I am not sure that I am ready to give up my laptop as of yet. Having said that, I have a better grip on the uses of my tablet than I did before this seminar.
I used my tablet about eighty percent of the time this week. The things that went well were the portability of having a small device as apposed to a larger one. On It was quick and easy to get my tablet out and running when I needed to email someone quickly or check on something on the internet. One occasion this week when the tablet came in really handy, was when I needed to Skype with my seminar partner and Gord Holden. The timing was not the greatest, but with all of our busy schedules, it was one of the better times to Skype. Well, picture this… I had to have my daughter at volleyball practice at 7:30pm. Kris, Gord, and I were Skyping at 7:00. It takes about twenty minutes to get to the practice. I got in the car at just before seven. I got my Aircard ready so that I had internet access at all times. My elder daughter was able to manipulate the tablet while I was driving. Gord was a bit late so Kris and I did a quick chat about what we would ask Gord. Everything was going well. When we got to the practice, Kris and I signed off until we could get Gord online. Gord came online at about 7:25. The sound was clear on my tablet and I could connect with Gord well. We could chat, and all the other features of Skype seemed to be working as planned. The set-up is a little different than on the laptop, and without a keyboard, the typing was slow for me. One of the differences is that you don’t have everything on one screen. You have to toggle between screens. Otherwise, the Skype experience using my tablet was ok for the most part.
Problems started to occur when I could not add Kris. When she called to join the discussion, I had to put Gord on hold and then answer Kris’s call. Well, imagine my embarrassment! I then toggled back to Gord and he asked for Kris’s email address. I then toggled back to Kris and got her address. Then back to Gord I went. He then got Kris on his Skype. Boy, what a fiasco. I had no idea that you could only have one person at a time on the tablet version of Skype.
I would say that the only other really big issues I found this week other than the Skype fiasco, was the typing and split screen. I can not, as of yet, use the touch screen for typing with any sort of speed nor accuracy. I found my mini keyboard to be adequate, but will take time to master. Also, I do a lot of split screen stuff on my laptop. I like the ease of finding something online and being able to put it or a link to it directly on my word document.
All in all, if I had to give up my laptop, I think I would have a difficult time with it. If I had time to practice with the wireless keyboard for my tablet and find an easy way to be able to type and surf at the same time of my tablet, then maybe in time, I could do more with my tablet.
I used my tablet about eighty percent of the time this week. The things that went well were the portability of having a small device as apposed to a larger one. On It was quick and easy to get my tablet out and running when I needed to email someone quickly or check on something on the internet. One occasion this week when the tablet came in really handy, was when I needed to Skype with my seminar partner and Gord Holden. The timing was not the greatest, but with all of our busy schedules, it was one of the better times to Skype. Well, picture this… I had to have my daughter at volleyball practice at 7:30pm. Kris, Gord, and I were Skyping at 7:00. It takes about twenty minutes to get to the practice. I got in the car at just before seven. I got my Aircard ready so that I had internet access at all times. My elder daughter was able to manipulate the tablet while I was driving. Gord was a bit late so Kris and I did a quick chat about what we would ask Gord. Everything was going well. When we got to the practice, Kris and I signed off until we could get Gord online. Gord came online at about 7:25. The sound was clear on my tablet and I could connect with Gord well. We could chat, and all the other features of Skype seemed to be working as planned. The set-up is a little different than on the laptop, and without a keyboard, the typing was slow for me. One of the differences is that you don’t have everything on one screen. You have to toggle between screens. Otherwise, the Skype experience using my tablet was ok for the most part.
Problems started to occur when I could not add Kris. When she called to join the discussion, I had to put Gord on hold and then answer Kris’s call. Well, imagine my embarrassment! I then toggled back to Gord and he asked for Kris’s email address. I then toggled back to Kris and got her address. Then back to Gord I went. He then got Kris on his Skype. Boy, what a fiasco. I had no idea that you could only have one person at a time on the tablet version of Skype.
I would say that the only other really big issues I found this week other than the Skype fiasco, was the typing and split screen. I can not, as of yet, use the touch screen for typing with any sort of speed nor accuracy. I found my mini keyboard to be adequate, but will take time to master. Also, I do a lot of split screen stuff on my laptop. I like the ease of finding something online and being able to put it or a link to it directly on my word document.
All in all, if I had to give up my laptop, I think I would have a difficult time with it. If I had time to practice with the wireless keyboard for my tablet and find an easy way to be able to type and surf at the same time of my tablet, then maybe in time, I could do more with my tablet.