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Getting to grips with Samsung Tablet .... any suggestions? - deanhills - 05-09-2018
I'll be traveling via South Africa to Canada and the US next week, and the US airlines have become nasty with some of the airlines not allowing a free bag for luggage, one has to pay extra for it - like quite a hefty price. Also, since I got a very cheap flight, it goes extra stops and I'm always worried I may lose my bags, and since it's at the end of my Canada trip, I'd hate to be on a long journey back to South Africa without my bag with me.
Long story short, I usually travel with a laptop, it is lightweight compared with most laptops, but still too heavy for being part of carry on luggage when one doesn't have a bag in the hold. So I decided to go for a tablet for the US portion of the trip and leave my laptop stowed at the airport in Canada. First challenge was to find a nice Samsung tablet. I did lots of research, checked many places, but in the end opted for an older model because it was cheaper but with really good specs - Samsung Galaxy S2 9.7 inch. I was blown away how light it is. Like wow, it's almost as light as a feather. I also liked it it has 3GB RAM. The cheaper more current models all have 2 GB RAM. Those with more RAM are much too expensive for me to consider.
Anyway, now I've got a challenge as I'd like the tablet to work with a mouse and a keyboard like with my laptop - I also want it to work with a flash disk. And it only has a micro slot. I then researched it, still have to see it in action, but one can get a micro to UBS adapter and in theory then attach a UBS hub and it should be working then. Has anyone tried this yet? I.e. using the micro port with a UBS adapter? When I first searched I was hoping to find a UBS hub with a micro point, but was not that lucky. But I did find a micro to UBS converter and now have to try it out.
For the keyboard I found a slightly expensive Microsoft keyboard for Android. Still have to try it out. But apparently it works with bluetooth and came highly recommended. Samsung tablet does come with a book cover with a keyboard but I haven't seen a single one of those on retail in Dubai. I did see it on Amazon - slightly costly. I prefer having the keyboard separate though as I can then use it for other devices as well.
For the Flash disk I found a dual micro USB Flash disk - Sandisk Ultra Dual Drive m3.0 so one can use it both on Android and Windows. I just checked and looks as though my tablet is OTG compatible and saw a YouTube demonstration where it works. Will try it out before I leave for Canada next week.
Anyone else been playing with a Samsung tablet to make it USB compliant and easy to work with? Been quite fun to see how one can make Android work with USB.
RE: Getting to grips with Samsung Tablet .... any suggestions? - Vuluts - 05-10-2018
@deanhills hey dude stay safe on your flight and have a happy trip! For good specs but low price tablet why don't you give a check with Xiaomi brand tablet, if it's available in your area. For the external peripherals if you could possible find a flip cover with attached keyboard and some times there is keyboard and mouse package too. For light weight storage you can go find a USB OTG that can work through PC, mobiles or tablets (Note OTG should be supported by your device), you need that USB adapter btw.
RE: Getting to grips with Samsung Tablet .... any suggestions? - deanhills - 05-10-2018
Thanks for the suggestion @Vuluts. Xiaomi is not available as a laptop here in Dubai - haven't seen any in the regular outlets - may be in hidden ones or people may be getting it on order. Have seen smart phones but not laptops.
I went with Samsung, and managed to get all of the peripherals - a micro to USB adapter and USB hub. Initially searched for the cover with keyboard, but not available in regular outlets here in Dubai for the tablet I purchased. I'm almost on my way to South Africa, when I'm there I'll do all of the testing. Will take a photo of what it looks like.
RE: Getting to grips with Samsung Tablet .... any suggestions? - tiwil - 05-11-2018
(05-10-2018, 10:46 PM)deanhills Wrote: Thanks for the suggestion @Vuluts. Xiaomi is not available as a laptop here in Dubai - haven't seen any in the regular outlets - may be in hidden ones or people may be getting it on order. Have seen smart phones but not laptops.
As far as I know, Xiaomi doesn't have any official offline store, you can find it on some store but also, better to order it online.
RE: Getting to grips with Samsung Tablet .... any suggestions? - humanpuff69 - 05-11-2018
(05-11-2018, 02:56 AM)tiwil Wrote: As far as I know, Xiaomi doesn't have any official offline store, you can find it on some store but also, better to order it online.
there are official offline store called mi store if im not wrong . there are some in my country (indonesia) they sell only official xiaomi product that released in indonesia
RE: Getting to grips with Samsung Tablet .... any suggestions? - Vuluts - 05-14-2018
@tiwil It does but not all countries not unlike Samsung and Apple, here in our country Xiaomu just launch it's physical store officiall I think if im not mistaken around 2 months ago.
RE: Getting to grips with Samsung Tablet .... any suggestions? - Honey - 05-31-2018
I hope you have a wonderful journey, samsung tablets are pretty durable and good performancewise however they might be expensive. Try checking out the 40$ Tablet review on Linustechtips
RE: Getting to grips with Samsung Tablet .... any suggestions? - deanhills - 05-31-2018
Thanks @Honey. Since I was short on time to get up to speed with my Tablet I took my laptop with me instead and definitely did not regret that. I still want to get up to speed with the tablet though and try out my adapter with USB hub so I can use it with my keyboard and mouse. What was great was that I could use the adapter and hub with my smart phone - and that helped a lot with typing messages with Smart Phone while I was in Canada.