Just a head's up for today's freebie from Amazon app store. I actually like this drawing app better than Sketchbook Mobile which was my go-to portable art app (I'm an artist by trade) because it doesn't have the lag and feels a lot more natural to draw with. Some of the tools are a little sketchy but I use it primarily for the paintbrush tool. The others (pencil, marker) aren't as accurate as Sketchbook Mobile's (lots of wiggliness ensues) but the paintbrush makes up for it.
Much better for kids too than Sketchbook --- more intuitive UI.
Obviously not a Painter or Photoshop substitute but for sketching/doodling on the go it's one of the best android drawing apps out there, IMO.
Hey can you post some cool drawings you've made? I wanna see what's possible withing the nook colors kind of bad digitizer
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Will do, have to do some digging for decent (i.e. not completely rough sketches). I mostly use the NC as an art tablet in a pinch --- nothing beats pencil & sketchbook still, especially not a tablet w/ zero pressure sensitivity that has been configured to ignore smaller than fingertip contact.
I do my 2d digital work with a Wacom Intuos tablet + Photoshop / Sketchbook Pro / Paint Tool SAI. My comp can't handle Painter without a lot of lag, so I have to make do with the poor man's Painter (SAI). Doesn't have as many tools, effects, etc as Painter, but is especially good at color / paint blending and fantastic (better than anything else I've used) at line work.
Hey everyone -
Just got my RAZR on Friday. Love the phone so far. Just wondering if anyone else experiences a lot of choppiness when pinching-to-zoom and panning around on images. This is not just limited to photos, or to high-resolution images. I tried loading some really small images onto my phone and even those are really choppy to manipulate.
I can't imagine this is a hardware issue, considering that this is a high-end phone. My old Droid Pro had a worse processor and had no trouble zooming/panning images smoothly.
Also, I'm not sure whether this is related, but when I am zoomed into an image, sometimes it will pan at what seems like twice the speed I am moving my finger across the screen. So if I swipe from right to left, it will end up panning two "screens-worth" to the left, if that makes sense.
Any thoughts?
Yeah, it's Moto's crappy gallery app. I recommend quickpic, but there are others.
Thanks for the response. I figured it was some software issue, but it's strange that it would just be due to Motorola's Gallery app, since the Gallery App on my Droid Pro (which also had Blur and everything) performed very well. It's crazy that they'd release a phone with something so unnerving.
Anyway, this Quickpic app is fantastic. Very simple and quick. Thanks for the recommendation. I'll use this going forward.
I too experience choppy zooming. Hope it gets fixed when ICS comes out though.
IMO, Note Anytime is pretty good.
I like the close up mode that takes part of the screen to zoom in and automatically scrolls to the right when you reach the end.
seems like a lot of features and it free.
any other opinions?
I was trying to take a food pic in a restaurant, and by no means was it dark. But the camera shutter was slow as molasses, especially on HDR. Ugh. That's one thing I hate about this phone.
yeah... its pretty slow...
Yes. I totally was blinded too by their """laser""" focus crap marketing, I thought it was fastest technology, where it mostly sucks, especially in low light it's horrible. It's nothing as fast as Samsung's or Apple's phase detection af. It's totally annoying for me, because it never works for white objects (in lower light), for example when scanning documents.
I think as far as hardware is concerned, the Tab S3 is fairly decent but when it comes to Android, I'm not so sure.
Speaking honestly and realistically, is the Tab S3 an equally good professional (well-rounded) tablet as an iPad Pro or is the Apple product a more polished solution? (Because lets face it, Apple has dominated the tablet market and continues to make improvements in that space to point where I personally feel that their products offer a very polished user experience, to the point of possibly being good enough to replace a notebook)
I had the 9.7 iPad pro for a while. The main thing I didn't like was that there was no resistance between the pencil and the screen. It was just too slippery to feel "right" as a note taker, which is one of my primary uses of a tablet. The S-Pen feels better with the rubber tip giving a little drag. I also didn't like the lack of a file manager,but that looks to be coming in iOS 11. I don't have the keyboard case for my S3 yet, so I can't comment on that. As always, there are a couple apps I can't get on Android, but others I can now that I'm on Android. I like the physical feel of the S3 better, but that's very subjective. I haven't done much with using Flow with my phone yet, that seems interesting also.
Thank for that feedback.
I'm still in two minds about whether I should spring for a Tab S3 or go for the iPad Pro 9.7 which is the same price.
Yes, I'm also interested in Samsung Flow. Specifically how well it works and whether it works with non-Samsung phones.
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Thank for that feedback.
I'm still in two minds about whether I should spring for a Tab S3 or go for the iPad Pro 9.7 which is the same price.
Yes, I'm also interested in Samsung Flow. Specifically how well it works and whether it works with non-Samsung phones.
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I have an Ipad Pro 9.7 and 10.5 and love them. Decided to get the Galaxy Tab S3 just to play with it at work and see how it compares to the iPad. Let's just say it feels like coming from a Ferrari and getting into a Yugo (no offense to Yugo lovers, i'm sure it gets great gas mileage). The galaxy Tab feels sooo slowww compared to the Apple Tablets. If you're looking for speed and ease of use i'd say get the Ipad. I doubt you'll be disappointed. The Galaxy feels so slow switching profiles and starting apps that i don't even use it beside for some gaming since I can play my many clash camps on one tablet ... Now ipad Pro 10.5, there's the winner here for screen responsiveness... but price still too high... but it's the best notebook replacement... no lag whatsoever... a speed daemon...
It can be very difficult to compare two tabs of different OS. At the end of the day, it is a question whether what you are more comfortable with? If you don't mind a closed ecosystem, then iOS would be suitable, but if you like more customization and want an open ecosystem, then Android would be the one.
Also, you have quite a few sites online elaborating the Tab S3 vs iPad Pro thing.
https://www.stuff.tv/features/samsung-galaxy-tab-s3-vs-apple-ipad-pro-97-which-best
The battery life might not be as good, and the speed isn't as fast as the iPad pro, but I also couldn't justify spending $649 for the tablet, $100 for the pen and another $150 for the keyboard. I got my Tab s3 for $449 and got the keyboard case for $65. The battery life gets me through the day. The most screen on time I've gotten is 9 hours, which is good enough for me. It might be slower than the iPad pro, but it's not a snail.
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Workflow dependent. Both are good, neither is a laptop replacement.
I haven't noticed a major difference in speed, Samsung screen is nicer. I also prefer the Samsung keyboard. IOS is improving at a great clip.
I had the og iPad Pro 9.7 and sold it within a week. Probably better hardware but I didn't like iOS or the rechargeable pen at all.
The BIGGEST issue for me: the wat the iPad Pro handles split screen. The S3 splits left/right in horizontal and top/bottom in portrait. The iPad also splits left/right when held horizontal but if holding it portrait, it also splits the screen left/right - which is pretty much useless. I could go for either of these tablets if I only needed to multitask when holding the tablet horizontally, but if I ever wated to multitask holding the tablet upright, the S3 is the only way to go.
Not sure why Apple hasn't fixed this. When I prepare for a class, I can hold the tablet horizontally (read on one side, write on the other) or upright (read on top, write on bottom). The Apple left/right split when holding it upright requires scrolling to continue to write (I use typical 8.5x11 dimensions in the event I want to print my hand written notes.
Also prefer a pen that doesn't cost $100 extra that has to be charged from the bottom of the iPad (risking snapping it off if I mishandle it).
If Apple would fix at least the way they split screen, I would consider buying one and overlook the pen issue.
I eventually bought both the iPad 10.5 and the S3 but ended up using the S3 more frequently. The 120Hz True tone display on the iPad is great but the AMOLED display on the S3 is still an absolute pleasure to use with vibrant and crisp image quality. They each have their strengths but you can't really go wrong with the S3.
The 4 speaker setup on the S3 sounds very good and I like that the surround audio is adjusted depending on the orientation of the tablet but the audio quality isn't quite as good as the iPad Pro 10.5 which has a slightly deeper sound with better bass.
I like that I can make calls and send SMS's as well as use WhatsApp on the S3. You can't do that with an iPad!
And the pen is great! I'm not an artist but just navigating the interface with the pen is a good experience as is the fact that the pen doesn't need to be charged like the Apple pencil.
Performance is decent as well. I haven't experienced any major lag and everything that I do with the tablet is fast and fluid, though I do run maintenance cleanups and reboot once in a while and I don't install a lot of unnecessary apps.
I get about a 1-2 days of battery life with around 9h SOT depending on how much I use the tablet and what I'm using it for. Obviously media and gaming consumes more battery while web surfing, email and document editing is fairly light on battery.