Sentences with phrase «hand than a tablet»

It's much easier on your eyes than a computer screen or table, and it's easier to hold in your hand than a tablet.

There will always be a place for the print publisher, and those who would rather feel a book in hand than a tablet or other electronic device.

Not exact matches

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends children younger than 2 have no exposure to screens, but now that very young children are reaching for smartphones and tablets, most parents hand them over sooner or later.

On the other hand, if you avoid healthy food choices such as fruit due to the sugar content, you also miss out on thousands of vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals that don't exist in any tablet or pill on the market — and have documented health benefits rather than risks!

Just like successfully adopting blended learning requires more than just unpacking and handing out tablets, successful Course Access needs thoughtful planning and execution.

Teachers need more than to be handed laptops or tablets with little guidance on how to incorporate them in lessons, she says.

Amazon's is much, much bigger than Barnes & Noble's, which is hand - selecting apps to run on its Nook Tablet.

To undock the tablet, you push the release button in the center of the hinge with one hand and pull the screen up and away with the other; to dock, you center the screen over the hinge and push down firmly (it helps if the base is on a desk or table rather than your lap).

The corners of the tablet are curved making it more comfortable to hold in landscape mode for prolonged times but it doesn't detract from what is a noticeable weightier device in the hand than its closest tablet rivals.

The iPad on the other hand is more of a tablet rather than an eBook reader although it can read multiple files and view them through a colored screen.

Speaking of holding the tablet in one hand, the Nook HD and its larger sibling, the Nook HD +, share a similar design trait: Each features an asymmetrical bezel that's narrower on the sides (when held in portrait mode) than at the top and bottom.

The thick bezels around the displays also adds extra width to the G Pad 7.0, making it less comfortable to hold in one hand than a 7 - inch tablet should be.

The Tablet S is only about 1 % lighter than the iPad 2, but Sony designed it with that funky shape specifically to make it feel lighter in one hand by grouping the weight on one side and reducing leverage again your hand.

Tablet PCs such as the Apple iPad and the Motion models could have a big future in the health care industry, delivering convenient, real - time access to patient's information in the doctor's hand - and with a screen larger than those of smartphones.

It's easy to use and hold in one hand, and thanks to the placement of the speakers, also an excellent portable media viewer, managing to eclipse even the Kindle Fire HD and the bedtime tablet of choice (and much more portable than the iPad 4, Apple's big boy tablet which has a comparable Retina screen).

What's even more delightful than the app's arrival on Android tablets is the various customization and tweaks that you can avail to enhance your eReading experience on a tablet.The app's homescreen now utilizes the large working area of your tablet, and presents you with a Holo - theme like dual - pane interfacewhere all the downloaded and recommended Aldiko books are presented on a bookshelf at the right hand side, whereas the left pane displays a dedicated Aldiko menu.

On the other hand, if you are just looking for a snappy little tablet with a nice build and mediocre specs, you could do worse than the Dell Streak 4G.

A Windows 8 based tablet would be a natural progression on that front and a safer bet than launching a consumer oriented tablet running Windows RT that would be pitted against the iPad on the one hand and the Surface on the other.

Backed by Dolby Atmos technology, these speakers offer somewhat more oomph than those on the iPad Air 2, which you can still easily block when holding that tablet in your hands.

It's gorgeous and perfect for those who have larger hands, poorer eyes, or will be using their tablet far more than they would a PC or laptop.

It's also mounted on the left - hand side when in landscape, rather than on the top as before, which suggests Tesco realises a lot of people will be using the tablet in the vertical portrait orientation.

Whilst the Motorola Xoom 2 is visibly more attractive than its predecessor with angular cornering giving it a unique appearance, the 10.1 - inch device still lacks that added spark that would see it become as eye catching as rivals such as the Sony Tablet S. Despite dropping more than 100 grams in weight from its original form the Xoom 2 still manages to feel heavy and slightly alien within the hand.

Since it weighs significantly less than all the other mainstream tablets on the market, it is easier to hold in your hands during longer reading sessions.

prop to get the proper tablet UI, but that causes screen lag: /) instead of taking less than 5 minutes to edit the IF / ELSE series equivalents in the source to, without causing a performance hit, force the proper tablet UI — or 5 minutes on top of that to add a toggle to the settings so that people can choose their own preference («cos I hear some people actually like using a UI meant for 3 - 4 ″ phones on a device that's twice as large so that it's impossible to do quickly do everything with the thumb of the hand you're holding it with like the UI was designed for).

Interestingly, the tablet is being touted as a a one - handed device, something that is unique and more befits a smartphone than a proper tablet device.

With more people reading on iPads and the proven sustainability that tablet reading is not just a passing fad, Time was more invested than ever in putting its titles in the hands of digital reading consumers.

It felt good in - hand, with more inputs than most tablets, but not as many as its sibling ThinkPad tablet.

Amazon has discounted their premium tablet a couple of different times since the beginning of December, leading some to speculate that the company has a few more units on - hand than they would like.

For some, getting their hands on a powerful tablet to then hack wide open and fill with unofficial Android goodness is part of the fun: despite the size and the power on offer, the ViewPad 10s is still cheaper than the likes of the Samsung Galaxy Tab or the forthcoming HTC Flyer, but as we've already mentioned, there are some even cheaper rivals out there, including the reasonable offerings in the Creative ZiiO range.

Earlier this month, ThisIsMyNext reported some hands - on time with a 10.1 - inch tablet, the so - called Motorola Xoom 2, which is only 9 mm thick (same width as an iPhone 4) and comes with a dual - core 1.2 - GHz processor, 1 GB of RAM, HD video recording, and longer battery life than its predecessor.

The keypad is split at the center so as to facilitate thumb typing with both hands, something that is more like smartphone designs than typical tablet PCs with slide - out keypads such as the Asus Eee Pad Slider or the Samsung Series 7.

Still, at 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.29 inches, the new iPad mini is easy to hold in one hand, and it's thinner than all of the most popular small tablets.

There's also a tendency to use watching TV as the thing used in any tests, rather than «hand them a tablet and let them do whatever for an hour.»

The Venue 8 Pro is proportionally longer than a 4:3 aspect ratio tablet like the Apple iPad mini with Retina Display ($ 499), but since the tablet only weighs 0.84 pounds (13.4 oz), it is easy to hold in one hand for extended periods of time.

I'm still not sure about using styluses with tablets (unless you're cranking out the artworks faster than you can paint), but HTC's bundling the Flyer with a stylus and has new «Scribe technology» for recognizing hand - writing (and allowing you to draw pictures of horses, or whatever it is you can't do with a pen and paper).

It's what I've heard referred to as a «one - hander» in that you can hold up the tablet in only one hand for more than a minute without getting cramp.

It fits easily in the hand, and is more portable than the 10 - inch tablets we've seen up until now.

There's nothing like saying «look at me, I'm holding an expensive tablet in my hands» than doing just that with the Optimus Pad.

These tablets are even easier to carry than a full tablet, especially with one hand, but the downside of 8 - inch tablets is they tend to not be as powerful as a full - sized tablet.

The weight difference is especially obvious when you hold the tablet in one hand and try to use it for anything longer than a minute or two at a time.

It has a wedge - shaped design that looks a little like a folded newspaper and it's noticeably lighter in the hand than rival tablets at 598g.

Hopefully we'll get our hands on a review unit sooner rather than later so we can give the tablet our full review rundown, but until then, we think you should be looking forward to the Note 10.1, especially if you're a fan of its previous versions.

Unless your knees are completely straight, you'll need to keep your hands on it to avoid it slipping off onto the floor — as all the «brains» of the Eee Pad Transformer are in the tablet rather than the dock, the weight distribution is more top - heavy than a traditional laptop.

That's not so bad, but you can drain the Fire 7 a few hours faster than that with more aggressive gaming, which is what tends to happen when you put the tablet into the hands of your children and take your eyes off them.

It's a little heavy for prolonged one - handed use, but 10.1 in tablets don't get a good deal lighter than this.

Its accuracy was top - notch, and you probably won't be fiddling to make it work considering you will be holding on to both tablets with two hands in most cases, which makes swiping on the fingerprint sensor way more convenient than on a smartphone.

The ViewPad 10e felt good in my hand and with a cost less than $ 300 it is a device I would think of for an Android tablet where you didn't have a need for high end gaming and other advanced function.

Sales of traditional tablets, on the other hand, were down more than the market overall, having fallen 13.9 percent below sales for 2017's first quarter.

The guys at the FCC have a new tablet on their hands, this time one that looks more like business class than entertainment.

When in slate mode, the EEE Pad feels comfortable in your hand; in fact, i find it more comfortable to hold with both hands than the iPad (I hate the sharp edges on the Apple tablet, thus I never use it without a case), but that extra weight will get your arms tired quite fast.