I am a student and am
planning to buy a tablet in a budget of R25,000. I have short listed two
— iPad mini 16 GB wi-fi, and Samsung Galaxy tab 2 P3110.
I prefer the iPad, but it lacks portable net connectivity. Please solve my dilemma. Also, is there any other and better option?
—Let us look at the bald facts. The iPad mini wi-fi costs R22,000, which leaves you with R3,000. Of course, you could always save up a bit more and postpone your purchase till you have R30,000 for an iPad mini 3G, but there are alternate options.
One: if your phone allows you to set up a personal wi-fi hotspot, you can share your phone’s 3G connection to hook up the iPad Mini to the Internet. Alternately, you can use the R3,000 left over from your budget to buy Huawei’s 355 dongle, or Lava’s W200 3G router, which will allow you to share a USB Internet dongle with your devices, giving you Internet access on the move.
Remember, too, that the Samsung P3110 is a very basic tablet. We recommend that you look at the Asus FonePad, which costs just R15,999 and even lets you make voice calls.
I prefer the iPad, but it lacks portable net connectivity. Please solve my dilemma. Also, is there any other and better option?
—Let us look at the bald facts. The iPad mini wi-fi costs R22,000, which leaves you with R3,000. Of course, you could always save up a bit more and postpone your purchase till you have R30,000 for an iPad mini 3G, but there are alternate options.
One: if your phone allows you to set up a personal wi-fi hotspot, you can share your phone’s 3G connection to hook up the iPad Mini to the Internet. Alternately, you can use the R3,000 left over from your budget to buy Huawei’s 355 dongle, or Lava’s W200 3G router, which will allow you to share a USB Internet dongle with your devices, giving you Internet access on the move.
Remember, too, that the Samsung P3110 is a very basic tablet. We recommend that you look at the Asus FonePad, which costs just R15,999 and even lets you make voice calls.
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