Thread: Small-budget tablet for a few tasks
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Old 03-13-2013, 08:13 PM   #2
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1.) Writing. It should be able to write simple texts on this machine. With simple, I mean like "TXT"-files. Text only, no need for special fonts, structure or anything. An equivalent to Windows Notepad will be sufficient. And if possible, no external keyboard. I can work with a tablet on a desk and typing with two hands or holding it and typing with one hand.
For this task, is 7" OK or should it be 10"???
Lots of free apps available for this. Either size would be good. Personally like the 7" form factor for the lighter weight. Question is how much writing are you planning to do on this. The occasional short note is fine but if you're doing heavy duty note taking, you're probably better off sticking to pen and paper.

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2.) Secondary task is multi-media player. Videos like AVI and FLV, Audio (MP3), pictures (JPEG etc.).
So far, all the tablets I've bought recently (even off-brand Chinese ones) have had no issues with this. I use MX Player (free) for video playback.

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3.) "Nice" would be a way to fill it with data with USB-connection to a computer or SD-card or something. No WiFi-only.
Even the Nexus devices support loading via USB. However, I find the protocol used in Android 3.0 and newer - Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) - to be a bit buggy (time out errors, can't rename folders, etc) so I prefer a tablet with microSD slot. That way, I can just load up the microSD via the card reader as a regular Mass Storage device.

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4.) If it could also work EPUB-files, that would be cool.
Lots of EPUB reader apps available for Android. I use Mantano Reader Premium but the free Lite version works just fine, too. There's also Aldiko, Moon, CoolReader, FBReader, etc.

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5.) Ah yes, and the budget. Target value is around 100 Euro/150 Dollars.
Not sure if you can buy brand name tablets at that price. However, I have bought some Chinese tablets for around that ballpark figure. The Ainol Novo7 Venus (7" 1280*800, ATM7029 quad-core Cortex A5 1GHz, $130) and Pipo U1 Pro (7" 1280*800, RK3066 dual-core Cortex A9 1.6GHz, $140). You're taking a big chance on warranty support if you go off-brand, though.
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