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Jeff Strickland
Apr 14, 2013, 11:13:03 AM4/14/13
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Some of the Toyota guys are computer savvy, that's why I crossposted.
My wife is taking a trip to Europe and plans on giving a tablet to a
relative as a gift.
Is it a good idea to buy the tablet here or wait until she gets to Europe to
buy it?
The exchange rate is not favorable, the cost to buy in Europe is higher than
here, so the issue is if there is a difference in the OS or some other
feature that justifies the added cost of buying overseas.
I am thinking about the differences in GPS units. For example, a USA-based
GPS has North American maps and does not know where it is if it is not in
the USA, Canada, or Mexico. Will a tablet suffer the same kind of
limitation?
She is not interested in 3G or 4G, her plan is to only get a wi-fi capable
tablet. She has also not settled on a specific make or model, but the
purpose is for her brother to Skype with her and for him to do e-mail and
Facebook, and so on.
We don't care very much about the exhange rate IF there is an operational
benefit of having a tablet from the market where it will be used. If the
machine does not care, then obviously saving a few dollars and buying here
makes sense. But if the machine does care about where it operates, then
saving a few dollars is not worth it.
Thanks for your thoughts,
My wife is taking a trip to Europe and plans on giving a tablet to a
relative as a gift.
Is it a good idea to buy the tablet here or wait until she gets to Europe to
buy it?
The exchange rate is not favorable, the cost to buy in Europe is higher than
here, so the issue is if there is a difference in the OS or some other
feature that justifies the added cost of buying overseas.
I am thinking about the differences in GPS units. For example, a USA-based
GPS has North American maps and does not know where it is if it is not in
the USA, Canada, or Mexico. Will a tablet suffer the same kind of
limitation?
She is not interested in 3G or 4G, her plan is to only get a wi-fi capable
tablet. She has also not settled on a specific make or model, but the
purpose is for her brother to Skype with her and for him to do e-mail and
Facebook, and so on.
We don't care very much about the exhange rate IF there is an operational
benefit of having a tablet from the market where it will be used. If the
machine does not care, then obviously saving a few dollars and buying here
makes sense. But if the machine does care about where it operates, then
saving a few dollars is not worth it.
Thanks for your thoughts,
Geoff Welsh
Apr 14, 2013, 4:05:36 PM4/14/13
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GW
Jeff Strickland
Apr 14, 2013, 4:15:02 PM4/14/13
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"Geoff Welsh" <GeeD...@some.rr.com> wrote in message
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The question is if the USA models will work in Europe AND enjoy all features
and functions.
Ralph Mowery
Apr 14, 2013, 6:14:09 PM4/14/13
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"Jeff Strickland" <crwl...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> She can take a personal item and give it to her brother. No problem there.
> The question is if the USA models will work in Europe AND enjoy all
> features and functions.
>
The charger probaly will not work in Europe.. She may be able to get one
> She can take a personal item and give it to her brother. No problem there.
> The question is if the USA models will work in Europe AND enjoy all
> features and functions.
>
that will work, or if she brings one back to the states, buy a charger here.
Jeff Strickland
Apr 14, 2013, 6:29:40 PM4/14/13
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"Ralph Mowery" <rmower...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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issue, but the electricity is okay. We make the trip to Europe every few
years, the only question is if a tablet device has limitations on geography
similar to a GPS -- USA models do not have/support maps from Europe. .
Everything else is covered, we only don't know if there is a
feature/compatibility issue vis a vis USA and Europe as the OS and apps
might be concerned.
SMS
Apr 14, 2013, 9:41:19 PM4/14/13
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On 04/14/2013 08:13 AM, Jeff Strickland wrote:
> We don't care very much about the exhange rate IF there is an
> operational benefit of having a tablet from the market where it will be
> used. If the machine does not care, then obviously saving a few dollars
> and buying here makes sense. But if the machine does care about where it
> operates, then saving a few dollars is not worth it.
>
> Thanks for your thoughts,
Just be sure that it has a GPS at all. I.e. the Wi-Fi only iPads do not
> We don't care very much about the exhange rate IF there is an
> operational benefit of having a tablet from the market where it will be
> used. If the machine does not care, then obviously saving a few dollars
> and buying here makes sense. But if the machine does care about where it
> operates, then saving a few dollars is not worth it.
>
> Thanks for your thoughts,
have GPS, nor do the Kindles or the Nooks. These should be avoided at
all costs.
Look at apps like NavFree or CoPilot. The latter is not free but the
maps seem better than the ones on NavFree, and the GPS functionality in
terms of directions is much better on CoPilot.
The 2nd generation Nexus 7 is coming out soon, and the Nexus 10 is an
excellent deal. Both lack an SD card slot though.
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