong.

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Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1

I use a boxwave stylus with the Notes Plus app and can replicate my handwriting perfectly well so no problems with the OCR.

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No OCR = not note taking/handwriting...

That, to me, looks like a drawing app. The point would be for that to understand and process my handwriting...
This is something that the HTC Harrier did 8-odd years, not very well mind you, but it did in fact do it.

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Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1

My point about waching the film was in response to Koz's claim that the iPad "does nothing that your iPhone does not do".

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Exactly, the screen is bigger, but the functionality is the same (if not less).

I am looking at getting an Xperia ARC, anyone here have it? If so, any thought and/or concerns?

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Originally Posted by Koz

I am looking at getting an Xperia ARC, anyone here have it? If so, any thought and/or concerns?

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Some of my friends haven't had good experiences with Xperias in general. I think 3 of my buddies had it, neither of them was really happy. They had issues with the battery, choppy video playback, random shutdowns etc.

Then there's also this:

Xperia arc users report cracks issue - The Inquirer

I was quite sceptical of the IPad but I think that I'd actually quite like one now. I have a job where work is quite ad-hoc and may involve travel and staying away. My work laptop heavily locked by down by our London based IT department and it doesn't even have a disc drive to watch DVD's. For periods where I might be staying away I think an iPad would actually be quite a good entertainment device. This doesn't mean I'm planning on rushing out to buy one but next time that I might have a prolonged period away from home I think I'd definitely be thinking about buying one.