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 Mar 17 2012, 05:26 PM
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 Sofa King don't care how annoyed you are.  Posts: 17,905 Joined: 15-March 07 From: flippin' the bird with Ignignokt and Err I Like: America I Don't Like: Americans  |
Burnsie had a good suggestion so I figured I'd follow up on it. I'll be posting from th iPhone app store but this is open to all platforms. Just make sure you make it clear in your post which platform you got the app for.
Downloaded Draw Something for iOS. It's basically 1 on 1 Pictionary. If you're friends with me on Facebook, you can find me through there for a game. If not, you can search for alitaki and it's game on. EDIT: it's $.99 and it's for both iPad and iPhone/iPod touch. This post has been edited by Alitaki: Mar 17 2012, 05:27 PM --------------------  |
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Mar 17 2012, 05:32 PM
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 a tiger who just wants to watch the world burn Posts: 2,009,756 Joined: 17-March 07 From: Cincinnati, OH I Like: Ketchup I Don't Like: Catsup |
Thank you for acknowledging the one wp7 user.
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Mar 17 2012, 05:47 PM
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 Member Posts: 2,170 Joined: 6-December 08 From: New Hyde Park, NY I Like: Corn Dogs I Don't Like: Moldy onion rolls |
QUOTE(Alitaki @ Mar 17 2012, 06:26 PM)  Burnsie had a good suggestion so I figured I'd follow up on it. I'll be posting from th iPhone app store but this is open to all platforms. Just make sure you make it clear in your post which platform you got the app for. Downloaded Draw Something for iOS. It's basically 1 on 1 Pictionary. If you're friends with me on Facebook, you can find me through there for a game. If not, you can search for alitaki and it's game on. EDIT: it's $.99 and it's for both iPad and iPhone/iPod touch. My wife plays Draw Something all night long. It is available on Android also, free. |
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Mar 17 2012, 05:50 PM
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 Owner and operator of Total Bastard Productions. Posts: 14,928 Joined: 15-March 07 From: New Jersey, where the weak are killed and eaten. I Like: Minions. I Don't Like: Not having minions. |
QUOTE(Beamer @ Mar 17 2012, 06:32 PM) Thank you for acknowledging the one wp7 user. If its any consolation I have a zune. -------------------- |
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Mar 17 2012, 05:52 PM
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a tiger who just wants to watch the world burn Posts: 2,009,756 Joined: 17-March 07 From: Cincinnati, OH I Like: Ketchup I Don't Like: Catsup |
QUOTE(Nilan 666 @ Mar 17 2012, 06:50 PM) QUOTE(Beamer @ Mar 17 2012, 06:32 PM) Thank you for acknowledging the one wp7 user. If its any consolation I have a zune. I adore my WP7, and mostly anyone I've shown it to has been very surprised at how cool it is. They are surprised at how much more involved and fluid it is than their phone. Then they go buy another iPhone. I love the thing, but 10% of the iPhone apps does hurt a bit. Only a few I'd want, but not having them sucks. Then again, I barely use apps. Some games, but the screen is too small for most to really be incredible. But I want Words With Friends and Draw Something. |
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Mar 17 2012, 06:05 PM
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 EtymoloJesus Posts: 28,254 Joined: 15-March 07 I Like: Max the Knight I Don't Like: Garbage-eating enemies |
QUOTE(Alitaki @ Mar 17 2012, 06:26 PM) Burnsie had a good suggestion so I figured I'd follow up on it. I'll be posting from th iPhone app store but this is open to all platforms. Just make sure you make it clear in your post which platform you got the app for. Downloaded Draw Something for iOS. It's basically 1 on 1 Pictionary. If you're friends with me on Facebook, you can find me through there for a game. If not, you can search for alitaki and it's game on. EDIT: it's $.99 and it's for both iPad and iPhone/iPod touch. I'll grab it later this evening! -------------------- |
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Mar 17 2012, 06:07 PM
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EtymoloJesus Posts: 28,254 Joined: 15-March 07 I Like: Max the Knight I Don't Like: Garbage-eating enemies |
QUOTE(Beamer @ Mar 17 2012, 06:52 PM) QUOTE(Nilan 666 @ Mar 17 2012, 06:50 PM) QUOTE(Beamer @ Mar 17 2012, 06:32 PM) Thank you for acknowledging the one wp7 user. If its any consolation I have a zune. I adore my WP7, and mostly anyone I've shown it to has been very surprised at how cool it is. They are surprised at how much more involved and fluid it is than their phone. Then they go buy another iPhone. I was given an iPad by work, but had I gotten a smartphone like I was originally planning to do I was leaning pretty heavily toward a Windows phone based on some of the things we've talked about in past threads and some of the reading that I've done on my own. -------------------- |
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Mar 17 2012, 07:34 PM
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Sofa King don't care how annoyed you are. Posts: 17,905 Joined: 15-March 07 From: flippin' the bird with Ignignokt and Err I Like: America I Don't Like: Americans |
Not to turn this thread into another phone discussion, but ive heard nothing but good things about the new Windows phone OS and 8 is supposed to be even better.
I'm locked into iOS though. Too many apps, too many accessories to switch to another platform at this point. -------------------- |
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Mar 17 2012, 08:08 PM
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Sofa King don't care how annoyed you are. Posts: 17,905 Joined: 15-March 07 From: flippin' the bird with Ignignokt and Err I Like: America I Don't Like: Americans |
Holy shit Sed! That goalkeeper looked like a snake with a forked tongue! Took me forever to see that it was a soccer net!
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Mar 17 2012, 08:11 PM
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EtymoloJesus Posts: 28,254 Joined: 15-March 07 I Like: Max the Knight I Don't Like: Garbage-eating enemies |
QUOTE(Alitaki @ Mar 17 2012, 09:08 PM) Holy shit Sed! That goalkeeper looked like a snake with a forked tongue! Took me forever to see that it was a soccer net! I really need a stylus. -------------------- |
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Mar 17 2012, 08:18 PM
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Sofa King don't care how annoyed you are. Posts: 17,905 Joined: 15-March 07 From: flippin' the bird with Ignignokt and Err I Like: America I Don't Like: Americans |
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Mar 17 2012, 08:20 PM
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EtymoloJesus Posts: 28,254 Joined: 15-March 07 I Like: Max the Knight I Don't Like: Garbage-eating enemies |
At first, I thought that the drum kit was going to be some kind of monster or something.
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Mar 17 2012, 08:22 PM
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EtymoloJesus Posts: 28,254 Joined: 15-March 07 I Like: Max the Knight I Don't Like: Garbage-eating enemies |
"Why is that guy turning into a brown alligator?"
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Mar 17 2012, 08:33 PM
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Sofa King don't care how annoyed you are. Posts: 17,905 Joined: 15-March 07 From: flippin' the bird with Ignignokt and Err I Like: America I Don't Like: Americans |
QUOTE(Sed @ Mar 17 2012, 09:22 PM) "Why is that guy turning into a brown alligator?" I really thought I botched that concert one. As for werewolf, the letter panel threw me off. I thought that's what you were drawing but my brain couldn't make sense of the letters. -------------------- |
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Mar 17 2012, 08:47 PM
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EtymoloJesus Posts: 28,254 Joined: 15-March 07 I Like: Max the Knight I Don't Like: Garbage-eating enemies |
If that had been me, there would've been frustration/rage steam coming off of my head!
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Mar 19 2012, 03:43 PM
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 Jarringly Beautiful Posts: 11,833 Joined: 15-March 07 From: NJ I Like: knuckleheaded stuff I Don't Like: broad brush strokes |
Android Apps:
Out of Milk: Free shopping app that you can use a the bar code scannie thing or type in what you need at the food store. LOVE. Addons Detector: Lets you know what ads and tools each app uses. Zynga is bar far the worst offender so I deleted all their stuff. I play Word Feud instead of Words with Friends now because of it. TiVo: What can I say? You scroll through your listings, set up recordings and you can even use your phone as the remote. SWOON! -------------------- Fenway Park, in Boston, is a lyric little bandbox of a ballpark. Everything is painted green and seems in curiously sharp focus, like the inside of an old-fashioned peeping-type Easter egg. It was built in 1912 and rebuilt in 1934, and offers, as do most Boston artifacts, a compromise between Man's Euclidean determinations and Nature's beguiling irregularities. - John Updike |
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Mar 19 2012, 03:46 PM
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 Member Posts: 4,281 Joined: 16-March 07 From: Carmel, NY |
QUOTE(jburns @ Mar 19 2012, 04:43 PM) I play Word Feud instead of Words with Friends now because of it. Wordfued is much better anyway. The interface is simpler and smoother. As for ads: Anyone who roots, AdAway works quite well -------------------- .
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Mar 20 2012, 12:07 AM
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 If u read this,u're a moron! U just read this,didnt u? Posts: 19,259 Joined: 15-March 07 From: South Florida I Like: Dr. Ben Carson |
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Mar 20 2012, 12:28 AM
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 Likes to look things up Posts: 2,366,776 Joined: 15-March 07 I Like: Looking at the stats I Don't Like: Guessing what stats were |
QUOTE(Hockey101 @ Mar 20 2012, 01:07 AM) "Captures stray radiation"? That sets off all my bullshit alarms. -------------------- |
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Mar 20 2012, 08:59 AM
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If u read this,u're a moron! U just read this,didnt u? Posts: 19,259 Joined: 15-March 07 From: South Florida I Like: Dr. Ben Carson |
QUOTE(Kusand @ Mar 20 2012, 01:28 AM) QUOTE(Hockey101 @ Mar 20 2012, 01:07 AM) "Captures stray radiation"? That sets off all my bullshit alarms. Interesting. How does a bullshit alarm look like? Now there's a novelty idea! We can use the Sham Wow guy to do the commercial. Get your Bullshit Alarm and in the next 10 minutes we'll double the offer! -------------------- |
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Mar 20 2012, 09:03 AM
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Jarringly Beautiful Posts: 11,833 Joined: 15-March 07 From: NJ I Like: knuckleheaded stuff I Don't Like: broad brush strokes |
QUOTE(Kusand @ Mar 20 2012, 01:28 AM) "Captures stray radiation"? That sets off all my bullshit alarms. 
-------------------- Fenway Park, in Boston, is a lyric little bandbox of a ballpark. Everything is painted green and seems in curiously sharp focus, like the inside of an old-fashioned peeping-type Easter egg. It was built in 1912 and rebuilt in 1934, and offers, as do most Boston artifacts, a compromise between Man's Euclidean determinations and Nature's beguiling irregularities. - John Updike |
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Mar 20 2012, 09:05 AM
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Likes to look things up Posts: 2,366,776 Joined: 15-March 07 I Like: Looking at the stats I Don't Like: Guessing what stats were |
QUOTE(Hockey101 @ Mar 20 2012, 09:59 AM) Interesting. How does a bullshit alarm look like? Now there's a novelty idea! We can use the Sham Wow guy to do the commercial. Get your Bullshit Alarm and in the next 10 minutes we'll double the offer! The bullshit alarm is a large black box you keep by your desk. If you're not sure about something, say it out loud to the box. It uses proprietary processing algorithms to determine the bullshit parts-per-million, and if it exceeds the nationally accepted threshold, Terry Crews pops out of the top of the box and slaps you, screaming "THAT'S BULLSHIT!" -------------------- |
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Mar 20 2012, 09:19 AM
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If u read this,u're a moron! U just read this,didnt u? Posts: 19,259 Joined: 15-March 07 From: South Florida I Like: Dr. Ben Carson |
QUOTE(Kusand @ Mar 20 2012, 10:05 AM) QUOTE(Hockey101 @ Mar 20 2012, 09:59 AM) Interesting. How does a bullshit alarm look like? Now there's a novelty idea! We can use the Sham Wow guy to do the commercial. Get your Bullshit Alarm and in the next 10 minutes we'll double the offer! The bullshit alarm is a large black box you keep by your desk. If you're not sure about something, say it out loud to the box. It uses proprietary processing algorithms to determine the bullshit parts-per-million, and if it exceeds the nationally accepted threshold, Terry Crews pops out of the top of the box and slaps you, screaming "THAT'S BULLSHIT!"  I think we really got something here -------------------- |
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Mar 20 2012, 10:16 AM
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a tiger who just wants to watch the world burn Posts: 2,009,756 Joined: 17-March 07 From: Cincinnati, OH I Like: Ketchup I Don't Like: Catsup |
QUOTE(Hockey101 @ Mar 20 2012, 09:59 AM) QUOTE(Kusand @ Mar 20 2012, 01:28 AM) QUOTE(Hockey101 @ Mar 20 2012, 01:07 AM) "Captures stray radiation"? That sets off all my bullshit alarms. Interesting. How does a bullshit alarm look like? Now there's a novelty idea! We can use the Sham Wow guy to do the commercial. Get your Bullshit Alarm and in the next 10 minutes we'll double the offer! Actually, those are the people that sell antenna boosters. They used to advertise at 2 am all the time. Tests repeatedly show that they either have no effect or, in some cases, weaken signal. |
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Mar 21 2012, 10:15 PM
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EtymoloJesus Posts: 28,254 Joined: 15-March 07 I Like: Max the Knight I Don't Like: Garbage-eating enemies |
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Mar 21 2012, 10:24 PM
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 Member Posts: 20,943 Joined: 15-March 07 From: Boston, MA I Like: Nyquil I Don't Like: Dayquil |
Angry Birds Space out tonight. Major event in this household. Claudia and I have three stars in every level in all three games. Yes, three stars in over 500 levels. Just a bit obsessive!
-------------------- RIP Ass Dan, 1981-2010.
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Mar 21 2012, 10:35 PM
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EtymoloJesus Posts: 28,254 Joined: 15-March 07 I Like: Max the Knight I Don't Like: Garbage-eating enemies |
Been loving Draw Something.
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Mar 21 2012, 10:37 PM
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Likes to look things up Posts: 2,366,776 Joined: 15-March 07 I Like: Looking at the stats I Don't Like: Guessing what stats were |
QUOTE(Rocha @ Mar 21 2012, 11:24 PM) Angry Birds Space out tonight. Major event in this household. Claudia and I have three stars in every level in all three games. Yes, three stars in over 500 levels. Just a bit obsessive! That's downright nuts. I was satisfied just three-starring the whole original. Kudos. -------------------- |
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Mar 21 2012, 10:39 PM
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EtymoloJesus Posts: 28,254 Joined: 15-March 07 I Like: Max the Knight I Don't Like: Garbage-eating enemies |
QUOTE(Kusand @ Mar 21 2012, 11:37 PM) QUOTE(Rocha @ Mar 21 2012, 11:24 PM) Angry Birds Space out tonight. Major event in this household. Claudia and I have three stars in every level in all three games. Yes, three stars in over 500 levels. Just a bit obsessive! That's downright nuts. I was satisfied just three-starring the whole original. Kudos. Wow. Just... wow. -------------------- |
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Mar 21 2012, 11:19 PM
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Sofa King don't care how annoyed you are. Posts: 17,905 Joined: 15-March 07 From: flippin' the bird with Ignignokt and Err I Like: America I Don't Like: Americans |
QUOTE(Rocha @ Mar 21 2012, 11:24 PM) Angry Birds Space out tonight. Major event in this household. Claudia and I have three stars in every level in all three games. Yes, three stars in over 500 levels. Just a bit obsessive! 
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Mar 21 2012, 11:33 PM
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Sofa King don't care how annoyed you are. Posts: 17,905 Joined: 15-March 07 From: flippin' the bird with Ignignokt and Err I Like: America I Don't Like: Americans |
QUOTE(Sed @ Mar 21 2012, 11:35 PM) Been loving Draw Something. I'm obsessed. -------------------- |
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Mar 21 2012, 11:40 PM
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 Co-Founder of Karaoke and Roll Posts: 20,880 Joined: 20-March 07 I Like: John Stamos I Don't Like: Derek |
QUOTE(Alitaki @ Mar 22 2012, 12:33 AM) QUOTE(Sed @ Mar 21 2012, 11:35 PM) Been loving Draw Something. I'm obsessed. As am i |
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Mar 22 2012, 05:29 AM
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Sofa King don't care how annoyed you are. Posts: 17,905 Joined: 15-March 07 From: flippin' the bird with Ignignokt and Err I Like: America I Don't Like: Americans |
QUOTE(Rocha @ Mar 21 2012, 11:24 PM) Angry Birds Space out tonight. Major event in this household. Claudia and I have three stars in every level in all three games. Yes, three stars in over 500 levels. Just a bit obsessive! Dealing with gravitational pull is cool. -------------------- |
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Mar 22 2012, 06:53 AM
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Just got an iPad. This thing friggin rules. I have all the necessary reading tools, social networking, draw something..etc
Can anyone recommend some must have apps? |
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Mar 22 2012, 08:14 AM
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Sofa King don't care how annoyed you are. Posts: 17,905 Joined: 15-March 07 From: flippin' the bird with Ignignokt and Err I Like: America I Don't Like: Americans |
QUOTE(Chris4 @ Mar 22 2012, 07:53 AM) Just got an iPad. This thing friggin rules. I have all the necessary reading tools, social networking, draw something..etc Can anyone recommend some must have apps? I really don't use the ipad for anything other than books, games and video. Books: Obviously get the Kindle & Nook apps as that will allow you to have the best of all worlds. Stanza is another good ereader for books you procure from locations other than Apple, Amazon or B&N. I've discovered the benefit of reading comic books on the ipad too. I've got Xcomicology, Marvel, DC & IDW apps on my ipad. You don't need all of them as Xcomicology has both Marvel and DC comics for sale through their app (and they all use the same technology) but there might be titles that are exclusive to the Marvel & DC apps. I don't collect much Marvel or DC but I have all of the GI Joe reboot from IDW. Reading comics on the iPad is wonderful. The Newstand is pretty cool too. Not a great selection of magazines yet, but getting there. I had the Daily News app for awhile but didn't like that the daily paper was just a PDF of the print edition. Games: Draw Something, Plants vs. Zombies, Amature Surgeon, NY Times Crosswords, Worms HD & Monopoly. Video: Netflix, HBOGo, MaxGo, Time Warner Cable app. Like I said, I really don't do much with my iPad other than that. I've got my banking apps, a sports boxscore app (SportsTap), the CNN app for news and Photobucket so that I can upload photos online to post in threads here. -------------------- |
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Mar 22 2012, 08:19 AM
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Mar 22 2012, 08:24 AM
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Sofa King don't care how annoyed you are. Posts: 17,905 Joined: 15-March 07 From: flippin' the bird with Ignignokt and Err I Like: America I Don't Like: Americans |
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Mar 22 2012, 09:23 AM
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a tiger who just wants to watch the world burn Posts: 2,009,756 Joined: 17-March 07 From: Cincinnati, OH I Like: Ketchup I Don't Like: Catsup |
All I use tablets for is video (man, a lifesaver on airplanes) and Wikipedia searches on the couch. Nothing else. The TouchPad has few games, and I don't really have a use for that, anyway. If I'm on the couch I'm on the Xbox, if I'm gaming elsewhere it's probably too quick to grab anything other than my phone.
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Mar 22 2012, 11:25 AM
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Jarringly Beautiful Posts: 11,833 Joined: 15-March 07 From: NJ I Like: knuckleheaded stuff I Don't Like: broad brush strokes |
Anyone play Angry Birds Space yet? Any good?
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Mar 22 2012, 11:27 AM
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Jarringly Beautiful Posts: 11,833 Joined: 15-March 07 From: NJ I Like: knuckleheaded stuff I Don't Like: broad brush strokes |
QUOTE(Beamer @ Mar 22 2012, 10:23 AM) But I'll never, ever read on a tablet. Fuck that. eInk or die. Fist bump! I cannot read on tablets as there is way too much glare. I looooooovvvveeee my Kindle. [kisses it] This post has been edited by jburns: Mar 22 2012, 11:27 AM -------------------- Fenway Park, in Boston, is a lyric little bandbox of a ballpark. Everything is painted green and seems in curiously sharp focus, like the inside of an old-fashioned peeping-type Easter egg. It was built in 1912 and rebuilt in 1934, and offers, as do most Boston artifacts, a compromise between Man's Euclidean determinations and Nature's beguiling irregularities. - John Updike |
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Mar 22 2012, 11:40 AM
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EtymoloJesus Posts: 28,254 Joined: 15-March 07 I Like: Max the Knight I Don't Like: Garbage-eating enemies |
QUOTE(jburns @ Mar 22 2012, 12:27 PM) QUOTE(Beamer @ Mar 22 2012, 10:23 AM) But I'll never, ever read on a tablet. Fuck that. eInk or die. Fist bump! I cannot read on tablets as there is way too much glare. I looooooovvvveeee my Kindle. [kisses it] Waah, there's too much glare! Sound like a couple of vag-EYE-nas. -------------------- |
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Mar 22 2012, 11:44 AM
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Jarringly Beautiful Posts: 11,833 Joined: 15-March 07 From: NJ I Like: knuckleheaded stuff I Don't Like: broad brush strokes |
QUOTE(Sed @ Mar 22 2012, 12:40 PM) QUOTE(jburns @ Mar 22 2012, 12:27 PM) QUOTE(Beamer @ Mar 22 2012, 10:23 AM) But I'll never, ever read on a tablet. Fuck that. eInk or die. Fist bump! I cannot read on tablets as there is way too much glare. I looooooovvvveeee my Kindle. [kisses it] Waah, there's too much glare! Sound like a couple of vag-EYE-nas. SHUT YOUR PIE HOLE! -------------------- Fenway Park, in Boston, is a lyric little bandbox of a ballpark. Everything is painted green and seems in curiously sharp focus, like the inside of an old-fashioned peeping-type Easter egg. It was built in 1912 and rebuilt in 1934, and offers, as do most Boston artifacts, a compromise between Man's Euclidean determinations and Nature's beguiling irregularities. - John Updike |
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Mar 22 2012, 12:01 PM
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a tiger who just wants to watch the world burn Posts: 2,009,756 Joined: 17-March 07 From: Cincinnati, OH I Like: Ketchup I Don't Like: Catsup |
QUOTE(Sed @ Mar 22 2012, 12:40 PM) QUOTE(jburns @ Mar 22 2012, 12:27 PM) QUOTE(Beamer @ Mar 22 2012, 10:23 AM) But I'll never, ever read on a tablet. Fuck that. eInk or die. Fist bump! I cannot read on tablets as there is way too much glare. I looooooovvvveeee my Kindle. [kisses it] Waah, there's too much glare! Sound like a couple of vag-EYE-nas. Why use an inferior device? |
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Mar 22 2012, 12:30 PM
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Member Posts: 20,943 Joined: 15-March 07 From: Boston, MA I Like: Nyquil I Don't Like: Dayquil |
Reading on tablets is okay if you're using a program that allows you to change the background, font and brightness. Brightness down plus tannish background and I can read for hours.
-------------------- RIP Ass Dan, 1981-2010.
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Mar 22 2012, 12:39 PM
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 Member Posts: 2,891 Joined: 20-March 07 From: Laguna Beach & Santa Rosa, CA I Like: The Minitrue I Don't Like: The Komsomol |
QUOTE(Beamer @ Mar 22 2012, 07:23 AM) All I use tablets for is video (man, a lifesaver on airplanes) This... I love it for Netflix, HBOGo, and MaxGo. Assuming the airplane's wifi isn't lagging (sometimes a problem) I have endless hours of movies. I truly hate talking to people on flights. So putting on my noise canceling headphones, pulling up a movie? And its much easier to take out. Before I sit down, I put it in the magazine sleeve. I can leave my laptop under the seat. When I first bought it, I was having trouble justifying it as something useful. Just a gadget. Now as time progresses. Being able to FaceTime with my family is priceless to me. |
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Mar 22 2012, 01:01 PM
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Jarringly Beautiful Posts: 11,833 Joined: 15-March 07 From: NJ I Like: knuckleheaded stuff I Don't Like: broad brush strokes |
QUOTE(Rocha @ Mar 22 2012, 01:30 PM) Reading on tablets is okay if you're using a program that allows you to change the background, font and brightness. Brightness down plus tannish background and I can read for hours. YOU ARE WRONG! (I'm just joshin' ya.) -------------------- Fenway Park, in Boston, is a lyric little bandbox of a ballpark. Everything is painted green and seems in curiously sharp focus, like the inside of an old-fashioned peeping-type Easter egg. It was built in 1912 and rebuilt in 1934, and offers, as do most Boston artifacts, a compromise between Man's Euclidean determinations and Nature's beguiling irregularities. - John Updike |
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Mar 22 2012, 01:36 PM
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EtymoloJesus Posts: 28,254 Joined: 15-March 07 I Like: Max the Knight I Don't Like: Garbage-eating enemies |
QUOTE(Rocha @ Mar 22 2012, 01:30 PM) Reading on tablets is okay if you're using a program that allows you to change the background, font and brightness. Brightness down plus tannish background and I can read for hours. This. Also, I'm trying to minimize the number of devices that I have to carry around. -------------------- |
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Mar 22 2012, 02:04 PM
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Sofa King don't care how annoyed you are. Posts: 17,905 Joined: 15-March 07 From: flippin' the bird with Ignignokt and Err I Like: America I Don't Like: Americans |
QUOTE(Sed @ Mar 22 2012, 02:36 PM) QUOTE(Rocha @ Mar 22 2012, 01:30 PM) Reading on tablets is okay if you're using a program that allows you to change the background, font and brightness. Brightness down plus tannish background and I can read for hours. This. Also, I'm trying to minimize the number of devices that I have to carry around. If you could put a voice plan on an ipad, I'd get a bluetooth headset and ditch my iphone. Seriously, I'd never have need for it again. -------------------- |
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Mar 22 2012, 02:12 PM
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a tiger who just wants to watch the world burn Posts: 2,009,756 Joined: 17-March 07 From: Cincinnati, OH I Like: Ketchup I Don't Like: Catsup |
QUOTE(Sed @ Mar 22 2012, 02:36 PM) QUOTE(Rocha @ Mar 22 2012, 01:30 PM) Reading on tablets is okay if you're using a program that allows you to change the background, font and brightness. Brightness down plus tannish background and I can read for hours. This. Also, I'm trying to minimize the number of devices that I have to carry around. And I hate convergence: - No device holds as much and has as long a battery as my ipod, so I prefer to have my music on it. Plus if I drop the thing, or if I lose it, or if I run out of battery it's no big deal. It's very disposable - My phone is my phone. I need it to communicate. If I'm without it because the battery dies I may miss something important, or may not be able to use it yet really need it. I'm ok with killing small bits of time gaming, but other than that it's for communication and internet only. Battery is a huge concern - My tablet is easy on/easy off and great for movies. Battery life is good, though I'm not concerned, but the thing is pretty fragile, inputting sucks and the storage blows - My netbook is more portable than the tablet because it's less fragile, and it's fantastic at inputting but battery life blows, booting takes forever and it struggles with video - My laptop is a less portable netbook with far more power and storage. It does nothing poorly but it's bulky and requires sitting - My desktop is infinitely more powerful than any of the above, with insane storage and (most importantly) far more screen real estate. Getting work done is much, much better on this. But it's obviously tied to a desk My devices. I'm happy with each and am in no rush to replace any with another. The ipad as a phone thing is weird to me as my phone is on me 24/7. I'd hate anything larger than a 4" screen. |
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Mar 22 2012, 02:25 PM
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If u read this,u're a moron! U just read this,didnt u? Posts: 19,259 Joined: 15-March 07 From: South Florida I Like: Dr. Ben Carson |
QUOTE(Rocha @ Mar 22 2012, 01:30 PM) Reading on tablets is okay if you're using a program that allows you to change the background, font and brightness. Brightness down plus tannish background and I can read for hours. It's still not that good for your eyes though. We don't want you to get the thick glasses down the road. ...............could be funny too.... -------------------- |
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