Best tablet for college student?

I was thinking of getting a tablet for note taking and homework for school since my laptop is kind of heavy to carry around for a while. I mean if Im going tothe library to study its fine but other wise its akward and big. I heard the ipad is not good for college students but I would love if there was one that would be the same size and fitted into ipad cases.

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Reply 1

>Untitled<

Seriously, a tablet, is a tablet, it does not substitute a laptop. It gets annoying to type on after a while :yep:

Reply 2

Julialala

A friend of mine's got the ASUS T201 and she really likes it, although I think the T300 is a bit cheaper.

Reply 3

Silvu

I'm taking an iPad for the exact same reason but with a wireless Bluetooth keyboard.

This was posted from The Student Room's Android App on my Desire HD

Reply 4

Podface

samsung galaxy note 10.1... read some reviews

the note taking function is great with the S-pen

Reply 5

Doglamlico

Original post by kathleenjames06

HP touchpad, I got it for £120 and it matches the iPad 2 in specs. Add a bluetooth keyboard and it's £150 for a solid Android ICS machine :smile:

That said, I still agree with this post below, tablets are not great for work

Original post by >Untitled<

Seriously, a tablet, is a tablet, it does not substitute a laptop. It gets annoying to type on after a while :yep:

Reply 6

mrshinyshoes

Since when was a tablet needed in college? Most people had a pen and paper? We thought it was over the top when someone brought a macbook into chemistry, by all means get a tablet but please don't use it in lessons aha :smile:

Reply 7

TenOfThem

The iPad is excellent for note taking

Not for typing but yes for note taking :smile:

Reply 8

Hooj

Note taking..whatever happened to pen and toilet paper? You don't need a flipping tablet they are all rubbish, overpriced and still have no decent games out for them.

Reply 9

coopsyy

Original post by mrshinyshoes

Depends what you're doing at college tbf, I did 2 years of A levels and then went on and did a year at a Agricultural college studying animal care, everyone used laptops, because the course was 100% assignments, it was just easier to put everything straight on to your laptop.

Reply 10

Hooj

Original post by coopsyy

But you'll find that the lecturer won't slow down for some fool tapping words onto his/ her tablet...pointless! Pen and note pad cus mit's all got to be written up properly at some point anyways.

Reply 11

VENIVIDIVICI

Original post by Junaid96

HP touchpad, I got it for £120 and it matches the iPad 2 in specs. Add a bluetooth keyboard and it's £150 for a solid Android ICS machine :smile:

That said, I still agree with this post below, tablets are not great for work

Sorry to jump in here, but I have been thinking of getting a tablet for lab work as I'll be starting an MRes next month.

I want to switch to an electronic lab book and would also like to use a tablet/smartphone with relevant apps (such as lab book beta, solution calculator, etc.) for this purpose. How feasible is this?

I have tried this in my previous lab and my supervisor was quite supportive. I used OneNote on a laptop for this and it worked ok, but this time around I want to be more mobile in the lab (e.g. carrying a tablet rather than a laptop around when running experiments) and figured a tablet may just do the trick?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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Reply 12

Doglamlico

Original post by VENIVIDIVICI

I dunno, it might be a little annoying if you have to do serious graphing, typing etc. as tablets aren't really designed for proper serious stuff, just the odd emails, calendar things, a bit of browsing etc. and of course games :smile:

Reply 13

zeropoint

I would recommend against a tablet as your main note-taking method. Typing on a touchscreen gets uncomfortable after a time, while equations and diagrams are much easier using pen and paper. However, if you are so inclined:

You might consider the Asus Transformer Prime, or something of that format. Basically a laptop with a detachable screen.

You might also wait until the Microsoft Surface tablets come out, since they are likely to be reasonably cheap, will integrate with Office, and have an attachable keyboard.

Reply 14

VENIVIDIVICI

Thanks for the input guys, I'll keep that in mind. I haven't made up my mind yet, but have seen lab apps that work with the Samsung Galaxy Note (with stylus)..but I am restricted by price, so was hoping for something cheaper :frown:

Reply 15

morisswalker

Samsung galaxy tab -2 is a great choice.

Features content

1280x800 display.

Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

Tab 10.1 2 has the same 1GHz NVIDIA dualcore processor and 1GB of RAM as the original.

with such a very affordable price.

Reply 16

shanghaichica

Original post by VENIVIDIVICI

I like the samsung galaxy tab 2 10.1. It's really good for reading pdfs, so you can use it to read all your research papers. Compatible with microsoft office so could use it for editing reports, presentations, etc.

When I was doing my MRes/working in the lab would have loved to have a tablet. Can imagine not having to carry around all those journal articles!

The galaxy tab 2 10.1 is £299 but you can get £50 cashback. Has 16 gb of internal memory but you can expand it with a micro SD card.

Also forgot to say you can buy a detachable keyboard for around £50. Would help with typing.