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I am interested in buying an 'iPad' type of device to use for only one specific purpose:
- Format the device and setup some kind of bare-bones operating system which allows me to...
- Copy 'Faststone Screen Capture' and 'Faststone Image Viewer' (x86 software) from my Windows XP computer into the device.
- Take photos using the built-in camera of the device and then edit/annotate/draw using 'Faststone Screen Capture' inside the device.
- Connect the device to my Windows XP desktop computer when I get home and copy out the images via USB cable.
That's it! ...I basically want something resembling a USB stick with a huge screen and some input/output controls ...or to put it another way, a mobile extension of my Windows XP desktop set up to run one single-minded task and all other functions removed/hacked/stripped out.
Does anybody have any tips, thanks.
P.S. :: I don't own any mobile devices, no tablet, no phone, nothing! ...I also have zero interest in Social Media, Cloud Computing, AppStores and anything else related to mobile internet connectivity.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by pz on Tuesday July 15 2014, @02:35AM
So you want a camera, you say? And nothing else?
Why not just buy a camera? Modern digital cameras take really good photos, have better response time than tablets, better optics (zoom! optical stabilization! noise reduction!), and have removable storage. Most also connect via USB, and can be seen as a generic storage device on your XP computer.
A new Canon point-and-shoot that will beat the pants off a tablet for photos (while also being eminently portable) can be purchased for well under $200 on Amazon.
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(Score: 4, Informative) by tibman on Tuesday July 15 2014, @03:07AM
I have seen some new ones pair with an android device as well. So you can be IN the picture, look at the preview, and take a shot.
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(Score: 3, Informative) by frojack on Tuesday July 15 2014, @07:07AM
And even moderate priced small cameras can have wifi these days, so you can get your picture off of the camera and onto your computer without a cable.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 15 2014, @12:02PM
No, I do not want a camera; I am after a BIG SCREEN which can capture images via a lens and which allows me to annotate/edit the captured images using basic input controls. I then want to go home and connect the device --just like a USB stick-- to my Windows XP desktop and copy out the images. I believe my submission was very clear and unambiguous.
P.S. -- Photography is one of my hobbies, specifically indoor table-top photography. I own a Nikon D3 + various expensive lenses.
(Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Tuesday July 15 2014, @06:57PM
You need to rethink your process. Seriously. You don't want to use the tablet for anything but taking pictures and editing. You don't want to immediately upload your pictures to a flickr account, email them to friends or enemies -- you want a camera with a big screen to do rudimentary edits on so you can then download them to your PC. The thing is, tablets aren't good for content editing -- you can do it in a pinch, or to some simple degree, but that is not what they are for. They work great at content consumption, but suck at content creation. So if you think about your process, all you are doing is using the tablet as a camera, editor, and temporary storage device. It's a crappy camera compared to a real one. It's a crappy editor compared to a computer. It's as good as any other USB storage device.
What you should do is take pictures, copy them to your PC, and edit it them there. You really have no use for a tablet.
(Score: 1) by dcollins on Tuesday July 15 2014, @04:56PM
"So you want a camera, you say? And nothing else?"
The submission title does say "Camera/Presentation Tool".