I'm looking for a tablet, not sure which one. I'm after a 10-ish" one, Android or possibly IOS. I need it for kind of two phases:-
Phase 1) to use at home with wifi browsing the net, to use as a controller for my Squeezebox using Squeeze Commander(or iPeng if iPad), to read PDF magazines, possibly to read books too if device is suitable(ie not too heavy and good screen), maybe a game but not high priority.
Phase 2) to use on holidays as media device to watch movies on its screen also HDMI out to tv screen where possible, also as a music player. Possibly as an eReader but not sure if the screen would suffice in the sunlight. So the screen quality is important here - brightness, angle etc. Also need long lasting battery.
I deffo need it to perform well as phase one, and if possible would like it to manage phase two tasks.
Initially I was thinking no chance I'd pay £400 for a tablet, might just stretch to £200. Now after looking into them for a while I've got my head round it and would pay £400 but only for the right device, and I probably wouldn't mind paying more for perferals later like extra XD cards, USB connectors, HDMI leads, adapters, docks etc.
iPad - has no flash support so browsing the net would be annoying? I have a lot of Flac music files that I won't be transcoding to apple lossless, and I don't like the idea of iTunes checking out my music and not liking it and then deleting it all. I also imagine it would be tricky to buy the 16GB version and then add more storage to it later.
Samsung Galaxy 10.1 - seems like the current best Android but can it do all I want? and are there other tablets as good but cheaper?
Toshiba AT 100 - cheaper (£320), has all the connections without needing adapter although adapters are fine, bulky but not sure its a problem. Screen may not be bright enough?
Any other contenders about to be released?
Phase 1) to use at home with wifi browsing the net, to use as a controller for my Squeezebox using Squeeze Commander(or iPeng if iPad), to read PDF magazines, possibly to read books too if device is suitable(ie not too heavy and good screen), maybe a game but not high priority.
Phase 2) to use on holidays as media device to watch movies on its screen also HDMI out to tv screen where possible, also as a music player. Possibly as an eReader but not sure if the screen would suffice in the sunlight. So the screen quality is important here - brightness, angle etc. Also need long lasting battery.
I deffo need it to perform well as phase one, and if possible would like it to manage phase two tasks.
Initially I was thinking no chance I'd pay £400 for a tablet, might just stretch to £200. Now after looking into them for a while I've got my head round it and would pay £400 but only for the right device, and I probably wouldn't mind paying more for perferals later like extra XD cards, USB connectors, HDMI leads, adapters, docks etc.
iPad - has no flash support so browsing the net would be annoying? I have a lot of Flac music files that I won't be transcoding to apple lossless, and I don't like the idea of iTunes checking out my music and not liking it and then deleting it all. I also imagine it would be tricky to buy the 16GB version and then add more storage to it later.
Samsung Galaxy 10.1 - seems like the current best Android but can it do all I want? and are there other tablets as good but cheaper?
Toshiba AT 100 - cheaper (£320), has all the connections without needing adapter although adapters are fine, bulky but not sure its a problem. Screen may not be bright enough?
Any other contenders about to be released?