I use mine primarily as a reader with the Kindle App. I have all my back
issues of EPE and N&V in PDF format as well as Datasheets. The Kindle
App actually handles them better than the PDF Viewer from Adobe. I also
have my library of Kindle books. ES File Explorer to manage books and
Video, which is the second category I use it for a lot, watching movies or
listening to music whilst traveling.  I use the Beta version of VLC for
movies and simfy (I have a subscription) for music.

Utility wise the EloctroDroid app that others have mentioned, RealCalc is
my primary Calculator,  WiFi Analyzer has been invaluable setting up
networks for Clients and  TeamViewer for remote access to Clients, or my
own,  Servers whilst traveling. Skype comes in useful at the same time.
GPS and maps are invaluable when trying to find a new clients premixes or
for going on site visits.

I rarely play games on it but do have Chess and Backgammon loaded, both
allow 2 player games on the one device as well as a computer opponent.  I
also have several music apps, Pianist HD and Real Piano being my
current favorites.  DaTuner is great for Tuning Instruments or testing
audio oscillators.

Slick USB 2 Serial Terminal is great as a console for field debugging
prototypes and on the subject of USB, I created a USB OTG adapter that
allows me to use an external mouse and keyboard in conjunction with Google
Drive Doc's so that I can work on my Specification Documents and
Spreadsheets when I don't have access to a PC.

I have a lot more on it, but those are the primary functions and
applications that I have on my Nexus 7. I wanted one for reading PDF, now
that I have one I don't know how I ever got along without it.

Hope that helps,
Cheers
Chris



On 5 April 2013 20:28, Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> wrote:

>
>
> Bob Axtell wrote:
>
> >      What do you guys use your Android Tablet for besides playing games=
?
> > My wife bought me one, and I can read my notes from the office PC, BUT.=
...
>
> One of our local suppliers had android computers about the size of a larg=
e
> thumb drive  that plugged into any HDMI  port on a television. It had a
> micro sd slot and a couple USB slots and WiFi. Gotta have one those and
> a wireless keyboard / trackball.  It is running Ice Cream Sandwich.
>
> I did a build of some of our tools over the Christmas break to see what
> was involved in using this as a small development environment.
>
> It works but isn't wonderful. The biggest thing I found was it was much
> slower than expected. This seems to be caused for a couple reasons.
> Multi-tasking is essentially absent mass storage buffering and caching is
> not anywhere as well implemented as windows and other operating
> systems.
>
> The same code running on a ASUS Android Tablet was marginally better.
>
> Android seems to have come a long way in the last couple years and
> certainly works well for net searches and entertainment. As a
> development system still has a way to go.
>
> We have no immediate plans to market tools that run on Android
> but it is something we will revisit every few months.
>
> Walter Banks
> Byte Craft Limited
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