On 03/23/2015 11:29 AM, Mike Kershaw wrote:
On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 08:09:04PM -0400, James E. LaBarre wrote:
Looking for suggestions on a cheap, pocket-sized (4" screen?) Android
"tablet". Not ready to go to a "smartphone" yet, as I don't feel like
getting reamed on a data plan I'd never use anyway.
You should be able to use any android phone without a data plan (or a
sim).
There aren't any 'small tablets' anymore, so just pick an off-contract
phone in your price range - a nexus 4 for instance might be a good
bet.
Do a little research on models that grab your eye and see how they are
received - remember, buying the cheapest bottom of the barrel device
usually gives you... the cheapest bottom of the barrel device. The
low-end android experience can be truly awful.
So as an update; I figured I'd experiment with a basic pre-pay phone,
but just not activating it on the service. So I picked up Net10's LG
L34C on sale ($25 since it was already on sale, and I had a Staples
reward coupon I needed to use before it expired). Yes, it is the
"bottom of the barrel" as you said, but I already have a Galaxy Tab 4 to
do the "heavy lifting", so this was more for portability while being
cheap enough that I wouldn't mind much if I bricked it. Certainly a lot
more useful as a PalmOS-like tool than the 10" tablet.
Yes, I expect if I ever end up with a "smartphone" on my VZW account
I'll probably use that instead. But this is a cheap enough testbed, and
I'd like to see just how readily it can be made to work for non-cloud
sources (the way PalmOS used to work, but that's a whole different thread).
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