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| Thread ID: 135283 | 2013-10-16 07:32:00 | Tablet recomendation | Metla (12) | PC World Chat |
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| 1356142 | 2013-10-16 07:32:00 | Righto peeepels, Some advice. Ive been pushing paper work out onto civil construction sites for people to complete, and they have asked if they can do it on a tablet instead of the carrying around screeds of paper on a 20 acre site. requirments -Has to be able to open office documents (I have no idea how android or crapple tablets perform in this area) -Has to come with and work well with a stylis, We some times have upwards of 80 signing onto a document -Has to be able to back up to a server at the end of each day from a remote location -Extra tough Currently the company runs Windows PC's and iphones, I'd like to avoid further apple crapola unless there is no other alternative. I'd especially like feedback from anyone who has acutal experience pushing such a system out into the field. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 1356143 | 2013-10-16 07:39:00 | Can't help but guess you could add decent battery life as a requirement. | Greg (193) | ||
| 1356144 | 2013-10-16 07:43:00 | What I should have mentioned is it needs to work over the mobile network | Metla (12) | ||
| 1356145 | 2013-10-16 08:21:00 | Budget? I'd suggest the Surface Pro 2 :p (although there's no 3G option) |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1356146 | 2013-10-16 08:22:00 | Budget isn't a deal breaker. Getting suitable equipment is the prime consideration. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 1356147 | 2013-10-16 08:29:00 | Budget? I'd suggest the Surface Pro 2 :p (although there's no 3G option) This, just for a non-**** version of word/excel/whatever and you get windows. |
icow (15313) | ||
| 1356148 | 2013-10-16 09:18:00 | Panasonic Toughbook do a tablet version: http://www.toughbook.co.nz/ | johcar (6283) | ||
| 1356149 | 2013-10-16 09:21:00 | dl.dropboxusercontent.com | johcar (6283) | ||
| 1356150 | 2013-10-16 10:44:00 | Any tablet can use a Capacitive Stylus, you can get them for a few bucks from TradeMe. I'd still strongly recommend the Nexus 7 with Quick Office. Even if you get the 2012 3G model, it'll only set you back around a few hundred: pbtech.co.nz Google Drive syncs automatically, which Quick Office uses, so that's easy too :) Not "super" tough, but chuck a case around it if you're really worried. Of the tablets, it's probably one of the more naturally durable ones without explicitly being built for being dropped etc... |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1356151 | 2013-10-16 12:19:00 | hmmm....Ive tried the cheap stylus route on my own tablet. Junk is junk. I'm hoping to just point them at a package and then walk away. |
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