Re: [SOLVED] Help attaching Tablet to Kubuntu 11.04
Love it but I've always been partial to Acer. There were complaints about the display and being able to see the grid but the only way I've been able to see it is to have it off and looking at it as near parallel to the display as you can AND with the correct lighting. So, now, why reviews would be written to discredit the a500 based on that and the only means for me to reproduce said observation was as stated is beyond me. Who looks at their stuff THAT closely. So that was a ridiculous claim in my opinion and so the ACER based on features and ability which match and surpass the iPAD (I have used an iPAD so I can say that) wins hands down. Samsung Galaxy actually is right there with Acer. I think price would be the deciding factor. Got mine on sale at Target so that is why it won. Anyway, yse, a keyboard can be attached to the full sized USB. The min-USB is a Slave port to attached to your computer to "Sync" (the portion this thread is about). The microSD slot can go up to 32GB but the disappointment there is it can only see FAT or FAT32. Don't know if that is an Android limitation or not. Odd thing while picking it apart is the main memory is formated EXT4, at least that is what the console command reported. Don't know if rooting it will eliminate that issue. Not ready to dive that far yet as I do love it as is. Though I would love to get Kubuntu on it instead. I think plasma/kwin is ideal for touch pads. There is a docking port to attach to Acer's dock which is more of a way to use it as a media sharing device. http://promotions.newegg.com/Acer/12...%2f156x350.jpg. The virtual keyboard in Android hasn't been all that bad. I do admit early on I had to keep referencing my normal keyboard to try and remember key places between the two. Acer does have a blue-tooth keyboard for it. All in All I give Acer a 95 out of a 100 on this. The reason 5 knocked off is that, and might not be Acer's fault, Android really should interface better with other Linux derivatives and the external memory devices should at least be able to use EXT2-EXT4 as well.
Love it but I've always been partial to Acer. There were complaints about the display and being able to see the grid but the only way I've been able to see it is to have it off and looking at it as near parallel to the display as you can AND with the correct lighting. So, now, why reviews would be written to discredit the a500 based on that and the only means for me to reproduce said observation was as stated is beyond me. Who looks at their stuff THAT closely. So that was a ridiculous claim in my opinion and so the ACER based on features and ability which match and surpass the iPAD (I have used an iPAD so I can say that) wins hands down. Samsung Galaxy actually is right there with Acer. I think price would be the deciding factor. Got mine on sale at Target so that is why it won. Anyway, yse, a keyboard can be attached to the full sized USB. The min-USB is a Slave port to attached to your computer to "Sync" (the portion this thread is about). The microSD slot can go up to 32GB but the disappointment there is it can only see FAT or FAT32. Don't know if that is an Android limitation or not. Odd thing while picking it apart is the main memory is formated EXT4, at least that is what the console command reported. Don't know if rooting it will eliminate that issue. Not ready to dive that far yet as I do love it as is. Though I would love to get Kubuntu on it instead. I think plasma/kwin is ideal for touch pads. There is a docking port to attach to Acer's dock which is more of a way to use it as a media sharing device. http://promotions.newegg.com/Acer/12...%2f156x350.jpg. The virtual keyboard in Android hasn't been all that bad. I do admit early on I had to keep referencing my normal keyboard to try and remember key places between the two. Acer does have a blue-tooth keyboard for it. All in All I give Acer a 95 out of a 100 on this. The reason 5 knocked off is that, and might not be Acer's fault, Android really should interface better with other Linux derivatives and the external memory devices should at least be able to use EXT2-EXT4 as well.
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