Touch pad requirements best value

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silverbirch

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#116783 9-May-2013 21:35

I'm writing this for a friend who wants to buy a touch pad ...... she mentioned ipad, but I wondered about android based products and whether she would be able to use compatible software for Word documents. She has a Windows PC but doesn't know OS, other than it's Windows.

Her use would be:
email and internet while on holiday
writing/editing documents for study while on holiday
storage of some music
taking and storage of some photos

I'm assuming she needs one with a couple of USB ports, wifi, best memory she can get, and some external storage options????? But it's an unknown field to me, so interested to hear your advice.

Many thanks.

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#814881 9-May-2013 22:22

External storage is not that important (and USB ports then) if she's got files in some Internet storage - Skydrive, Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, etc.

Is she using a Google Mail account by any chance? Or Outlook.com?

silverbirch

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#814891 9-May-2013 22:29

Thanks - I don't know the answer to those questions so will send her the link.

What about other specs - CPU etc?? Ability to use word processing compatible with Word?

Many thanks

"Dance among the moonbeams, feel the magic in the air".

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silverbirch

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#814895 9-May-2013 22:37

Now this is just for my own understanding, or attempting to: and possibly to assist my sister.

My sister has a touch pad, no idea about specs etc and she is out of country. Her idea was to use it to store all their photos. I did mention it would fill quite quickly, as they do a lot of travel.

In view of that - is using some sort of on-line storage the best bet? If so - which ones, cost, ease of use etc?? I guess I'm the sort who would always want some tangible form of backup also - USB plus external drive. I suppose then it's defeating the purpose of the touch pad :-)

Probably too many questions for one thread - sorry. I'll take them to appropriate forum if you want.

Many thanks

PS: I started the thread for a friend who is going to buy, and my sister already has one. :-)

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#815311 10-May-2013 15:44

Probably an important piece of information, is there a budget involved or is just anything?