My #hamr Weekend Update
Good afternoon from the comfort of my chair with Radio Dawg nestled at my side. She is about ready to take a nap while we watch the playoff games this afternoon. I'd like to see a New England and San Francisco match in the Super Bowl this year. The Steelers are healing after a good run and l'm all for a West coast team winning the championship especially the Niners after their long draught.
I'm writing this post with my Acer Iconia Tab A100 and its seven inch screen sure makes a difference. The reviews are correct that the Tab's battery life is disappointing averaging about four hours. We ordered a few accessories before taking the slates into public spaces. I'd like a protective case for good measure.
I understand why slates are adding up as computing game changers. Essentially, my desk top, personal computer is now resting in my left hand while typing this post.
Also, most if not all the applications I need are bundled on the Tab with its Android Honeycomb operating system and the seven inch screen is far superior to my Android mobile device.
I'm not a software engineer however if the crew at N1MM Contest Logger could write an application to operate in an Android operating system such as Honeycomb then imagine WRTC2014 participants using slates instead of laptops or net books? I'm hedging slates are going to be ubiquitous in two more years.
Well, Radio Dawg is snoozing on her little cushion positioned toward Pitcairn Island and I'm ready for a little snack. Thanks for a great ham radio weekend.
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Good evening Scot, yes the tablets sure have come a long way and add that little extra to convenience. As for me it's the Ipad...yes Apple.....I hope that was not a swear word..:) Oh and the game was great as well...watched that on the 60 inch LCD in the bedroom along side "radio cat" Have a great week Scot.
ReplyDeleteTechnology in our household expanded this weekend to include an LG LV5500 42 inch smart television with wireless and blue tooth. Its liquid emitting diode screen is stunning and we're looking at Direct TV high definition instead of cable. Charter Communications delivers limited channels in contrast to Direct TV's one hundred and eleven. It is an 80 percent increase over Charter Communications. Currently, we're working on connecting the LG flat screen to the Internet, and, ran into a problem with the local area network cable and modem. The smart television cannot find its DHCP address. More to follow in the near future.
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Turned out our DHCP issue wasn't technology related instead it was wet ware related; we had the RG46 CAT6 cable inserted into the modem versus the Net Gear wireless router. Problem solved. Smart television connected.
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