PCMag new tablet buying guides

 

http://mailing.enews.pcmag.com/read/archive?id=25453
<http://mailing.enews.pcmag.com/read/archive?id=25453&mid=1121969>
&mid=1121969

 

Not to imply that I think PCMag has any particular genius in its vetting of
tablets.

 

On a related note, I finally picked up "Our Favorite Webmaster's"
recommended Nexus 7 "sight unseen" - because apparently no bricks and mortor
retailer actually carries the thing, and what I find is that our webmaster's
hysterics on the issue is way overblown.  The Nexus 7 has not suddenly
become my favorite tablet, for the simple reason that I hate how books,
including PG books, appear on its screen.  I don't like "lightweight" fonts,
such as the Nexus 7 and the IPads have - I prefer heavier looking fonts,
such as printed out by HP laserjet printers.

 

Further, I do not in practice find the Nexus 7 to be "less locked down" than
Kindles say.  Unfortunately all tablet manufacturers seen to be playing
"lock down" games.

 

The bottom line, IMHO, is that one needs to actually get a tablet into one's
dirty hands, and actually be able to read books on that tablet, preferably
PG books, in order to make an informed sensible decision of what to buy.  I
suggest the actual reading experience is probably going to trump other
aspects of tablet marketing and design for the typical PG activist.

 

The goods news is that now I have a Nexus 7 Google has ended its BS embargo
on letting me download and read books from the Google Books "digitized from
your local public university and then destroyed" collection.

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