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Nokia off loaded their phone division to MS, which (Nokia) had started going off the rails in 2003 with abandoning S80 for the poorer S60. They sold it because the switch to Windows Phone and MS messing around on changed from Win mobile 6.5, to 7 and disaster of Win 8 meant that Windows phone was doomed. Nokia still exists (the Nokia badge is licensed to TCL) doing Infrastructure. MS destroyed Windows phone trying to converge things that couldn't be. Final nail in the coffin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window...dows_10_Mobile Quote:
And, no, I'm not a fan of iOS/Apple or Android. But Windows Phone by 2014 was rubbish and with Windows 10 Mobile in 2015 they destroyed it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_10_Mobile Note Alcatel was one of few Win10 phones. Alcatel phones since the start have been TCL. Quote:
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My best phone was my Nokia N9210i Communicator (S80, the last Nokia Symbian phones were the inferior S60). My old Sony Ericsson Z1 Android 4.1 finally lost Playstore access this year and it was the next decent phone. Once MS had 50% in USA with Win CE phones and PDAs. They threw it away. They bought the Danger Sidekick and messed it up too. Anyway, none of this is anything to do with TCL Nxtpaper11 Last edited by Quoth; 04-01-2024 at 05:38 PM. |
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Do you use the reading mode (the black and white mode)?
At first it made me laugh, but I've started using it for reading. I guess the difference is not pronounced at all when you're well-rested/not-tired but I've tried it once after a few hours of work with computer and it felt better. I still don't know if there's any science behind this, but now I prefer the B&W mode for reading. Somehow the color mode feels like 3D image, where the B&W makes it really flat easier to focus on ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ EDIT: As for the science part: There's definitely nothing special about the display. The "Reading mode" can be activated on any Android device via developer options "Simulate colour space: Monochromacy". In fact when I toggle the reading mode it affects the developer setting. One thing I'm curious about is that the dev setting is applied instantly whilst the reading mode has a long transition. It seems to be just a fancy effect to let you believe there's something unique happening. Nonetheless I'm surprised but the Monochromatic mode feels better for reading. Last edited by plusz; 04-09-2024 at 02:22 PM. |
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Does anyone know what upgrades (as far as display tech)we will get with NXTPAPER 3.0? From what it sounds like it’s only a brighter display and a higher resolution.
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Without the case the tablet feels pleasantly light. I guess I'll look for some sort of silicone band which covers only the edges providing shock resistance upon accidental drop and makes it easier to grab off the table. That's all I need as I don't travel with it. For any occasional travel I can just put it into a generic neoprene pouch. |
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04-20-2024, 07:30 PM | #95 |
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I have the TCL 40 Nxtpaper and I really like the matte display which is much better than a reflective one. So I recently bought an used Nxtpaper 11 (advertised as "used, as new") for 126 Euro (including shipping costs), mainly to have a tablet on which I can watch a movie on a train ride without having all the reflections from the sunlight or the lights above the seats.
While the form factor isn't the best for watching old movies (usually these are in ~4:3 so there's some unused space on the right and left side), I do like the form factor for reading epub files. With KOreader I can use the volume butons for page turning, just like on the TCL 40 Nxtpaper (on the phone using the buttons makes more sence since one finger or thumb is near the buttons when holding the device). Or I can just scroll, since the screen has no ghosting like an e-ink display. Right now I'm tempted to get the Lenovo Tab P12 Paper/Tab P12 with Matte Display, which offers a larger screen (12.7" with 2944 x 1840) and, of course, more weight (0.615 kg). It's available in (parts of) Europe: https://psref.lenovo.com/Product/Len..._Matte_Display |
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The question is: will it ever see a release in Western Europe.
From what I've read so far it looks like the TCL Nxtpaper 14 Pro won't be available outside Asia. Not sure about the 14 (without Pro) either. Besides the screen resolution on the Lenovo device is better (the TCL Pro has 2,880 x 1,800 px [2.8 k], but 120 Hz refresh rate, the 14 w/o Pro has a lower resolution of 2.4 k) and the stylus is included; the promo pics of the TCL devices look like one has to purchase a stylus separately. 12,7" is already quite large but I can still hold such a device in my hand(s), I'm not so sure about a 14" monster screen. |
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That's a really great news. Lenovo Tab P12 has a nice keyboard. Yet I'd like to see some real reviews first before buying yet another device ;-)
Notebookcheck appeared in the search hit, but they only spared the rumors as of now. https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo....828055.0.html |
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By the way, I found something interesting. It seems the screens are compatible between the glossy and matt versions: https://www.amazon.de/-/en/TCL-40-Nx...dp/B0CWVD9XM2/ PS. Honestly the tablet doesn't freeze often, otherwise my opinion about the tablet would be different, but when it does it's 100% reproducible on the same page. I'm guessing that maybe the page is exceeding the amount of RAM, or maybe it's using some buggy graphics features which locks the GPU thus the whole UI. Last edited by plusz; 04-22-2024 at 03:14 AM. |
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I don't why anyone would install Edge on anything.
Firefox works OK on Win10, Linux and even Android 7 phone. It's working with no freeze on the TCL Nxtpaper11. Edge is now simply an MS version of Chrome and has as much privacy with added bugs. The issue is Edge. Delete it! |
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So true!
Besides I wouldn't use Edge or any other browser as a "mobile reader", if that means reading ebooks (epubs, pdf etc). Librera and KOreader work flawless on any Android device I have, including the NxtPaper 11 and the NxtPaper phone. I've installed quite a lot of apps on the TCL phone, except from taking quite a long time to start, I haven't noticed any oddities (I have another cheap phone with more RAM, which starts faster, despite having also installed quite a few apps). As browser I use mainly Vivaldi (Snapshot, but installed also the regular one) without problems, but I've also installed EinkBro, Tor, Kiwi and Firefox Klar. I would go for the TCL 40 Nxtpaper not the 5 G version, since the 4 G version has better hardware. or just wait for the new versions with the next NxtPaper version. |
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I didn't mean to start flame wars about browsers in this thread. Microsoft gives awesome reading tools in Edge, the reading mode and read aloud, puls now the bing copilot. I use it for reading web content, it's the best browser for that task.
PS. If you believe a user mode process can trash the OS, I wonder what kind of OSes you're using, DOS Running applications, sharing hardware resources, and protecting the OS and other apps is the primary task of all modern operating systems, whether desktop or embedded. If an app causes system crash it means a serious bug in the system configuration, driver, or hardware itself. Normally misbehaving apps are simply terminated by the OS with no harm to the surrounding. |
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It's likely it's just the GUI seems frozen. The Android GUI is a poor design.
MS Edge is garbage. A fork of Chrome designed for windows and badly ported to Android and Linux. Copilot is Clippy 2.0 and needs nuked. Android has a built in Accessibility system and speech synthesis. |
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Quoth, you've already demonstrated more than once your hate towards MS products. It's up to you. I have no business convincing you, nor came here to discuss such topics. I know better places to talk about software and system internals, I do know quite a bit of that domain. Pardon but you're talking nonsense. You're proposing me mediocre alternative just because either you don't know the software you're bashing, or you don't like the company which made it. It's nonsense.
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