mccTrying to shop online for a tablet, I realize I have no idea how it feels to hold. I decide to walk to Canada Computers so I can hold some tablets in my hands and see how heavy they are. Canada Computers doesn't have tablets instore anymore. I walk to Staples. Staples has tablets, but they all have heavy anti-theft locks latched to them, making it impossible to tell how much the actual device weighs. I ask a clerk if he can remove the lock from the display device. He says no
Every single display on every non Apple device in this store is making a huge deal about "AI". Most of these ads read like threats
mhoye@mcc I’m very interested in where you end up with this. I’m presently torn between Samsung’s Active5 - smaller “classic nexus 7 form factor, replaceable battery, pricy, uncertain future around lineageOS, unobtainable in person”, the Galaxy S6 - “much larger, but less expensive, battery soldered in, lineage OS supported now, available at Costco now”, and “give up and wait for the iPad mini refresh that might happen someday or it might just get cancelled who knows”.
@mhoye I think I'm in the end going to go with whatever's cheapest, try to disable as much of the spyware as I can via adb, and then be unhappy
econads@mcc @tonicfunk @mhoye
You should presumably be able to root a tablet and install lineage or e/os etc just as you can a phone?
Worth doing some research first to see which models have ROMs out there
You should presumably be able to root a tablet and install lineage or e/os etc just as you can a phone?
Worth doing some research first to see which models have ROMs out there
@econads @mcc @tonicfunk I haven’t looked at e/OS but Lineage has a roster of known-to-work device on it. It’s not “all tablets”, by any means.