While overall I have enjoyed my Nexus 7 tablet I will admit that I often find myself cursing at the terrible auto correct that comes with the device. It seems as if typical “fat finger errors” often aren’t corrected forcing myself to slow down when inputing text.
I finally reached the end of my rope yesterday and decided it was time to find out of their was a solution. I figured, ‘there must be something I’m doing wrong’… and there was. You see it seems like the standard “keyboard” included with the Nexus 7 (and presumably most Nexus devices) is not very good at auto correct and the not-so-obvious recommendation by countless websites is to replace it.
After extensive research I’ve narrowed down my options to two replacements: Perfect Keyboard and SwiftKey. On first glance they both seems to have their pros and cons, but so far I’ve been enjoying SwiftKey better. The keyboard seems to operate slightly “smoother” and there does appear to be more customization with it.
I’m going to test them both out over the next while and I’ll report back which one I like.
I’m looking at possibly getting me a Nexus 10 so I can have a nice big screen tablet to read comics on from pdf’s, cbr’s, and my Comixology account. Having a Nexus 7 would you recommend someone pick up a Nexus over an iPad if there primary purpose for getting a tablet is for reading digital comics?
Honestly, I’d say no. Although I actually had to go searching for my iPad the other day when I wanted to show someone something (and I always know where my Nexus 7 is), the truth is if I weren’t a techy guy, there are things about Android that would irritate me. The reality is that google is getting some quirks fixed, I do have a few irritants that Apple doesn’t have.
Now, with that said, Nexus 10 – $399… ipad – $499.
It really comes down to whether or not you want to deal with some quirks that Android has OR if you want a restricted environment. This morning I had to submit a ticket to our hosting’s support and as I found myself attaching multiple screenshots to an email – I felt a little happy I was using Android… but to counter it, I’d say there still isn’t an email client on android that operates as smooth/cleanly as the iOS one… but I could easily counter it saying that there are a lot of Android clients that do far more than the iOS email. So you see what I mean? They’re kind of two different experiences for two different sets of users.
Oh, and PS. I haven’t really used the ComiXology app in awhile on my Nexus (and being my iPad is old, I don’t think I have the latest version there), so addressing ComiXology would be unfair. :)
Hope that helps..