Buntspecht
New Member
Hello,
I decided to get me a tablet for the following purposes (ordered from most important to less important):
1) To read ebooks and pdf documents. Since reading is the main purpose of use, I need a large and eye-friendly display. Have no idea how it works with buying ebooks online, but I´m looking forward to purchase English, German, and Spanish magazines and books.
2) Read e-mails and look at (not necessarily work on) attachments in MS office formats (mainly Word, Excel and PowerPoint). WLAN is sufficient since I don´t will use the tablet outside my home.
3) Take notes. Could be with an application which works one of those “electric pencils” (don´t know how they´re called but have seen people use them) or with some sort of plug in keyboard.
4) Some simple calendar and to-do-list-like applications to organize my daily obligations.
5) A usb-port would be nice to upload pdfs.
What I don´t need at all are:
1) Cameras
2) Sound
3) GPS or any other high end electronic appliance
4) Big memory. Just enough to store pdfs and the before mentioned applications.
Although I extensively use computers at work for Windows-based administrative tasks, I have not much clue about the technical aspects and less about tablets. I just figured out that it would be easier to read stuff on a tablet than on a laptop, since its use more simple due to their reduced size. I did some brief google research on this matter and it turned out that there are too much models on the market. I have just no clue what to buy for my purposes. The idea is spend just as much as to get something which serves my purposes and not on technical features I don´t.
Therefor I would appreciate some hints form people who know more about tablest.
Thanks
I decided to get me a tablet for the following purposes (ordered from most important to less important):
1) To read ebooks and pdf documents. Since reading is the main purpose of use, I need a large and eye-friendly display. Have no idea how it works with buying ebooks online, but I´m looking forward to purchase English, German, and Spanish magazines and books.
2) Read e-mails and look at (not necessarily work on) attachments in MS office formats (mainly Word, Excel and PowerPoint). WLAN is sufficient since I don´t will use the tablet outside my home.
3) Take notes. Could be with an application which works one of those “electric pencils” (don´t know how they´re called but have seen people use them) or with some sort of plug in keyboard.
4) Some simple calendar and to-do-list-like applications to organize my daily obligations.
5) A usb-port would be nice to upload pdfs.
What I don´t need at all are:
1) Cameras
2) Sound
3) GPS or any other high end electronic appliance
4) Big memory. Just enough to store pdfs and the before mentioned applications.
Although I extensively use computers at work for Windows-based administrative tasks, I have not much clue about the technical aspects and less about tablets. I just figured out that it would be easier to read stuff on a tablet than on a laptop, since its use more simple due to their reduced size. I did some brief google research on this matter and it turned out that there are too much models on the market. I have just no clue what to buy for my purposes. The idea is spend just as much as to get something which serves my purposes and not on technical features I don´t.
Therefor I would appreciate some hints form people who know more about tablest.
Thanks
