05-09-2018, 09:03 PM
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.
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.