7 inch tablet to replace Touch ?

[firedog]

My only real complaint about the Touch is that the screen is too small to be useful once you get about 7 feet away.
Anyone have an idea if a 7 inch tablet screen would be large enough to solve this problem? Or do I need to go up to a 10 inch to have the screen usable at 7-10 ft. distances?

Thanks

[Apesbrain]

Some Android options discussed here:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showth...-as-controller

Or wait for small iPad.

[JohnSwenson]

Whether a 7" tablet is going to be big enough from across the room is going to depend very much on you and your eye sight. Subjectively they are quite a bit bigger than the screen on the Touch. But of course a 10" is quite a bit bigger.

Erland has a really nice "now playing" android app called "Squeeze Display" that is designed specifically for the case where you want to use an android tablet to show what is currently playing, it's NOT a controller, it just shows the current song. If all you want is something to be able to see the current song from across the room it works great. The one caveat is that it has to be at least android 2.1. I did quick check and there are quite a few inexpensive 7" tablets that run 4.0 which should work great with this app. But there are also a fair number of cheap 7" tablets that run 1.8 or 2.0, so make sure the one you have runs at least 2.1.

John S.

[pippin]

Or wait for small iPad.

For all the buzz around that one I'm still not convinced it's really coming.
It just makes no sense, IMHO, and if you think a bit about it then the proposed release date this fall, too, makes no sense. But then what do I know....

[RussellMrgn]

How about a 'now playing' that displays on your TV? if your intrested then look at this thread:- http://forums.slimdevices.com/showth...g-quot-Display

[MichaelJ]

My only real complaint about the Touch is that the screen is too small to be useful once you get about 7 feet away.
Anyone have an idea if a 7 inch tablet screen would be large enough to solve this problem? Or do I need to go up to a 10 inch to have the screen usable at 7-10 ft. distances?

Thanks

I'm confused. If you had a tablet would you not keep it at your side and use it as a remote? There would be no issue about reading the screen. As an example, I have an iPod touch by my listening chair. I use the Logitech app which works as a remote and allows me to scan my library and create playlists. A very small screen but it does the job.

[firedog]

I'm confused. If you had a tablet would you not keep it at your side and use it as a remote? There would be no issue about reading the screen. As an example, I have an iPod touch by my listening chair. I use the Logitech app which works as a remote and allows me to scan my library and create playlists. A very small screen but it does the job.

sure, a lot of the time. But there are times where I'm across the room, or have people over, and I'd like to be able to (a) see the screen; (b) read the screen and use the remote.

[Pneumonic]

The answer probably largely depends on your eyesight and whether or not it allows you to see a 7" screen fine from the anticipated distance away.

I use a 7" Blackberry Playbook (awesome unit BTW) with my Squeezeboxen and it works tremendously well. However I use it more as a remote rather than a simple display unit.

I also have a larger sized iPad but find it to be too large and clumsy when used as a remote unit. However it would probably be ideal as a static use display unit I would think.