We have recently launched an iPad version of the magazine "Behind the wheel". Studying a new image of native publications in digital form, we wondered: is it possible to productively use the tablet PC in the car?
The Lavin tablets of various tablets-from the fabrallyroads to the cheap-have flooded the Russian market in the last year. Of course, the iPad is topped by the iPad, but with each passing day, the leaders are increasingly cramping laptops with Google's Android operating system. As a representative of this group, we have taken a more compact, but hardly the most powerful Taiwan 7-inch Flying 5-inch screen. How to use modern machinery in the car, it was not long to think. The methods of application were characterized by the technical characteristics of the spacecraft: in addition to the multimedia features, there was a chip for GPS navigation and a SIM card for Internet access via a cellular network. The installation of the iPad First Problem, which is not all about: how is it convenient and safe to secure the tablet in the passenger compartment? With a 7-inch HTC, everything turned out to be quite simple: it is possible to select a universal holder for 400 to 500 rubles. The iPad fastening is worth an average of about 2000 rubles. Maybe we could do without him using the transforming cover-stand? There's no way out of this thing: the screen will get in the wrong corner, and it will be very close. In addition, it is dangerous to leave a nearly kilogram of unfastened detail on the panel dangerous-imagine how it can "shoot" during a sudden braking performance or, God, the accident. HTC NAVIGATION The most obvious use of the tablet-as a navigator. At any rate, unlimited number of navigation programs can be installed (practice shows that some are better served in the interior, others in megacities). Users of the city "guide" will evaluate the possibility of Internet connection on the cellular line: it is possible to pump information about traffic jams. iPad is a legitimate question: what is more convenient to use for navigation, iPad or HTC? -It's hard to answer. On the one hand, more information is placed on the screen of the "apple" computer, on the other-the big panel is limiting the review. A more compact "taivanas" in the car is almost non-intruable. But looking at the picture on it is more difficult, more intense and distracted from the road. HTC INTERNET is very convenient-to have a permanent way out to the World Wide Web. E-mail, gazetteers, social networks-using tablets can be used by everyone anywhere in the world. The iPad needs only to remember that the mobile Internet in Russia is still not cheap. Therefore, pay close attention to the selection of the tariff plan. Generally, it is advantageous to all those originally intended for 3G-modems: the payment for the megabyte of traffic in such packages is usually several times lower than the usual, "conversation" SIM card. Did your passengers want to have fun? It is possible to devote an hour to other games that have already been created for the tablets. Or to watch your favorite movie, and also in a perfect digital quality. It is good that you do not have to take care of charging the machine-modern computers can work all day even under heavy load. iPad A to prevent extraneous sounds from distractions to the driver from the road, the tablets provide standard 3.5 mm slots for headphones. Do not worry about the quality of the image: both bright screens and powerful graphics accelerators. But watching a movie on an iPad that the screen has more, of course, is much more comfortable. HTC work is usually the owner of tablets-people are business. Which means they sometimes have to send letters, make notes, reminders. On a little HTC, this kind of work is arranged unexpectedly. The secret is that on its virtual keyboard the buttons occupy almost half the screen. Add a great sensitivity to touching and special stylus for handwriting notes-and get the truly universal business assistant. The HTC screen is adapted to the iPad and is not worse-its keyboard is convenient and responsive, despite a smaller size (this special discomfort does not deliver this feature). The iPad has only tried the most obvious ways of using a tablet in a car-it's much more than that. A lot of useful support programs are written for these devices. But we will dedicate this topic to a separate study. In the meantime we can say that tablet computers can become good assistants: help find the right way, pass the traffic, pass the time, if the backset fails, and even help solve business issues without getting out of the car.