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Ipad has iRig and some other virtual amp kits for plugging your guitar into the tablet but what does android have? Anything at all? I also saw a fun DJ app on Best Buy's iPad the other day that I wanted. I'm still not a iPad fan, but I'm starting to really want some of their apps.
Not much you can do on an iPad or Tablet, but the PC is always the best go, I don't really know but really an iPad for music production? :\
Well, for virtual amp modeling it would be fun to play with on guitar. I'm not really talking about replacing a PC for studio recording. Just for fun.
Ah I see What do you have in mind exactly? I own both platform's IOS+Android and what kind of app related would you like to know that's available for Android?
iRig is the one that comes to mind first. I read that Android's audio latency just won't cut it though. There's a flood of iOS music apps like iRig. Also, the DJ spin table one looked kinda fun for what it is...a time passer.
The design of this thing is awesome. Pair it with those monster 14 pound EACH speakers and man, that's drool worthy.
However, this device is kinda confusing to me. Is it a dumbed down receiver? Is it a dumbed down Google TV device? I can play vids from YouTube and and Google Play and music and that's it?
Where are the shots of what ever interface this will have? Where is Netflix? Huluu Plus? Amazon Prime? This seems to be the most limited - as far as what can be done with it from the get-go - device I have seen El Goog push out in a long while. Sad.
As good as it looks, it seems rushed to me. Why pay $299 for something that is simply novelty and available in many different flavors already?
Till they add a bit to it, or someone hacks it and makes it much better. Sorry Goog, I pass.
While they were doing the presentation, I understood it as it was just a receiver that connects to some speakers or a tv, so once you connect to it (I forget if it was WIFI or NFC) you can just play music or videos on the speakers or tv; and anybody that connects to it is able to play what they want on it.
It looks great and all but for $300 its definitely not worth the price tag.
This is on the network so I hope that it has easy access to Windows shares and that it will be able to play 1080p MKVs with lossless audio.
I haven't played around with playback on devices.
Even though it is pricey if it has this full feature set then I may pick this up. Would be a nice improvement over plugging in a laptop to the TV.
Shieze said:
This is on the network so I hope that it has easy access to Windows shares and that it will be able to play 1080p MKVs with lossless audio.
I haven't played around with playback on devices.
Even though it is pricey if it has this full feature set then I may pick this up. Would be a nice improvement over plugging in a laptop to the TV.
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From what I was told yesterday, it won't. The guys here at IO said it would only stream from them (movies and music stored in their cloud or Play Store).
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I'm hoping there is at least some logic within the box that allows you to play more sophisticated content.
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From what I was told yesterday, it won't. The guys here at IO said it would only stream from them (movies and music stored in their cloud or Play Store).
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It's $300 because it's supposedly actually manufactured in America... so do with that what you will
I'm still very confused as to what it is/how it works. Doesn't seem worthwhile.
seems like the coolest looking piece of crap.
The engadget preview says much of the price is because of the built in amp, which, IMHO is totally unnecessary. I have a surround sound system.. why would I want stereo sound from that puny little thing?
Drop the amp and $100 off the pricetag and this thing will sell itself. Oh, and unlock the damn thing. Only plays stuff from the play store? Google is starting to sound like apple...
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Google is starting to sound like apple...
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Really? It has a USB port explicitly for the purpose of hacking it. I have no doubt the Nexus Q will be a cool device to own once there's enough dev support for it.
It seems like Google released the Nexus Q with the idea that the android community would figure out what to do with it.
Nexus q + dev support = sold. However I will wait for the support first instead of buying and hoping....
Its an interesting device, but I'm disappointed that they at least didn't add an "airplay" style connection for displaying your phone or tablet screen on the tv via wifi. That would at least make it more appealing for the price
I sat there during the keynote thinking what a killer feature this would have been for a google tv. Instead it's a more expensive and more limited device.
I came away from i/o feeling like the google tv is being de-prioritized and they want to push this device instead because it's locked down to google play content. There were zero mentions of google tv during either of the keynotes. There were sessions but after sitting through a few it seemed as if all the new and exciting things were happening in other product lines. I don't mean this as a dig at the google tv devs. I just think the company has made a cooporate decision to lock this down.
Maybe I'll feel a little different after unboxing it tonight and playing with it some but I just can't see myself getting on board this product line and I'm a google fanboy. It just feels like a limitations by design concept.
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Really? It has a USB port explicitly for the purpose of hacking it. I have no doubt the Nexus Q will be a cool device to own once there's enough dev support for it.
It seems like Google released the Nexus Q with the idea that the android community would figure out what to do with it.
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That's cool. But inconsistent. Not everyone is tech savvy enough to even flash anything and I would be more apt to group those individuals with ones who would use the banana plugs on the back. It doesn't take an audiophile to desire more than 2 channels of sound.
I think its a brilliant device and ill probably get one once the price goes down. I just think it may increase sales to offer one without the amp - is it really that big of a selling point?
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That's cool. But inconsistent. Not everyone is tech savvy enough to even flash anything and I would be more apt to group those individuals with ones who would use the banana plugs on the back. It doesn't take an audiophile to desire more than 2 channels of sound.
I think its a brilliant device and ill probably get one once the price goes down. I just think it may increase sales to offer one without the amp - is it really that big of a selling point?
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Agreed. This isn't like our Android phones running custom ROMs. You buy an Android phone, ANY Android phone, and you can:
1. Make phone calls
2. Send text messages
3. Use email
4. Browse the web
5. Download, install, and use the full Play Store catalog of apps
All without any hacking at all. When you install a custom rom, you're basically getting a few added features, customization, optimization, maybe the ability to overclock or run a select few apps that need root. You know, little things that aren't necessary but are nice to have.
The Nexus Q is different because it's gimped right out of the box. You basically can't do anything with it, other than play music and videos from the Play Store only (and who even has a huge collection of that stuff?). Even the very first Apple TV was capable of streaming content through a local network, even if it was limited to stuff you added to your iTunes library.
I appreciate Google reaching out to the dev community, but they can't rely on them to do all their work for them. What the Nexus Q should have been was a tiny Android desktop computer, controllable directly with an Android phone using a specific app (something like Gmote) and able to run any and all Android apps. I'm excited when I see thumb-sized Android computers available for under $100. The NQ could have been a cooler, more premium version of that, but as it is, it's both overpriced AND has no features.
YouTube app
So not living in US forces me to use Music and the YouTube app. Now it's time to do some raging.
Playing youtube vids on my tv is awesome through the app and all that. But I want to be able to play several videos. I have several playlists but the only option on a playlist in the youtube app is to delete it. Opening the playlists gives you the possibility to play one (and only one) video in a row. It really sucks. I don't want to open the app every time a video has ended :/
Guys what are you complaining about? Your where given cool toy for free because you are developers. You are suppose to find better applications for it . Just do it. Few years ago you had T-Mobile android phone without anything useful on it , nobody completed
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All you guys in here complaining are just not dev or inspiring to be one cause from what I seen you're able to load a launcher to it from adb and stream netflix in 1080 so you guys dont really understand android or google yet but you will.
Sadly, I will buy a multitude of these for a project if someone can get the damn thing rooted and unlocked...
Basically I've owned different ipods and enjoy them very much, I've tried rivals but didn't like them for various reasons. I've been using a classic ipod for about 1 year now, nanos before that. I've wanted to test out using just once device for a phone and ipod if possible. The iphone is way too expensive at higher storage (32GB/64GB) for my taste, the cheapest price I can find a 32GB iphone in Europe for is €350, and there are many dodgy sellers out there, of course from apple/other it's much more expensive than that.
So I started my test. I've a nice sony ericsson phone and bought a 32GB SD cheaply online and have tried various media programs to sync songs. Many of them sync very, very, very slowly, the first time, the fifth time...they never speed up. I have many GBs of podcasts too, and there are few programs that do both. Sony's version of itunes called media go...it's easy to use and has many features, but it can be slow and it very frequently makes mistakes - it duplicates songs constantly. I copied my itunes into the media go folders and let the sony program take over and manage, but it's still making mistakes. When you open your music player and you see 4 duplicates of every song in your album...you do want to bounce the phone off the wall. The pc software has full podcast support, sony phones do not...sometimes they show in a playlist...sometimes not.
So..what to do...buy an ipod touch, keep the phone and ipod separate, spend that extra money on an iphone or try another android? Has anyone tried this? There must be other ipod fans who have androids and are asking the same question. :fingers-crossed:
doubleTwist is good for syncing. Certainly far better than Media Go, which is pretty rubbish IMO. doubleTwist is actually reminiscent of iTunes, although it is a lot faster and more responsive on my computer than iTunes (which I have always found to be slow and sluggish).
I still have it installed...I'll give it another go then! I noticed they took away podcast support and make you pay for it. Cheapos! They were supposed to be the free, open alternative to itunes lol.
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I still have it installed...I'll give it another go then! I noticed they took away podcast support and make you pay for it. Cheapos! They were supposed to be the free, open alternative to itunes lol.
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Oh really? I knew they made some features paid, wasn't sure exactly which. Yeah, that sucks
Today I told a friend about getting the TP and her main concern was that she has some movies in iTunes that she watches on her (Windows) laptop. Whenever she wants to watch a different movie, she just plugs in her 2TB backup hard drive and copies/syncs with iTunes.
I had no idea how she would go about watching those saved movies on her TP if she gets one, so said I would ask.
Would she need to use DoubleTwist to accomplish this? I am not exactly sure what she meant by switching out her movies with iTunes. I am guessing she uses iTunes for all her music/movies and listens/watches them through the iTunes program.
She is going back to Africa next month so her internet connection won't be extremely fast.
Any suggestions/tips on how I can persuade my friend to get her first Android device (tablet)? She had budgeted to get a new laptop, but after looking around today, she has decided to go for a cheaper laptop which suits her needs, but will have extra $ to get a tablet.
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Today I told a friend about getting the TP and her main concern was that she has some movies in iTunes that she watches on her (Windows) laptop. Whenever she wants to watch a different movie, she just plugs in her 2TB backup hard drive and copies/syncs with iTunes.
I had no idea how she would go about watching those saved movies on her TP if she gets one, so said I would ask.
Would she need to use DoubleTwist to accomplish this? I am not exactly sure what she meant by switching out her movies with iTunes. I am guessing she uses iTunes for all her music/movies and listens/watches them through the iTunes program.
She is going back to Africa next month so her internet connection won't be extremely fast.
Any suggestions/tips on how I can persuade my friend to get her first Android device (tablet)? She had budgeted to get a new laptop, but after looking around today, she has decided to go for a cheaper laptop which suits her needs, but will have extra $ to get a tablet.
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If they are real itunes moves purchased from apple, then she's out of luck. Apple might let the mp3s purchased from them work on other devices, but videos are locked to apple products only. You need to verify that they're actual iTunes movies, and not just moves she watches through iTunes because that's just how she does it. If they're not DRMed movies, then she can just copy them to internal memory, or if she gets the keyboard dock just plug the 2TB drive in and go!
I am up in the air about getting this tablet i like the fact that its a nexus and i've had previous tablets but never really used them so curious as to what people use them
sincerely a guy trying to justify a need vs a want
The nexus 9 will be my first tablet and this is what I'm going to use it for:
*Reading. Books, newspaper, stuff for school.
*Laptop replacement in school. When I don't have IT Courses, I won't need my Macbook, but I need something to look things up, make notes, calculate and draw plots etc.
*Watching Videos on the couch, in the bed and while traveling.
*Probably playing games
*Surfing and writing in Forums (Tapatalk)
*App Testing maybe, because I'm planning to start programming android Apps.
*etc.
I'm typing this out on my 32gb model, absolutely love this thing so far! Its fast, the screen is amazing, and android L is gorgeous and functional. Can't comment on battery yet of course. WiFi connectivity is stable. Loving the 4:3 form factor. No complaints as of yet.
As for what I use my tablet for:
Reading the news/blogs
Working on Word/Excel/PowerPoint documents
Tapatalk/Instagram/Google+
Media Hub (Play Music/Netflix/TuneIn Radio)
Web Browsing (much easier than grabbing the laptop)
Casual Gaming
Hope this helps
i just got mine before even installing google account i enabled oem unlock in dev options and rebooted to fastboot and fastboot oem unlocked this thing!! cant wait for the fun to begin..!!
also on tablets i mostly game, read news, some media etc.
Yeah it didn't matter on my want vs need I picked mine up and already did OEM unlock
I had an early tablet a couplet of years ago too and sold it since I found I never used it. But I'm getting back on board with the Nexus 9. Software has come a long way in a couple of years. I plan to use my tablet primarily as a replacement for all the books and papers I currently take to meetings and things. (for a geek in the tech bubble, I've been very slow about moving away from physical copies of things...) That's how I justify the purchase. I also plan to tinker with android. Also good for bringing with me while traveling to surf, communicate, and watch TV in bed.
I use mine mainly for clash of clans lol. But ya I unlocked mine first thing as well. Seems to be good so far has a little lag in COC but I am sure it will be worked out in time.
Taking notes, playing snes/ps1 emulators, web surfing, emails for work, neglecting my laptop, remote desktop from toilet, and most importantly Netflix in bed.
same thing i use my phone for lol....social networking, browsing the web, listening to music...that is all
For me gaming a bunch. Also Flipboard, Netflix etc. Speaking of games, anyone tried running Simpsons Tapped out on this baby yet?!
My immediate plans are:
- Testing out Lollipop (of course)
- Testing out USB OTG
- reading comics
- Clash of Clans
- Web surfing
My main interest is to use this as my electronic flight bag and aeronautical navigation platform.
The Ipad has become the defacto platform, but it's expensive...
$600 for the tablet
$200 for Bluetooth GPS addon
$150/yr subscription for nav software.
So the ipad solution is just shy of $1,000 for the first year
With the Nexus 9, I'll pay $500 for a platform that includes a very capable GPS. I use an app called Avare, which is free and more than capable enough for the type of flying I do (which is basically weekend warrior flying.)
I've been using my Nexus 7 2012, but it is showing its age and I'm looking forward to the larger screen.
I also keep all my aviation related references, books, manuals, etc. on the tablet, so it's an all in one solution.