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Originally Posted by william z
You can read on a tablet and also do many other things with it as well; what you can do on an e-reader is much more limited. I have both and use the e-reader for reading only; I find reading books on an ereader much better because there is no glare on the screen like on a tablet or computer, though you can read books perfectly well on a tablet. If you don't read a lot you wouldn't even need an ereader and if you want to read comics or graphic novels a tablet is much better. I use a tablet mainly for keeping up with news and so on; anything more I use a computer. Of course you could use it for Facebook, watch videos, browse the internet, etc. But like anything else, for a tablet you get what you pay for, a cheap one will be slow, a more expensive will be much faster. Whether or not a refurbished tablet is a good idea or not I do not know, but I think they would come with a one-year guarantee like a new one? I did buy a refurbished Playstation 3 and 3 years on never had any trouble with it. When it comes to a tablet though I would advise you to buy the best one you can afford, so a refurbished one might be a good option.
I have a tablet that has a Windows operating system and another with an Android. Personally I prefer the Android, but that might only be my preference, I don't really know which is "better."
I am not sure about download or upload speeds on a tablet, I would guess it would depend on how powerful its operating system is. Storage space is also a consideration, tablets don't have much storage space and if you download video or a lot of apps you will soon run out.
To sum up, an ereader is best for reading print, a tablet is better for anything else you might want to do. But then a computer can do anything a tablet can do and better, except of course a tablet is portable.
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too william, as maybe u saw above I cut my finger and can't type much tonight, but I think just keep using my Kindle for books and go ahead and get a tablet as its in between my laptop size, and phone, very portable. I hope I can find one with voice to text for times like this
thank you for bringing up windows versus android, I like android for smaller devices too, denise