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skritter on internet tablet

joschua011   April 26th, 2011 4:39p.m.

hey,
i am thinking of buying this internet tablet:
http://www.archos.com/products/ta/archos_101it/index.html?country=gb&lang=en

would it work with skritter?
does someone have experience with such a android tablet?

edjwhite   April 26th, 2011 5:45p.m.

I've used Skritter briefly on the recently updated NookColor and it seems to work well. I don't know how it compares to what you are looking at, but I'm hoping for more Android improvement before I would likely use it a lot. That's just my take on what tablet though. Others may work much better.

edjwhite   April 26th, 2011 5:46p.m.

Let me also say that I feel like Skritter on tablets has a great future.

nick   April 26th, 2011 5:51p.m.

I don't have experience, but I would guess it would work. I would hold off for an Android 3.0 tablet, though. I've heard 3.0 is the sweet spot for tablets, and 2.x more of a stopgap. (I haven't done much buyer's research here, so you may know more than this.)

ddapore99   April 27th, 2011 2:23a.m.

I have a GALAXY Tab and it works well enough. I think the Archos has better hardware and a newer OS so it should run well enough but I wouldn't buy it. 10 inches seems too big to run the mobile Skritter site off in my opinion.

followtheflow   April 27th, 2011 3:00a.m.

10 inch you wouldn't be able to hold in one hand, so it kind of takes away a lot of mobility, though you could of course buy a stand or just lay it on a table.

If 10" then I'd go for the Asus Transformer and for 7" probably the Nook Color or the upcoming HTC Flyer that allows pen/stylus support. With a few modifications Android 2.3/2.2 devices work very well, too, but I guess CPU power is a bit of an issue. I'd really like to see if Skritter produces no lag on dual core devices.

Neil   April 27th, 2011 9:38a.m.

a lot of new stuff coming out in the coming months, I'd wait!

FatDragon   April 27th, 2011 7:19p.m.

Then again, there's always a lot of new stuff on the horizon - you've got to just take the plunge and buy at some point...

joschua011   April 28th, 2011 10:50a.m.

hm...
the archos is able to load the flash....writing area, and i can use the buttons, but when i try to draw a character it does nothing....any suggestions?

The help site says
"We've optimized the study page for this platform, and it works!"
but is there something like a special android site of skritter?

nick   April 28th, 2011 2:15p.m.

Try this URL:
http://www.skritter.com/study/all?android=true&tablet=true
Is that any different?

Also, tell me your user agent string:
http://whatsmyuseragent.com/

johannT   April 28th, 2011 3:24p.m.

Yes that works!! A bit slow but it works.......
Thanks!
But i would like it to be in landscape mode rather than portrait mode....

I set the user agent to desktop in dolphin browser

followtheflow   April 29th, 2011 1:13a.m.

I take back on what I said earlier, with the new flash update Skritter works without lag and bugs even on my Nook Color. Can't really feel a difference between 800 and 1300 Mhz, so I don't think CPU power is much of a limitation for using Skritter.

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