Best small tablet for a college student?

Clarification request: The first question I have is.

by R. Proffitt - 1/17/13 2:26 PM

In Reply to: Best small tablet for a college student? by sjeppy

Have you taken notes on this tablet yet? I find the students that try this lag before others or go down in flames if you go too fast for them. The students with pen/cil paper seem to keep up.

Also, did you figure out how to get your notes INTACT from the tablet to the laptop? Most folk discover this later.

My advice is to not buy this until you have tested out this system. From my view it looks flawed and a fine way to get you to part with your money.
Bob

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PS. I have a few tablets at the office if you need a test.

by R. Proffitt - 1/17/13 2:27 PM

In Reply to: The first question I have is. by R. Proffitt

We have the usual Nexus 7, Transformer with keyboard dock, KF HD 7 and some others. But would I use such for notes? Sorry, no.

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Answer Best answer as chosen by user sjeppy

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by sjeppy - 1/17/13 7:10 PM

In Reply to: Best small tablet for a college student? by sjeppy

I've always been a paper and pencil person, but the reason I want to use a tablet is because my professors just read off of the lecture slides that are downloadable and available online. So instead of having a quarter of a page of notes each class, It'd be 100 times easier to have it in front of me and be able to just write the notes directly on the slides.
Also in one of my classes, he expects us to print 5-20 pages of notes/discussion questions a day, or bring them on a computer. So with the tablet I could save money in the long run bc of ink alone. Part of the reason for me posting this was to figure out if it was possible to transfer the notes/documents to a pc via the usb cable or something. In addition to those reasons, I walk 3-5 miles a day, and carrying my laptop, books, paper, and misc items, its putting a lot of strain on my back. I have tried out writing with a stylus on my roommate's ipad, and that was half the reason I considered it after I saw how easy it was to pull lecture slides up and take notes directly to them.

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Then it's the iPad.

by R. Proffitt - 1/17/13 9:35 PM

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The app you saw is not on Android yet.

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