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Mac user needs help - - Andrew Homzy - 06-01-2015
From what I've read, it seems MobileSheets on an Android tablet is the best way to go - even though I am a Mac user.
What is the most cost-effective Android tablet to get?
I see the 13 inch Azpen Android tablet new for $165 on Amazon. It will diplay an 8.5 x 11 sheet at nearly full size.
But, Mobile Sheets Pro supports the new 20+" Android tablets - you can view two full pages at once - perhaps, I should go with a larger tablet.
Since I have an iPhone, I don't need any bells & whistles on a tablet - I don't even need internet capability.
Cheers,
Andrew
RE: Mac user needs help - - GraemeJ - 06-01-2015
I'd start here - http://www.zubersoft.com/mobilesheets/forum/showthread.php . gives you a good idea of what others are using.
The tablet market is very fluid and many of the cheap tablets come and go - my Colorfly is a good example of that, great while its working but totally impossible to get serviced in the event of a problem.
It seems that, of the better quality tablets, the Samsung 12.2" series are very popular. Not cheap, but you get what you pay for, including a big manufacturer with a household name and reputation to protect - a bit like Apple, of course. After a lot of soul searching, I bought a Samsung (SM P900) and it was one of my better decisions in life
. It is by far the best tablet in this house (the other three are relatively cheap chino devices).The larger HP falls into much the same bracket - never tried one, but I doubt you could go far wrong with HP behind it.
I shouldn't think there is a tablet made which doesn't have internet capability. You would need this in any case if you want to make use of the Companion - and that is worth using. More importantly, you need to consider if the tablet has Bluetooth. If you are likely to want a cordless page turner, then BT is almost mandatory. A lot of cheaper tablets only have BT v2, whereas the better devices have BT v4.