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Install App From another Android?

I got my self the hero, and my wife the Moment. I am slightly jealous of the hardware she has..but that aside, I am in love with my Hero.
However, she does have one app that i really want and the market place does not have. I assume this is an app installed by sprint.
It is Photo and Video uploader. You set an email address or other location and after a video or photo is taken, it automatically uploads the photo to the predetermined destination. GREAT FOR BACKING UP PICTURES! But, her camera hardware blows. 3.2 MP and it is sooo slow. So picture quality is no where near that of the Hero's 5 MP.
So the real question here - -
Can I ADB into her phone and just take the .APK and ODEX file for this app and push it to my phone? Is it that easy???

Some apps are that easy. Give it a try and find out! The worst thing you'll get is some force closes.
However most stock apps require files from /system/lib that help run that apk. And they don't have the same naming convention therefore you won't know which one(s) it is amongst the 100s there. But I always say try and see what happens.

And if it works upload that .apk for the rest of us!

Thinking out loud here...well..you get the point.
Could I copy all of system/lib and only copy the files that dont already exist?
That could be a giant waste of space though, and it could still rely on a file that I have, not just one that isn't there....
Also since I am not "installing" the app, could Apps2SD hinder me? I am not entirely sure how a2sd works other than tricking the phone into using the SD card as a partition and unioning it with the existing part.
I love how open android is supposed to be, but how the darn manufacturers kill us with the different platform crap.

thedudejdog said:
And if it works upload that .apk for the rest of us!
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Am I aloud to do that? I have seen XDA Mods get on to some people about uploading APK's. I guess I should read the EULA for that app before I do?

Kcarpenter said:
Thinking out loud here...well..you get the point.
Could I copy all of system/lib and only copy the files that dont already exist?
That could be a giant waste of space though, and it could still rely on a file that I have, not just one that isn't there....
Also since I am not "installing" the app, could Apps2SD hinder me? I am not entirely sure how a2sd works other than tricking the phone into using the SD card as a partition and unioning it with the existing part.
I love how open android is supposed to be, but how the darn manufacturers kill us with the different platform crap.
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Copying the ../lib/ over and not replacing existing files could work. lol. As for apps2sd... you kind of have two ways you can try installing this. Without copying the lib and all that just try putting the apk on to your sdcard and browsing to it using astro or linda (a file manager) and click on the apk and installing it. See if it errors out or fails. If it does, THEN try copying it and the odex to /system/app (if it has an odex I'm pretty confident you won't be able to install it using package manager). If that still fails then you can go crazy and trying copying the lib ha.
Kcarpenter said:
Am I aloud to do that? I have seen XDA Mods get on to some people about uploading APK's. I guess I should read the EULA for that app before I do?
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I don't remember if I read it on here or ppcgeeks but I believe officially the only stock apk's not allowed is quick office. But don't quote me on that.

So I hooked up to the Moment through ADB last night.
Found out really quickly that I can SU with it....
There is a "non permanent" hack out there to become root, but I tried it and still couldn't mount the file system to copy from it.
Any ideas guys?
From what I understand the Moment uses an FS16? file System? Something Odd that non of the other droids seem to be using.

Just an Idea, thought I would throw it out there.
Does the temporary root allow for running applications as root an the device itself?
There is an app in the market called root explorer that allows copy/paste/cut/delete from the system/app folder.
It may be possible to use that app to copy the needed filed to your sdcard and then extract them from there.
This would all be contingent on the app being able to mount the directory as r/w though, so who knows, worth a shot though i guess.

rockcrawler said:
Just an Idea, thought I would throw it out there.
Does the temporary root allow for running applications as root an the device itself?
There is an app in the market called root explorer that allows copy/paste/cut/delete from the system/app folder.
It may be possible to use that app to copy the needed filed to your sdcard and then extract them from there.
This would all be contingent on the app being able to mount the directory as r/w though, so who knows, worth a shot though i guess.
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This root doesn't allow you to run Root apps. not sure why, seems like root would be root.
After some reading, the root method that is being used on the Moment is not the safest. Apparently if you skip a step you have a brick. And with no Nandroid backup at the moment(pun?) I would HATE to attempt it. Apparently though Root sticks until you reboot. There is an INit. script that runs and resets the permisions.
I know, "Don't skips steps and you'll be ok"
I may get brave and try it tonight...

as far as I can tell you cannot install this app on the hero. I'm not sure what the app is called and unless it starts in the /data folder it is under the system dumps
http://www.4shared.com/file/149766091/c3a7ee61/momentsystem.html

nelson8403 said:
as far as I can tell you cannot install this app on the hero. I'm not sure what the app is called and unless it starts in the /data folder it is under the system dumps
http://www.4shared.com/file/149766091/c3a7ee61/momentsystem.html
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ROCK ON! Thanks for the link to the dump, I hadn't thought about looking around in one of these.
I will post what I find out.

WOOT IT WORKS!!!!!
So any how the application is in that Dump under apps, its only an APK
xms-android-1.0.42-prod.apk
If you are interested in what it does:
You setup predetermined "places" Flikr, FB, EMAIL, what ever.
Any picture or video you take automatically gets put in an upload queue and it sent to your predetermined places.
I am using it for back up, I have 2 kids and sometimes the cell phone is the quickest way to snap a great picture. Keeping these pictures in mutltiple places, like your 7 gig google account, is a nifty way to backup.
I am waiting for a Mod to get back to me if I can post the APK or not. I don't want to get in trouble.

wonder if their youtube app has better picture quality than ours?

BrianDigital said:
wonder if their youtube app has better picture quality than ours?
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I will let you know in a few minutes. As soon as I get done with my WiFi teether I will compare the two. Pretty sure they should be the same.
EDIT: I am not sure if it is hardware or not. Running the same youTube video side by side - Our HERO has better color quality, Deeper blacker. The Moment has slightly sharper edges to the pictures, not quite as blurry. the moment does not go "Full Screen" for videos either which could be contributing to the sharper look to things. My assumption would be that this is a difference in the hardware. Quality of youTube videos seems to have diminished over the years anyways, none of the really look "good" any more. Probably in an effort to save bandwidth.
However, if you want to take a look personally, I will post the APK for you. Just please don't blame me if you forget to back up the original and want to revert....I love disclaimers.

I was trying to use that picture uploader, for me it stalls on picking a new location. Wonder if it is because I am on gutted rom and missing some pointers somewhere

BrianDigital said:
I was trying to use that picture uploader, for me it stalls on picking a new location. Wonder if it is because I am on gutted rom and missing some pointers somewhere
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I am using MoDaCo + Optimizations w/ ZipAlign. Not sure if its worth the switch for you or not.
I have never used Gutted so I do not know what it offers/doesn't have.

Gutted is as vanilla as our Rom can get. It's quick too

that's pretty cool and sounds like a great idea for backing up pics so what all would I need to do to get this and install it I have root access already

Kcarpenter said:
WOOT IT WORKS!!!!!
So any how the application is in that Dump under apps, its only an APK
xms-android-1.0.42-prod.apk
If you are interested in what it does:
You setup predetermined "places" Flikr, FB, EMAIL, what ever.
Any picture or video you take automatically gets put in an upload queue and it sent to your predetermined places.
I am using it for back up, I have 2 kids and sometimes the cell phone is the quickest way to snap a great picture. Keeping these pictures in mutltiple places, like your 7 gig google account, is a nifty way to backup.
I am waiting for a Mod to get back to me if I can post the APK or not. I don't want to get in trouble.
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Wow... that's a really cool program... and just so you know, you can "install" it using adb and it still works fine
Code:
adb install xms-android-1.0.42-prod.apk
Then it will install in /data/apps (or if you have apps2sd, on the sdcard under /system/sd/apps)
Works great on the Sprint Hero and MoDaCo ROM

Kcarpenter said:
I am waiting for a Mod to get back to me if I can post the APK or not. I don't want to get in trouble.
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The only rule regarding it would be
6. Do not post warez.
If a piece of software requires you to pay to use it, either pay or find your cracks and serials somewhere else. We do not accept warez nor do we permit any member to promote or describe ways in which Warez, cracks, serial codes or other means of avoiding payment, can be obtained.
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which your app doesn't fit in to. Posting it is not outside of the rules and should be fine.

android app to mount iso files?

hi is there an android app to mount iso files?

I doubt it and i can't even begin to imagine why you'd want one! Care to elaborate?

I have iso training video files from work and want to watch them on my phone during travels.

Best thing to do would be to use Power ISO to get the vids then transfer them to your phone

I would suggest transcoding to another format as .iso will not play on your phone. Try Handbrake which is a great, free program.

Yea ISO isn't supported as a video format, you'll need another application to convert it to something decodable.
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DirkGently1 said:
I doubt it and i can't even begin to imagine why you'd want one! Care to elaborate?
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It would be nice to put a downloaded file/film directly on your phone
Or download it from your phone.
.......without having to spend a cupple og hours converting it to an other format.
My computer play iso's directly, why not also my phone?
Around 1/3 of what i download is ISO's........

Dude.
No, your computer does not "play iso" files. It is likely that it mounts them and plays their content, though.
What Android is missing, in your case, is a way to mount these images. It already comes with many players that will be able to play their content.

Well, yes, my computer mounts the iso, then plays the content.........(=my computer plays iso's)
rshemeld point is (and mine) that we would like our phones to do the same........we can always discuss what to call it, in what order stuff is going on, but that's beside the point.

Your computer plays the videofiles contained in these cd/dvd Images, so why don't you just copy those from your pc to your phone? Chances are, you don't even have to transcode them... or, since isos are some kind of zipped files, try any unpacker you can find to open them.
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One problem with that method is that the video file is chopped up into smaller pieces, I have tried to download several video players that can play them in the right order automatically..........but they couldn't

DirkGently1 said:
I doubt it and i can't even begin to imagine why you'd want one! Care to elaborate?
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Geez... let's name a few others other than the one the originall poster stated...
Using a bootable ISO...
You would be able to boot your computer for oh so many reasons.
1.) Unlocking a locked OS
2.) Running Defrag the way it was meant to be run (w/o the original OS locking files down).
3.) Recovering deleted files/partitions w/o having to pull the drive and use another PC.
Number 4 and prob one of the best reasons...
4.) Try to see an iPhone do that! Just another reason why a Droid no matter what flavor... is still just BETTER!
I would like to use my DroidX with an [email protected] BootDisk ISO (http //www livecd com) so that I don't have to lug around another CD/USB. Plus on some networks USB devices are unauthorized unless they have biometrics. I'd still rather just boot from my phone.

rshemeld said:
hi is there an android app to mount iso files?
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Though your reason is different than mine... I would also like to see this happen.
Esp if the PCs can see a bootable ISO as a bootable CD... and i'm sure I'm not the only one as some google searches will show.

rshemeld said:
hi is there an android app to mount iso files?
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Sure. It is even bundled with Android system.
Code:
mount -o loop -t iso9660 /path/to/file.iso /mnt/somewhere
Does not work? Well, here is the "small" glitch. Unless
Code:
cat /proc/filesystems
returns iso9660 among others, you would better start with recompiling your kernel.

Thx for the info!
Helps narrow down the options.
Time to see of anyone has recompiled
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I was wondering if there are any updates to this topic?
I would love to be able to somehow view the contents of several cdroms I have on my tablet running 3.2. These cds/dvds are interlinked files for example to do sample exams, the program can then check the answers. Another example is a dvd with multiple htmls interlinked with each other. I have tried converting all the files to a linkable pdf but about a third of the links still dont work and some files cannot be found or one has to scroll through the whole document. Any suggestions how I could get something like this into a format that would work on the transformer tablet?
Are there by now any apps which could read an iso file made of the cd/dvds?

any of you guys have an update on these thread? i love also to see my training videos running on my android phone.

Why don't you convert the videos into *.avi-files for example before transfering them onto your phone?
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I've got tons of DVD-ISO's on my home network (QNAP NAS) and it would be really cool to be able to stream those on my SGS2 but I guess that's a no go. Even my old 166Mhz PC could do it since decoding mpeg2-video doesn't need a lot of CPU power.

I have used DVD Copy Pro to turn DVDs or ISO files into video files. Also have the option to compress them, so not taking up 4gb of space. Can compress significantly and have played just fine on my android phone. I'm sure there are many other programs that will do the same thing.

[Q] How to run multipple apps/windows simultaneously

Need to run two reader apps (two parallel texts for reading the original literature) on one screen. Two copies of the same program like Moon+ would be even more nice.

I'm fairly certain this is impossible as of now. Either their are no apps that can possibly come close to supporting this. Or, this it is merely a limitation of the current android operating system.
But for the record, this would be amazing and drool-worthy.

there's a UI system someone posted a while back that allows android to operate in a 3-viewport mode, where you have 1 big viewport, an 2 smaller viewports, each running a different app. and you can switch between them. there's also ixonos' thing...which is a windowed UI. i personally prefer the former, because it wastes less real-estate.
neither of them are available atm, but they will soon.
although i don't think you can run multiple instances of the same app.
oh yea, the adam ink has a multi-pane launcher as well, which works just like the first one i described, and that's already available...although it doesn't seem like it's very good.
either way though, android, and especially honeycomb is capable of multi-tasking, i think it's just a question of ui issues, and everyone is trying to find the best presentation for such a function.
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^I think you're talking about Onskreen's Cornerstone:
http://onskreen.com/
Looks promising but I think they're only shopping it to OEMs at the moment.

Yea, that would be a killer feature. Maemo Os does it beautifully, why can't android ?

+1 to this. Multiple windows in Android would be a very attractive feature.

dawgpound6985
Yes, thats what I found lately, but it's not available as .apk anywhere.
Need something reliable and easy to work with.

how to install UBUNTU in dual boot mode on Asus Eee Pad transformer
Hi,
Thanks a loto for your thread about Ubuntu on Android .
I just unrooted my Asus eee pad transformer and I want to use in dual boot with first O.S Android and second Ubuntu.
I download from internet the following folder zipped:
linux-flash-kit.tar.gz
Ubuntu.img
But I don't Know how to go on, could you help me?
At the moment I download in MicroSD memory ( 16 gb) Ubuntu .img and into " linux-flash-kit.tar.gz" I can see file like "flash-linux-android.sh".
Now I confused because on the web I can see a lot of information but, for example, in this last folder I can see only to start on ubuntu ( desktop) but on other topic I can see using APX mode on Windows but They use others files.
Could YOu help me to understand where I have to paste files and where i Can start installation?
Thanks a lot for your help.

I would be happy if there was just a file manager that had multiple windows for copying and pasting. I'm sure that could be done.

typci said:
I would be happy if there was just a file manager that had multiple windows for copying and pasting. I'm sure that could be done.
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Have you had a look at Total Commander for Android ?
It's an official android port of the classic two-pane file manager that and works great on the Transformer.
http://ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?t=30417
(This post is useful as well as it details how to give the program full root access so you can even use it in place of something like Root Explorer
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...ns-remount-rw-in-total-commander-for-android/)

albertus76 said:
Could YOu help me to understand where I have to paste files and where i Can start installation?
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I believe you're in the wrong thread, mate.

there is nother one i have been using for sometime now..
Dual file manager XT
http://www.medieval.it/dualfm-android/menu-id-129.html
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[Q] disappointed in the 3.5 roms i must he doing sonething wrong right?

So these ses 3.5 roms coming out (I won't name spacifics so to not offend anyone) are disappointing me so far I don't see any difference except the massive amount of lag and minimal changes to the appearence of the pop up menus. I can't figure out where the New clock widget is or how to install it. and if its apart of the 3.5 why isn't is stock with the roms? I hope I'm just missing a piece to the puzzle here. But so far I don't feel that the 3.5 has been captured successfully yet when comparing to the videos of the ryhme or bliss.
I mean I really want to enjoy the update has anyone achieved this?
Anyone want to put in their 2 cents? ,
I didn't bash anyone on here so I would appreciate no bash back.

1. What new clock widget?
2. Name the ROMs, but I have had NO issues using my ROM and other 3.5-based ones at all

the full screen clock widget with the app drawers aligned to the left. I mean Im sure i can find a good kernel for the 4.1.0 to improve on the leg. maybe my expectations were too high or maybe i have a perfect setup for me on 3.6.1. but im trying to embrace it the new 3.5, maybe you can tell me some of the advantages.
and please tell me if i got someting wrong with the clock widget Im talking about.i hope its just something im over looking, its not in widgets or apps.
edit. sorry im talking about arhd 4.1.0

THAT clock widget is only in the Bliss ROMs - it's in no other ROMs as it's in the lesser version of 3.5

It's a widget called Shortcuts or Quickstart or so, I have only seen it in German.
I have seen it in the RCBliss and in Synergy. In Synergy however I get display corruption. Only text is showing, which is a shame. Love the new widget, really awesome.
But I must agree, rest of 3.5 in most parts is boring.

ok see thanks i was getting frustrated. that was the only reason why i wanted to upgrade but i guess ill just stick with what i got for now. maybe ice cream SANG which will have some more attractions.
has anyone explored the 2.3.7 ginger bread?i read a brief article on it.( while we are discussing the latest in android development)

Seeing as we've not officially got 2.3.5 yet I don't think we'll see 2.3.7 any time soon - not with Sense anyway

Ya still an interesting topic tho

One question, kind of off topic but I downloaded my digital copy of transformers to my sensation and have not found an application yet that can play the file. Not even mono player pro. They all force close when attempting to play. Is it because it's a digital copy and there's a lock on it? Properties say it's readable and writable. How can I get around this.

rddocke said:
One question, kind of off topic but I downloaded my digital copy of transformers to my sensation and have not found an application yet that can play the file. Not even mono player pro. They all force close when attempting to play. Is it because it's a digital copy and there's a lock on it? Properties say it's readable and writable. How can I get around this.
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Please correct me if I am wrong, but I think Digital Copy is for Apple/iTunes devices only. Are you pulling it from your iTunes and placing it directly onto your SD card? I have a couple Digital Copy movies I have tried to drag over, and they do not play as they are protected media.
If you have a Mac, download Handbreak (free) and rip your DVD's to MP4. If you are on PC, find an MP4 converter on the web (most likely not FREE) and use that. Both work gloriously!! Like iTunes, Digital Copy is weird. Hope that helps.

SoFaKiNgStOkeD said:
Please correct me if I am wrong, but I think Digital Copy is for Apple/iTunes devices only. Are you pulling it from your iTunes and placing it directly onto your SD card? I have a couple Digital Copy movies I have tried to drag over, and they do not play as they are protected media.
If you have a Mac, download Handbreak (free) and rip your DVD's to MP4. If you are on PC, find an MP4 converter on the web (most likely not FREE) and use that. Both work gloriously!! Like iTunes, Digital Copy is weird. Hope that helps.
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No this one is available via windows 7 which why I've been trying to move it to my android. When i got the batman dark knight digital copy on my Mac it wouldn't even let me transfer it being a protected file.
However with transformers I was able to transfer the file onto my sd card no problem. The file name is DOTM_PC_ENG_WMV I don't know what all that other stuff is but being that WMV is the last I figured any media player should play it.
I'll try a converter but ya the digital copies are stupid not even good quality. I get it its to protect against piracy but come on.

rddocke said:
No this one is available via windows 7 which why I've been trying to move it to my android. When i got the batman dark knight digital copy on my Mac it wouldn't even let me transfer it being a protected file.
However with transformers I was able to transfer the file onto my sd card no problem. The file name is DOTM_PC_ENG_WMV I don't know what all that other stuff is but being that WMV is the last I figured any media player should play it.
I'll try a converter but ya the digital copies are stupid not even good quality. I get it its to protect against piracy but come on.
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Agreed. If we've paid for it once, we should be able to do whatever we want with it, even copy it as long as we aren't selling it. Hollywood are Nazis in disguise.
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Can a tablet replace my computer?

Hello,
How are you?
So today I started to wonder...
I currently have an iMac computer.
I bought it to edit pictures when I was into photography.
But I since lost interest in photography and slowly sold all my camera gear.
Currently I only use the web browser and iTunes.
I don't need to work on my computer at home. I don't produce documents nor do anything creative. For work I have my office computer.
I don't use applications, as I use Google services through the web browser.
So, I was thinking about selling the computer, buy a nice tablet like the Asus tf700 and keep some money.
My only question is if the tablet is any good to handle my files on the external hard drive, mainly music MP3 libraries and pictures.
Can an app like ES file explorer allow me to create folders, rename files, move them around like finder on a Mac or windows explorer?
Can a tablet read and write files to my USB external HDD?
What do you think of this idea?
Cheers
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Hi,
You can get an OTG cable and with it you can connect USB divices to your tablet.

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t700 good for office job...

for me nope computer too important

gdourado said:
Hello,
How are you?
So today I started to wonder...
I currently have an iMac computer.
I bought it to edit pictures when I was into photography.
But I since lost interest in photography and slowly sold all my camera gear.
Currently I only use the web browser and iTunes.
I don't need to work on my computer at home. I don't produce documents nor do anything creative. For work I have my office computer.
I don't use applications, as I use Google services through the web browser.
So, I was thinking about selling the computer, buy a nice tablet like the Asus tf700 and keep some money.
My only question is if the tablet is any good to handle my files on the external hard drive, mainly music MP3 libraries and pictures.
Can an app like ES file explorer allow me to create folders, rename files, move them around like finder on a Mac or windows explorer?
Can a tablet read and write files to my USB external HDD?
What do you think of this idea?
Cheers
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Based on your detailed description, a tablet sounds like it will be sufficient for you. But i warn you, it is a significant jump. My 6yr old Dell laptop started acting wonky, and I replaced it with the Asus TF300 in May. It wasn't until September where I truly noticed the productivity advantages.
Also, Asus tablets come with MyCloud, which has Splashtop HD installed by default. Use it. It...is...awesome...and very useful. You still get the "computer" experience from it. Keep that in mind.

for your current demands a the most tablets should be enough but if its potentionaly that your demands could change in the newr furture, you should maybe consider one of the coming W8 Tablets

One thing that I did forget to mention. There are a selected few things that computers do MUCH better than tablets, and probably will never change. Try taking a PDF file with over 200 pages, and search for a word (doesn't matter what word you choose). Your computer is capable of finding all of the instances much faster than your tablet would. Windows and Macs are better at handling numerous files simultaneously than Android. There are some things that I would still turn to the computer for.
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aarsyl said:
One thing that I did forget to mention. There are a selected few things that computers do MUCH better than tablets, and probably will never change. Try taking a PDF file with over 200 pages, and search for a word (doesn't matter what word you choose). Your computer is capable of finding all of the instances much faster than your tablet would. Windows and Macs are better at handling numerous files simultaneously than Android. There are some things that I would still turn to the computer for.
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that is exactly what i was talking about this could be a good reason for W8 Tablets or the now gratly hyped "Tabbooks"

It really depends on what are u doing on ur pc if you only browse internet, listen to music and play some games, of course good tablet can replace it. But if u use ur pc for work then it could be problem for you imo
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