Clearly this is not the intent since Acerinpa already stated it was for use on vacation and when their activities are going on. So clearly this isnt a business use at all.
I didn't say it was for Acerinpa, I was just talking in general
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Even then, there are still plenty of places to go to get WiFi while traveling to have access. Not to mention the fact of tethering on your already paid for business phone and business data plan. At that point, the business is also paying for the data on this device so who really cares. My whole point is still the fact that 3G is not required to use such a device.
This is entirely location based. Yeah, if you're in a big enough city yeah, it wouldn't be a problem. What about places like where I live? Here it's mostly open land and fields? At least 30-60 miles from the nearest city in some places. Gonna be pretty hard to pick up a wifi signal then, eh? In this instance then yes, it would be beneficial to have 3G-enabled device.
As for tethering, depends on the device and carrier. BlackBerry, yeah tethering is easy. Android for Verizon (the main carrier around here), you need to pay an extra $20 a month for the tethering option, unless you want to root your phone and do wifi tether for root, or something like PDANet (non-root, but is tether across USB for a computer). Both of which technically potentially violate VZW's TOS. Plus, unless you can get the install files from online and know what you're doing, you won't be able to get the tether applications because they are disabled in the market because VZW requested Google to do so.
Business integration software would be written for Windows, not iOS or Android.
Depends on the business and their software. Depending on the business, they may have written applications for Android/iOS to work with their existing software. I'm not saying for a fact that it is, I'm just stating there could be internal applications that we as the general public don't necessarily have access to.
Parts/Inventory listing is just as easily accessed on an already paid for smart phone that the person is using, defeating the purpose of having a tablet and 3G plan for it. Email is the same thing. Sorry but I dont see why a tablet would require 3G. It can just as easily be used without it and be more portable than a laptop.
So why even buy a tablet in the first place? If you can do everything with an existing smartphone or a laptop, why buy one? Going by this, I fail to see the need to even buy a tablet in the first place. But are businesses still doing it? Yes they are. Do they necessarily need them? No, but they're still doing it.
Like I said, it's more of a pleasure thing and not a necessity. Yes, I agree with you that being connected all the time with all of your devices isn't necessary, and that wifi (if available) is free and faster. People still do it though, and it's up to them if they want to, no matter how much we think a terrible idea it is.
Ya, no business application here- but that is a good point for other people . She ( the wife) just wants to do internet and e-mail stuff while waiting for the kids or at the kids activities that are too far away to drive back and forth. I don't think "Tethering" is an option - whatever that is. At this time neither of our phones are smart phones which makes the mobile phone bill very cheap - less than $80 for our 2 phones with unlimited text. Another question: is there any way to use this or any other tablet device as a monitor for a PS3 when you travel? If not - any other monitor suggestions to use with a PS3 while in a van or motel room would be appreciated - I guess I should just start another thread asking about this other topic.
Unless it has an HDMI or other video input, then no. Most android tablets have outputs to display to another device like a TV, but no inputs. Maybe some of the other tablets have inputs, but I can't say for certain.