Archive for the ‘gTablet’ Category

What Kinds of Apps Are You Running on Andriod?

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011

LaptopWhen I first got my gTablet I downloaded a whole bunch of apps.  I grabbed free apps from the Marketplace.  Amazon gives away a free app every day from its Marketplace.  I mean, I was an app downloading maniac.

And yet now, I’m more subdued.  I don’t always remember to bring it to work, and even when I do there are days that it doesn’t come out of its case!

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When Disaster Strikes Your gTablet

Thursday, May 12th, 2011

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So, this is the second time that I’ve had to rebuild my gTablet.  Fortunately, I have a backup from back when it was stock before I installed TnT 4.4, so I’m always able to go back there, but what’s my problem with not doing more frequent backups?

I mean, seriously!

I write software, and it’s happened before.  Grr…

How to Get The Best out of Your gTablet

Thursday, May 5th, 2011

FireShot capture #021 - 'Meet the ViewSonic gtablet - gtablet' - www_viewsonic_com_gtablet

Speaking of my gTablet, the best thing you can do for it is to “root” it.  The hardest part of this isn’t the actual process—it’s making sure you find something that’s up to date.

You see, when the gTablet first came out there was a lot of trouble with performance—and many people returned theirs.  So there are a lot of posts out there talking about it, how much is stinks, and even some of the instructions on how to make it better are out of date.

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