[u-u] I now have a smaller phone, and therefor want its big brother in the way of a pad

David Collier-Brown davec-b at rogers.com
Mon Jun 25 08:04:06 EDT 2018


That sounds good: I'd like to play with it for two minutes some time: 
what are you up to these days?

--dave

On 24/06/18 05:43 PM, Colin McGregor wrote:
> About 6 weeks ago I got a Samsung Galaxy Tab A with 7' screen, about 
> 4.25" x 7.25" running Android 5.1.1, has 8GB of storage (and a slot 
> for a microSD card) cost (on special) $99. I wanted a basic tablet for 
> my trip to Panama that would be cheap enough that if something bad 
> happened to the tablet I would be annoyed, not heartbroken. This 
> tablet will pair up with blue tooth keyboards / mice so I could (and 
> did) type things up in Panama. In summary, not the greatest tablet out 
> there, but perfectly adequate for my purposes at a price I was happy 
> with. Worth considering and MIGHT be right for you...
>
> All the best,
>
>
>
> Colin.
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 24, 2018 at 4:46 PM, David Collier-Brown 
> <davec-b at rogers.com <mailto:davec-b at rogers.com>> wrote:
>
>     [Also posed to GTALUG]
>
>     I used to use a smallish LG, but courtesy of Scott, I have a
>     Unihertz jelly, https://www.unihertz.com/jelly.html
>     <https://www.unihertz.com/jelly.html> that is about half the size
>     , (3 1/2 x 1 3/4") with about 2/3 the screen area of the LG.
>
>     Now I need something about the size of my Kobo,
>     https://ca.kobobooks.com/products/kobo-aura
>     <https://ca.kobobooks.com/products/kobo-aura> (6.5 x 4.5") for
>     programs like Open Street Map and Waites' Guide to North American
>     Birds.  Any recommendations for good, relatively inexpensive pads
>     that run Android 7 or 8?
>
>     --dave
>
>     -- 
>     David Collier-Brown,         | Always do right. This will gratify
>     System Programmer and Author | some people and astonish the rest
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David Collier-Brown,         | Always do right. This will gratify
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