ReadySalted
Active Member
Hi all
Just bought myself a cheap tablet. Given that it's one of the unknown cheapo makes it will probably break in about 6 months, or knowing my luck, 6 minutes.
Nonetheless, I bought it because I don't like to take my laptop when going camping etc. because it's vulnerable to getting broken, and when I'm away from the landy, walking or whatever, it's something that could get stolen and I'd be left computer-less.
I'm an android user so got an android tablet. I do have a works iphone, but I can't stand the iphone OS.
It's got micro usb ports, 3g and wifi compatible, and front and back cameras (sh1t ones), and it was less than 40 quid. I got a dashboard holder and a keyboard to go with it too.
So hopefully it will be suitable to use while kicking around a campsite or similar, and I can use it to watch media files from my external hard drive, and if I'm lucky with signal, even surf the net. There are also apps available now which allow you to view and edit microsoft office documents, and I could use it to edit digital photographs or video footage on the move if I was that way inclined. Best of all, if it gets broken or lost, it's not a great drama.
Anybody else use a tablet for this kind of thing?
Oh and my old tomtom is getting quite past it now, so may look at investing in a decent navigation app, and use it as my satnav.
Just bought myself a cheap tablet. Given that it's one of the unknown cheapo makes it will probably break in about 6 months, or knowing my luck, 6 minutes.
Nonetheless, I bought it because I don't like to take my laptop when going camping etc. because it's vulnerable to getting broken, and when I'm away from the landy, walking or whatever, it's something that could get stolen and I'd be left computer-less.
I'm an android user so got an android tablet. I do have a works iphone, but I can't stand the iphone OS.
It's got micro usb ports, 3g and wifi compatible, and front and back cameras (sh1t ones), and it was less than 40 quid. I got a dashboard holder and a keyboard to go with it too.
So hopefully it will be suitable to use while kicking around a campsite or similar, and I can use it to watch media files from my external hard drive, and if I'm lucky with signal, even surf the net. There are also apps available now which allow you to view and edit microsoft office documents, and I could use it to edit digital photographs or video footage on the move if I was that way inclined. Best of all, if it gets broken or lost, it's not a great drama.
Anybody else use a tablet for this kind of thing?
Oh and my old tomtom is getting quite past it now, so may look at investing in a decent navigation app, and use it as my satnav.