Buying a Tablet (details inside)

Skyve · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 7328 **Location:** Canada

So I've been wanting a tablet for a while now and since I got this whole cashflow (job lol) thing going on again, I can finally get one

Now I've done my research and there's actually a bunch of tablets out there. I've yet to find one that fits my criteria so any suggestions is appreciated.

What I'm looking for;

- No more than 600$ (not a penny more)
- Windows 8 RT or Pro (I know RT is limited but I'm literally only using this tablet for school)
- Comes with a keyboard (or if I must buy a keyboard, the total of the tablet + keyboard must still be under 600$)
- Easy to carry around
- Keyboard does not have to have a touchpad

I'd get the Windows Surface RT but with the keyboard it easily becomes 600$+

Gaigemasta · **Joined:** Dec 2006 **Posts:** 4474 **Location:**

Nexus 10 /thread

CrimsonNuker · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 13791 **Location:**

Gaigemasta wrote:

Nexus 10 /thread

Skyve · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 7328 **Location:** Canada

Gaigemasta wrote:

Nexus 10 /thread

No keyboard or Win 8 ...

Although I'm used to my Nexus 4 so the Nexus 10 would have a familiar OS. Does it have Office and what not?

Gaigemasta · **Joined:** Dec 2006 **Posts:** 4474 **Location:**

again **** Win 8 RT, it's not even the real deal and you can buy a keyboard for it

AnitVirus · **Joined:** Nov 2012 **Posts:** 16 **Location:** Bean Town

i have the samsung galaxy tab 10.1 its very nice, my only complaint is it isnt as portable as id like it to. need pants with tablet size pockets or im stuck holding it

Skyve · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 7328 **Location:** Canada

Gaigemasta wrote:

again **** Win 8 RT, it's not even the real deal and you can buy a keyboard for it

But I want it. And as of now Google hasn't restocked on the 10 yet. I know my friend is still waiting on the 4 to restock and he's been waiting well over a month =/

PureStr · **Joined:** Nov 2007 **Posts:** 1244 **Location:** GTA5

Anything but an Apple product pls.

MrTwilliger · **Joined:** May 2008 **Posts:** 1374 **Location:** Hiding

I get a free iPad 16 GB with retina display just for going to University ^__________^

inky · **Joined:** Nov 2006 **Posts:** 4025 **Location:**

With the kind of phones available today, I still miss the point in owning a tablet. If I'm outside the house and I want to browse the web, search for something, get directions, watch a movie, or check email/fb, I can do that on my phone. If I wanted to work on some papers or play PC games, then I do that on a laptop/desktop.

Well, it's your money. What do you guys do with your tablets anyway?

_Dutchy_ · **Posted:** Thu Jan 17, 2013 4:05 am

inky wrote:

With the kind of phones available today, I still miss the point in owning a tablet. If I'm outside the house and I want to browse the web, search for something, get directions, watch a movie, or check email/fb, I can do that on my phone. If I wanted to work on some papers or play PC games, then I do that on a laptop/desktop.

Well, it's your money. What do you guys do with your tablets anyway?

Use mine pretty much as a book instead of carying around 6 books + my laptop i carry my tablet + laptop

CrimsonNuker · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 13791 **Location:**

_Dutchy_ wrote:

inky wrote:

With the kind of phones available today, I still miss the point in owning a tablet. If I'm outside the house and I want to browse the web, search for something, get directions, watch a movie, or check email/fb, I can do that on my phone. If I wanted to work on some papers or play PC games, then I do that on a laptop/desktop.

Well, it's your money. What do you guys do with your tablets anyway?

Use mine pretty much as a book instead of carying around 6 books + my laptop i carry my tablet + laptop

This. Some might find reading a textbook on a tablet worse than the real thing, but my school is starting to sell their own custom published texts in electronic format.

Avalanche · **Joined:** Jan 2006 **Posts:** 3606 **Location:**

http://www.amazon.com/Acer-Iconia-W510- ... B009P7JIZ2

You can find it cheaper elsewhere but yeah, the Acer Iconia W510. It isn't RT and its a decent tablet.

Gaigemasta · **Joined:** Dec 2006 **Posts:** 4474 **Location:**

Skyve wrote:

Gaigemasta wrote:

again **** Win 8 RT, it's not even the real deal and you can buy a keyboard for it

But I want it. And as of now Google hasn't restocked on the 10 yet. I know my friend is still waiting on the 4 to restock and he's been waiting well over a month =/

What?
16GB
https://play.google.com/store/devices/d ... us_10_16gb

32GB
https://play.google.com/store/devices/d ... us_10_32gb

so glad I got my nexus 4 on the first batch :sohappy:

Seriously though, no good apps. The only thing the Windows RT tablet is good for is office work and nothing else! It's garbage man. Yesterdays hardware with shitty software.

NEXUS 10 NAO

Love · **Joined:** Nov 2007 **Posts:** 5336 **Location:**

Nexus 10 seriouly

Majorharper · **Posted:** Thu Jan 17, 2013 7:15 am

Asus eee pad is another option, not windows but still

http://www.asus.com/Tablet_Mobile/Eee_P ... mer_TF101/

inky · **Joined:** Nov 2006 **Posts:** 4025 **Location:**

I never brought a notebook to class. I'd jot down key topics to read on any sheet of paper then play my 3ds in class or do something else. When I got home, I'd use a highlighter to write all the notes on the book pages as I read through.

Love · **Joined:** Nov 2007 **Posts:** 5336 **Location:**

Btw shouldnt be long before we see nexus 10 accessories, has ports rdy for it on the bottom.

Skyve · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 7328 **Location:** Canada

Got my 4 on the first batch too

They've made a few decent keyboard for the 10 but I'm not sure the "taking notes experience" (lol) will be good on Android.

I noticed the Iconia which actually looks decent but I think it doesn't have any sort of keyboard support =/. Found a keyboard for it, now to find a better price for it and a place where I can actually get the keyboard.

And as for why a Tablet, literally just for school. I got my 15.6' Laptop but even then it's too big and annoying to carry around. Plus all my lectures pretty much consist of PowerPoint slides that I can add notes too plus most of my books have an e-version.

@Gaige: What about those links? They still show as Out-of-Stock to me.

Gaigemasta · **Joined:** Dec 2006 **Posts:** 4474 **Location:**

Oh you live in a different country then? They're in stock in the USofA

Skyve · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 7328 **Location:** Canada

Gaigemasta wrote:

Oh you live in a different country then? They're fulling in stock in the USofA

Oh Canada.

Avalanche · **Joined:** Jan 2006 **Posts:** 3606 **Location:**

I'd call MSFT and ask when they'll get more

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/mss ... /list.true

$499 is not a bad deal.

edit: idk if they sell/ship to Canada tho.

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