[geeks] tablets?

[Eric Railine]

Eric
On Jul 19, 2011 6:20 PM, "Jonathan J. M. Katz" <jon at jonworld.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 6:13 PM, <gsm at mendelson.com> wrote:
>> I am about to come into enough money (back money from disability) to buy
> [ Geoffrey wants a handheld video device ]
>
> I love my iPad2, but I got it BECAUSE of the GPS. It also has other
> neat features that let me play a scrabble-alike game against mrbill.
>
> However, one thing you can do is setup a home media server that does
> uPnP. I have one (just a Linux box with a bunch of disks) that runs
> MediaTomb uPnP server. It also runs Samba and NFS and I can copy
> anything to/from it that I need to. It's our repository of digital
> photos, MP3s, etc. There are then uPnP players/browsers available from
> the Apple App Store (as well as the Android Shoppe if you go that
> route) which can play what's on the server on your iPad & iPhone. The
> uPnP server streams the content for you, so it can play whatever you
> throw at it.
>
> Since you're not leaving the house (much) this may make sense, as you
> don't need all your videos to be local to the device, just local to
> your network.
>
> -Jon
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