Suggestions on which Tablet (I.E. Ipad2, Galaxy, etc. . . ) to buy for my Wife.

[lovetoshoot82]

Hey Guys, want to buy a Tablet for the wife, you know like an ipad or something like that. Just dont know which one would be the best for her. She does photography, so would have to have the capabilites of being able to upload photos from a memory card and stuff. Any recommendations and personal experiences with any of these would be helpful. Thanks

 

[alpinehyperlite]

I love my iPad 2 and wouldn't trade it for anything. I really don't even remember the last time I turned on my pc or my laptop. I just do everything on my iPad 2.

 

[BRBrett]

I have an iPad but rarely use it. As a techie I'd prefer an android tablet. There is a lot more that can be done with it but a typical tablet user would probably go for the ipad.

 

[f350drvr]

I have an Ipad and use it way more often that i thought I would. AT&T has refurburbished Gen 1 Ipad 32GB with 3G for $429 on the website. That is a pretty good deal if you don't need the cameras on the Ipad 2.

 

[FTRrookie]

iirc ipads don't have memory card slots. So your wife would have to d/l her photos to her computer then transfer them to it. I use a Acer Iconia and love it. It has a micro memory card slot and runs on the android "honeycomb" OS. Fast, has cameras, not tied to i-tunes (which tries to take over all your media on the computer), and the wi-fi version sells for about the same price as a refurb gen 1 ipad

 

[alpinehyperlite]

iirc ipads don't have memory card slots. So your wife would have to d/l her photos to her computer then transfer them to it. I use a Acer Iconia and love it. It has a micro memory card slot and runs on the android "honeycomb"chipset. Fast, has cameras, not tied to i-tunes (which tries to take over all your media on the computer), and the wi-fi version sells for about the same price as a refurb gen 1 ipad

http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC531ZM/A

 

[BRBrett]

Or the tons and tons of software for the ipads that allow quick file uploads.

 

[alpinehyperlite]

Or the tons and tons that allow access to your desktop/laptop wirelessly from anywhere.

 

[MRBULLRED]

I have an iPad but rarely use it. As a techie I'd prefer an android tablet. There is a lot more that can be done with it but a typical tablet user would probably go for the ipad.

+1 I have an android phone ( htc evo) and wife has an iPad.. I use her iPad Alot to browse forums but that's about it... You don't realize how inferior the iPad is until you use the android operating system device.. I find myself throwing down the iPad and grabbing my phone to upload files or pictures or handle files all together... And the iPad keypad layout sucks compared to android.... FWIW...

 

[FTRrookie]

http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC531ZM/A

Or the tons and tons of software for the ipads that allow quick file uploads.

Or the tons and tons that allow access to your desktop/laptop wirelessly from anywhere.

You forgot to mentions the "tons and tons" of extra cash you have to spend to get these goodies. Already built in on an Android system

 

[RedNeckRuger]

http://www.htc.com/www/product/flyer/overviewb.html

 

[Bearco]

I would go with the Motorola

 

[lovetoshoot82]

Hey guys thanks for all the input, I think I narrowed it down to the Moto xoom and iPad 2. I have an iPhone 4
And my wife has an android phone so it's already a split house as it is. I don't know if the xoom will be as user friendly as the iPad but the xoom seems to have more features and not as handcuffed as apple makes everything.

 

[lovetoshoot82]

I think I'm Gunna go with the Moto xoom

 

[USMC-Deano]

I'm about as anti-Mac as a person can be, so I'm gonna side with the Galaxy Tab.

 

[MRBULLRED]

I think I'm Gunna go with the Moto xoom

I think your making a wise decision... Don't forget to look at the new HTC tablets....

 

[bronzdragon]

Love our ipad2. The newer android tablets aren't bad either. This is the first generation of android tablets that I'd consider buying (i.e. dual core processors) due to the older generations clunkiness and slow processing of the operating systems. As far as the bashing on the Ipads go, I'm going to leave it because it's clear that this is an anti-apple thread. I'll just leave it with this, apple products work great and work for a long period of time, unless you mess with them (i.e. jailbreak).

For what it's worth, I do like the Xoom it just is a much different experience then the ipad. The HTC flyer was a bit too small for my tastes. The Blackberry isn't bad if you're mostly using it for business. Even the Acer Iconia isn't bad as well.

~rc~

 

[senseiturtle]

I love my Motorola xoom. Using it now, in fact. The only minor downside is that there's a delay when you're typing, but it has been recognized by Google and is soon to be addressed.

 

[W1nds0rF0x]

Or the tons and tons that allow access to your desktop/laptop wirelessly from anywhere.

LogMeIn Ignition. It's expensive as far as apps go but it works very well.

 

[lovetoshoot82]

Well guys, picked up the moto xoom today. First impressions is this thing is pretty good. Very very fast response time on everything, downloading apps on wifi is really fast, way faster than my iphone 4, which it should be, but didnt expect it to be finished downloading as soon as i hit the button. One thing that sold me on it, was I can do whatever I want on it without having to jailbreak it and the screen size and clarity is very good. Plus this thing has flash, which we all know apple doesnt, so therefore I can view any website I want. Hopefully it will work out for my wife.