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If You Are Thinking About Buying A Tablet in 2012

02-23-12
Eric Burch
Eric Burch: Real Estate Agent in Jonesboro, AR
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What you should know before taking the plunge

This Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which showcases the newest, most innovative and dreamiest technology, featured well over two dozen tablets — from budget models, to the lightest, to highest definition, to waterproof — this year. How’s a person to choose?

Pick Your Operating System

Tablets come in three basic flavors — iOS, Android and Windows (not including RIM’s BlackBerry OS).

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Image from Geek.com

When it comes to device selection, Android wins hands down — there are literally hundreds of devices operating on the Android OS, while only 11 currently run on iOS and about 20 run on Windows mobile.

When it comes to sheer number of apps available, iOS is the winner, with over half a million apps — the Android marketplace is hover just under 400,000, while there about 40,000 apps for Windows Mobile. Chances are pretty good, however, that you won’t want half a million apps. Or even 400 thousand. It’s likely that the apps that are most important to you are available on more than one mobile OS. Check out the app stores and the app reviews — see if what you want is available on the OS of your choice.

Freedom of choice — unlike the Windows and iOS platform, the Android platform places no restrictions on the available apps. You can sideload (download) any app onto your device, unlike iOS and Windows devices, which require that you jailbreak them in order to install “unapproved” apps.

For more comparisons among the three operating systems, see A Mobile Showdown on Geek.com.

Find Your Size

Choosing a tablet is like the Goldilocks and the 7 (or 8 or 9) Bears — tablets come in sizes from 10” (like the iPad, which comes in at 9.7”) to 9” to 8” to 7” to 5” (where the line between phone and tablet becomes so blurry, Samsung has coined the term “phablet”).

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Samsung owns the size variety offered by a single manufacturer — Samsung’s Galaxy line comes in five different sizes:

· Galaxy Tab 10.1 — 10”

· Galaxy Tab 8.9 — 9”

· Galaxy Tab 7.7 — 7.7”

· Galaxy Tab 7 and 7 Plus — 7”

· Galaxy Note — 5”

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Samsung Galaxy Note– first “phablet”

The introduction of the 7” to 8” tablet — ushered in by Amazon’s 7” Kindle Fire last fall — is the biggest change in the tablet game since the iPad. Lighter, smaller, easier to hold, more portable — the mid-size tablet has been a huge hit, despite Apple’s original and total rejection of the viability of the size as too big to compete with smart phones and too small to compete with the iPad (for Steve Jobs’ 2010 rant against the seven inch tablet, check out this blog post on the Wall Street Journal).

Current rumors in the industry are that Apple is investigating testing a new tablet that will be about eight inches (via The Wall Street Journal).

Some tablets to choose from

Leading entries in the 10” tablet category include:

In the mid-size tablet category, you’ve got:

Next week: evaluating tablet specs to find the right one for you.

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Expiate is the new word of the day.

02-23-12
James Dray
James Dray: Real Estate Agent in Bentonville, AR
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Expiate is the new word of the day.

Have I been there done that, you bet ya I have more than once. I didn’t know they had a word for this but apparently they do so I’m introducing you to it. Do I think I’ll do this again you bet ya I will but hopefully not too many more times? Now for the meaning of (eks’pe at’) to make amends or reparation for (wrong doing or guilt) to pay the penalty or; suffer for; man if I had a dollar for every time I’ve done that. Anyway now what say you?

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Fort Smith Foreclosure Real Estate: Find the Best Deals

02-16-12
Kevin Simpson
Kevin Simpson: Real Estate - Other in New York, NY
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Chickee is the new word of the day.

02-16-12
James Dray
James Dray: Real Estate Agent in Bentonville, AR
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Chickee is the new word of the day.

I’ve seen these but not lately. This for where it is located would be cheap to build. If they say necessity is the reason you can sure put this one on the menu. I bet ya this one was difficult to build with the tools at hand. Anyway the meaning of (chik’e) is a Seminole Indian house built on stilts, with open sides and a thatched roof of palm leaves.

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Is Restricting Your Caloric and Salt Intake Worth All That?

02-15-12
Eric Burch
Eric Burch: Real Estate Agent in Jonesboro, AR
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Recent studies may move those french fries off the “don’t” list

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Salt — the debate rages on

It turns out that for some, a low salt diet may be less than ideal.

An article in the New York Times reported on a study that found “that low-salt diets increase the risk of death from heart attacks and strokes and do not prevent high blood pressure.” Another study (reported in Science Daily) observed “a significantly increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease (CVD) associated with lower sodium diets.”

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Calories vs Carbs

You’ve heard both theories.

On the one hand, there’s the theory that it doesn’t matter what you eat, it matters how much you eat — if you burn more calories than you take in, you’ll lose weight.

On the other hand is the theory that doesn’t matter how much you eat, it matters what you eat — if you limit or eliminate carbohydrates, you won’t have a weight problem.

While it’s true that if you eat 1000 calories worth of Twinkies and burn 1200 calories daily, you’ll probably lose weight — you might also keel over from a heart attack.

And while it’s also true that many carbs (as in processed, refined and simple) have high caloric value and limited nutritional value, it is also true that many of the nutrients necessary to our health (as in vitamins, minerals, anti-oxidants) can be found in carbohydrates pulled straight from the ground, or bush, or tree.

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Low carbs twice a week

In a classic instance of having your cake and eating it too – recent research shows that following a low carb diet for two days a week is more effective for losing weight than following a low calorie diet every day. (via Salt Lake Tribune)

One size, or diet, doesn’t fit all

As low calorie, low carbohydrate, low fat and other restrictive diet guidelines are researched further, the results seem to point to the inescapable conclusion that there are few absolute truths when it comes to health and preventive measures. For instance — aiming for a low sodium diet may be more harmful than helpful for people not already suffering from high blood-pressure.

Bottom line? Follow dietary guidelines using common sense — and take them with a grain of salt.

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