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Hi guys.
I got myself and my wife each a Samsung 10.1" Tab
I'm very new with this and am sure I haven't even scraped the service when it comes to nice applications.

Who of you out there are also using Samsung Tablets and what nice app's are there?
Is there a way to run T4A maps on the Samsung Tab or can Windows OS be loaded?

One nice application I'm using is "Latitude", with this app my wife can trace me anywhere in the world, I know most of you would joke and say that that must be the worst app ever, but look at it this way, I work offshore all over the world and this app allows my wife to better understand where I am at any given moment even if it's far away from land somewhere on the big blue ocean.

It's nice if you don't know where "Monrovia" is (it's where I am at this moment) and youd like to get a better picture. It also works very well as a live tracking system, so my wife can view the movements of the vessel I'm on and I can see when she is driving to the mall again, :think:

Anyway, please share the apps you think could also be of use to others.
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HI Johannes,
I have been using a samsung 7" tablet for about 2 years now. Great units and best of all there are 1000's of usefull apps that are free. pm me your email address and I will send you a app link that allows you to share your app with other samsung users. alternatively register with google play and look up one called share your apps or something like that. I too managed to load google earth on it which is great. android is so much happier in sharing than apple. good buy.
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Download Google Sky van die playstore af. Ek gebruik hom gereeld!
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Ek het ook een bestel - sal seker volgende week hier wees. Kannie wag nie
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Ek sal jou se, dis te veel moeite om my laptop uit my sak te haal, ek doen deesdae alles van die tablet af, dis net jammer dis Android en kan nie my Mapsource en T4A software run nie anders sou ek nie meer baie gebruik vir my laptop gehaad het nie. Maak net seker jy vat n 3G masjien met n data bundle, dit maak die kommunikasie wereld wawyd oop en bekombaar in sekondes.
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Hey

You do get tablets that have Windows 7 installed instead of Android. But then you can just as well stick to your laptop because a tablet with Windows 7 will be a downgrade from a laptop IMHO. Not sure how Windows 8 will change this . . .

Another thing is you can't have any of those nice android apps if you install Windows . . .

Another option might be to get a second tablet with Windows on it and then take the two tablets and leave the laptop at home . . .
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For the forum use Taptalk or forum runner

also its quite nice to setup RSS feeds from the forum and NEWS24 and then set it as a widget :thumbup:
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Also got the 10.1 and I'm quite happy with it, especially reading the forum using Tapatalk and Google streetview (all standard).A nice SA app that I use to check my data usage is MyPhoneBill SA. Then there is stuff like WiFi File Transfer and a couple of Nice car games like GT Free +HD, Drag Racing
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werner, what tapatalk do you use as on google play I cannot seem to find one that applis to the hilux forum or even a generic one ? thanks
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Hi African dust,

I use Tapatalk 2.1.3 from quoord systems, seem to find it when searching, think I paid R24,21 for it
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I wanted to buy one today at vodacom but was told they are out of stock. Apparently there will be a new tablet launched on the 6th. Any truth in that?
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En hier gebruik ek die 10.1 tab2 P5100
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Hoe vergelyk hy met die GT-P7500
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Johannes van die See wrote:Hoe vergelyk hy met die GT-P7500
Hi

Ek is GLAD nie slim met die goed nie... Al wat ek weet is dat dit nie nuwe een is. Die reeks het begin op die P7500 en toe was dit die P6800 en nou is dit die een.
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Wat is al die tapatalk en rssfeed goed? Sorry ek is dom
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Ek post nou van Tapatalk af op die IPhone, dit is maar net n forum reader en "filter" al die onnodige prenties op die ouens se signature... So maw jy kan net die nodige goedjies en prentjies bekyk (dink ek gaan dit nou kry agv hierdie statement)
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african dust wrote:HI Johannes,
I have been using a samsung 7" tablet for about 2 years now. Great units and best of all there are 1000's of usefull apps that are free. pm me your email address and I will send you a app link that allows you to share your app with other samsung users. alternatively register with google play and look up one called share your apps or something like that. I too managed to load google earth on it which is great. android is so much happier in sharing than apple. good buy.
cheers,
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Hi It is Peru here
Can you please help me also
I bought the Samsung and hardly used it
What apps can I download
My e Addy is peru@netactive.co.za

Your help is appreciated

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Johannes van die See wrote:Hoe vergelyk hy met die GT-P7500

My vrou het die nuwe een gekry, en ek het die ou een. Die nuwe Android 4 lyk uitstekend - ek dink ons behoort binnekort ons OS te kan update na 4 toe, so geen grote daai nie. Wat die nuwe een egter het wat ek wel van hou is 'n Micro SD card slot wat tot 'n maksimum van 32gig kan vat.

Anders as dit is hulle min-of-meer dieselfde
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tridentzn wrote:
african dust wrote:HI Johannes,
I have been using a samsung 7" tablet for about 2 years now. Great units and best of all there are 1000's of usefull apps that are free. pm me your email address and I will send you a app link that allows you to share your app with other samsung users. alternatively register with google play and look up one called share your apps or something like that. I too managed to load google earth on it which is great. android is so much happier in sharing than apple. good buy.
cheers,
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Hi It is Peru here
Can you please help me also
I bought the Samsung and hardly used it
What apps can I download
My e Addy is peru@netactive.co.za

Your help is appreciated

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hi PERU, SORRY ONLY SAW THIS NOW. THE EASIEST WAY TO LOAD APPS IS THROUGH gOOGLE PLAY. GOOGLE IT AND LOAD IT IT IS VERY EASY TO USE. YOU NEED OT HAVE A GOOGLE GMAIL ACCOUNT.
Pm me if you have any problems. cheers, Matt
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Oh ja - anybody know how to turn that stewpit predictive text off on the Tab 2?
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Dodging wrote:Oh ja - anybody know how to turn that stewpit predictive text off on the Tab 2?
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My S2 also runs Andriod, to date the most useful and time consuming app is crazy birds... free via Google Play...

Another useful one is Tasker, it allows you to control the device is a mirad of different ways, like turning the wifi and 3G modem off when the screen is off, or connecting to the internet when the screen is activated. There's many many things you can do with it, like turn on your favourite media player when headphones are plugged in. It costs around R50 and is most useful!

I also use ConnectBot for work, this app is a SSH client, it allows me to control our Unix/Linux based servers anywhere in the world from my cellphone!
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Dodging wrote:Oh ja - anybody know how to turn that stewpit predictive text off on the Tab 2?
Hi, not sure if you have coem right, but the proccess os as follows.

Select settings
scroll to language and input, select it
under keyboards and inoput methods, there is a samsung keyboard option. To the right of this there is the options button. Select it
second option down, predictive text, slide tab to off.

Job done.

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SideKick wrote:Hey

You do get tablets that have Windows 7 installed instead of Android. But then you can just as well stick to your laptop because a tablet with Windows 7 will be a downgrade from a laptop IMHO. Not sure how Windows 8 will change this . . .

Another thing is you can't have any of those nice android apps if you install Windows . . .

Another option might be to get a second tablet with Windows on it and then take the two tablets and leave the laptop at home . . .
Oh but you can...Download the Android emulator from the web onto your Windows device and you can run any android app on windows...
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Spoke to someone from T4A on the community forum. They are apparently working on a app for android. If I'm not mistaken the I phone T4A app was just released.
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ROOKIE wrote:
Dodging wrote:Oh ja - anybody know how to turn that stewpit predictive text off on the Tab 2?
Hi, not sure if you have coem right, but the proccess os as follows.

Select settings
scroll to language and input, select it
under keyboards and inoput methods, there is a samsung keyboard option. To the right of this there is the options button. Select it
second option down, predictive text, slide tab to off.

Job done.

Have fun!

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Ek het ook die 10,1 Tablet mar sukkel heeltemal te veel met hom wil nou van hom onslae raak en vervang met n laptop
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