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@gjacobse said in New Tablet Search:
microSD card slot?
MicroSD is a "memory card."
Specs say "memory card reader: yes"
COULD be full sized SD, but not likely.
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@gjacobse said in New Tablet Search:
Does it have OTG?
Of course not, that would make no sense. There is a reason you can't find the spec, it's a silly spec to ask for. It's like asking where the specs are as to how many moon pies come with it. Obviously the answer is zero, no one would want a moon pie with their tablet.
Why do you care if there is OTG?
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List price is actually $329.
PCM should have it in stock. Might be a few bucks cheaper.
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@scottalanmiller and @gjacobse : Yes, it does support OTG --
Acer has included a USB-C port for charging and data transfer as well as display extending -
@scottalanmiller said in New Tablet Search:
List price is actually $329.
PCM should have it in stock. Might be a few bucks cheaper.
PCM? Not familar with that one. Of course it might in Rocket along with the MEME i'm still trying to find...
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@manxam said in New Tablet Search:
@scottalanmiller and @gjacobse : Yes, it does support OTG --
Acer has included a USB-C port for charging and data transfer as well as display extendingThat's called OTG? That's just normal, every day USB. Nothing special about it.
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@scottalanmiller : OTG essentially refers to the ability to connect a device via USB as opposed to the USB port providing only power and the ability to have the phone transfer data with it.
Phones and tablets had USB connectors for years before you could actually connect a mouse, keyboard, or USB flash drive to them.
Only relatively new Android phones (~3 years?) support OTG -- the ability to have the phone act as a flash storage device when connected to a PC OR allow one to read the contents of a USB flash drive plugged into that port (or keyboard, mouse, or usb-to-ethernet adapter).
So yeah, OTG is basically just "every day USB" from the standpoint of a computer, but on a mobile device or tablet is referenced as OTG.
From Wikipedia:
Standard USB uses a master/slave architecture; a host acts as the master device for the entire bus, and a USB device acts as a slave. If implementing standard USB, devices must assume one role or the other, with computers generally set up as hosts, while (for example) printers normally function as slaves. In the absence of USB OTG, cell phones often implemented slave functionality to allow easy transfer of data to and from computers. Such phones, as slaves, could not readily be connected to printers as they also implemented the slave role. USB OTG directly addresses this issue.
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@manxam said in New Tablet Search:
@scottalanmiller : OTG essentially refers to the ability to connect a device via USB as opposed to the USB port providing only power and the ability to have the phone transfer data with it.
Phones and tablets had USB connectors for years before you could actually connect a mouse, keyboard, or USB flash drive to them.
Only relatively new Android phones (~3 years?) support OTG -- the ability to have the phone act as a flash storage device when connected to a PC OR allow one to read the contents of a USB flash drive plugged into that port (or keyboard, mouse, or usb-to-ethernet adapter).
So yeah, OTG is basically just "every day USB" from the standpoint of a computer, but on a mobile device or tablet is referenced as OTG.
From Wikipedia:
Standard USB uses a master/slave architecture; a host acts as the master device for the entire bus, and a USB device acts as a slave. If implementing standard USB, devices must assume one role or the other, with computers generally set up as hosts, while (for example) printers normally function as slaves. In the absence of USB OTG, cell phones often implemented slave functionality to allow easy transfer of data to and from computers. Such phones, as slaves, could not readily be connected to printers as they also implemented the slave role. USB OTG directly addresses this issue.
Yeah, I get all that. But this is definitely just "normal USB", as it is a normal computer. Concepts unique to mobility don't apply here. So either OTG is a reference to all USB, or it's not applicable here. You would never call the USB port on your laptop or desktop OTG, and unless you do, you don't here.
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@scottalanmiller said in New Tablet Search:
Yeah, I get all that. But this is definitely just "normal USB", as it is a normal computer. Concepts unique to mobility don't apply here. So either OTG is a reference to all USB, or it's not applicable here. You would never call the USB port on your laptop or desktop OTG, and unless you do, you don't here.
But it's not a normal computer, it's a hybrid tablet running a Mobile/Tablet only OS utilizing a similar architecture to Android but with Chrome as it's UI instead of android.view/android.webkit.
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@manxam said in New Tablet Search:
@scottalanmiller said in New Tablet Search:
Yeah, I get all that. But this is definitely just "normal USB", as it is a normal computer. Concepts unique to mobility don't apply here. So either OTG is a reference to all USB, or it's not applicable here. You would never call the USB port on your laptop or desktop OTG, and unless you do, you don't here.
But it's not a normal computer, it's a hybrid tablet running a Mobile/Tablet only OS utilizing a similar architecture to Android but with Chrome as it's UI instead of android.view/android.webkit.
Not really, it's running a desktop OS, ChromeOS. It's not similar to Android at all, it is in fact nothing but a normal laptop with no included keyboard. It's as much a desktop style device as any desktop you'd ever use. That the form factor is called a tablet is misleading, it would be like calling an iMac a tablet... the only difference between the two is one has a stand included, and one doesn't.
There is nothing "mobile" about this device. Other than it is easy to be mobile with it. Under the hood, it's identical to some of the world's most popular laptops, just with a keyboard sold separately.
