Thread: Tablet help

Never thought I'd have the need for a tablet, between my Toshiba R500 and my SGS3 I thought I had my bases covered.

But recently the need to handle/read/manipulate/show/share a whole bunch of PDFs has got me considering one. Currently printing pages and then lugging them around (sure defeats the point of having super light laptop!).

Have seen what can be done with ipad + stylus. That really impressed...except the price tag is pretty ridiculous! Not to mention all the proprietary Apple bullshit....(already have microUSB MHL, USBTG, etc, etc - have many Android phones around the house).

Also, being a comic book geek, having a digital collection would be an added bonus.

My needs are:
- big colour screen (10"+, don't want a 7")
- battery life
- Enough processing power to handle 300-400 page PDFs and apply bookmarks, notation, etc to them.

Are there any other tablets worth considering? I would like an android one, so I can share apps, maps, browser data, music, movies, etc across my devices. But they all seem to be 7"?

Don't suppose there are any similar devices that would run Windows? I use Excel/Creo/Motec/Link software a lot - this has been the main reason for holding on to my R500.

Sounds ideal. Been googling and stumbled across this. Though with the price, I could upgrade my r500 and buy a couple of tablets.

Check out the Motorola xoom, There are good deals on TM s/h. Most the Nz ones have 3G built in.

Having used all sizes of tablets, I would highly recommend actually considering a 7" tablet.
I'm lucky enough to have the chance to trial a 7" Vodafone Smart Tab; which is FAR from perfect in terms of performance - but it makes me want a Nexus 7 so badly.
Personally I find it the perfect form factor mix between laptop and handset (13" Macbook Air + SGS3 user) - its portable enough for me to want to travel with all 3 devices, and the screen size/resolution is surprisingly comfortable to use for browsing websites, checking/typing emails etc.
Its not the same experience as trying one in-store.

My partner has a Asus Transformer, and TBH most of the time is spent with the keyboard unused except for the sheer fact it doubles the batterylife - and for its size incl. keyboard its not that portable compared with say, an iPad without a keyboard.
If you're like me, you'd likely end up trying to decide which to bring out with you rather than both.

The Samsung 10.1 tab is nice, but as a SGS3 user (even comparing it with an SGS2) you'll find the performance most likely won't satisfy. I would wait to see how the new 10.1N goes.

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