Guest Mr.Wong Posted March 12, 2011 Report Posted March 12, 2011 Hey i was wondering weather you lot would give me some help in the right direction. I am hopefully going to be going to Uni soon and would like something to do work on and take notes and that, initially i thought of a netbook but recently iv been looking into tablets and this seems like a cheap one but also very good. My question is are their apps available to allow for viewing and changing of things such as powerpoint and word documents or something similar and is the Advent Vega suitable for things like this or would a netbook be better? Cheers
Guest warriorscot Posted March 12, 2011 Report Posted March 12, 2011 If you want to type on it it's ok but miles away from a real keyboard. Although there is nothing stopping you from using a real keyboard. You can view powerpoints on it with one of the android office apps. I use mine at uni all the time but what I usually do is use teamviewer to connect to my home PC and run powerpoint and word on that rather than using the more limited android apps. I have found it pretty useful for uni as it's a lot easier to just pick up and use compared to a laptop or netbook as its pretty much instant on and it's battery life is as good as it says it is unlike many netbooks and laptops.
Guest hellracer13 Posted March 12, 2011 Report Posted March 12, 2011 My question is are their apps available to allow for viewing and changing of things such as powerpoint and word documents or something similar and is the Advent Vega suitable for things like this or would a netbook be better? CheersNo apps are available to edit Micro$oft products. Current tablets ARE NOT designed as laptop replacements. IMO if you want to do proper work for college and you dont have a Desktop PC get a Laptop/Netbook with a FREE copy of OpenOffice if you cant get a Microsoft Office student license.
Guest warriorscot Posted March 12, 2011 Report Posted March 12, 2011 No apps are available to edit Micro$oft products There are half a dozen apps that edit MS documents.
Guest beegee1962 Posted March 12, 2011 Report Posted March 12, 2011 DocumentsToGo (pay version) and you can create, open and edit Word, Powerpoint and Excel files. Limited of course, not all functions are available. Thinking Space to write down and organize quickly thoughts during a lesson, discussion. I use my tablet a lot at work and customer visits and I am happy even with the onscreen keyboard.
Guest wobblydoggy Posted March 12, 2011 Report Posted March 12, 2011 DocumentsToGo (pay version) and you can create, open and edit Word, Powerpoint and Excel files. Limited of course, not all functions are available. Thinking Space to write down and organize quickly thoughts during a lesson, discussion. I use my tablet a lot at work and customer visits and I am happy even with the onscreen keyboard. I Use Inkpad (note taker) and Flext9 (graffiti keyboard - lets you write lettetrs with your fingers its pretty quick for me) to take notes at uni
Guest hellracer13 Posted March 12, 2011 Report Posted March 12, 2011 There are half a dozen apps that edit MS documents. Show me the ones that will edit Excel macros and formulas or do full Word document formatting, and create Powerpoint presentations. My PDA has pocket office loaded, but if you want to use it as serioius software and not just making basic notes you are waisting your time... especially if you want to do ALL your college work with it. As BeeGee posted - not all functions are available. Get a proper PC Laptop or Netbook for serious computing... :( maybe the new Dell Netbook/tablet with the flip over touch screen if you want a full PC powered tablet device... ?
Guest wobblydoggy Posted March 12, 2011 Report Posted March 12, 2011 Office apps are documents to go and quickoffice
Guest Lennyuk Posted March 12, 2011 Report Posted March 12, 2011 Office apps are documents to go and quickoffice If you search this forum there is a link to a tablet version of quickoffice that is not yet available for purchase on android.
Guest tabor56 Posted March 12, 2011 Report Posted March 12, 2011 There is an article on lifehacker about using a tablet with a keyboard for work as it provides less distractions, like you just type it using a notepad and then copy when you have written it. seems like a good idea, will definitely try it when i get a tablet (maybe today!)
Guest schprlock Posted March 12, 2011 Report Posted March 12, 2011 I really love my Vega. I would advise anybody to get one, except for you. If you need something for the Uni, it's not a tablet. True, you can edit and even create Office docs, but the apps are very limited and not created for full time work. If you are anything like me, you will try to justify your urge to buy a tablet, but what you really need is a laptop. Don't get me wrong. If you can buy both, do it, by all means. As I said, the Vega is great. I use it for 90% of the things I used to do on my PC. But for the other 10%, it just doesn't cut it. Get a laptop. And then, as soon as you can, get a tablet. But don't fool yourself, you need a laptop (or at least a netbook). Either way, best of luck.
Guest trevor432990 Posted March 12, 2011 Report Posted March 12, 2011 I really love my Vega. I would advise anybody to get one, except for you. If you need something for the Uni, it's not a tablet. True, you can edit and even create Office docs, but the apps are very limited and not created for full time work. If you are anything like me, you will try to justify your urge to buy a tablet, but what you really need is a laptop. Don't get me wrong. If you can buy both, do it, by all means. As I said, the Vega is great. I use it for 90% of the things I used to do on my PC. But for the other 10%, it just doesn't cut it. Get a laptop. And then, as soon as you can, get a tablet. But don't fool yourself, you need a laptop (or at least a netbook). Either way, best of luck. Tend to agree with this point of view (no pun intended) as I also have an Advent 4211 Netbook which is 'really' good and inexpensive too :D
Guest theatomicfart Posted March 12, 2011 Report Posted March 12, 2011 Netbook or laptop would be my recommendation. Why? As already stated, much easier to type on, easier to exchange and edit docs on.
Guest marky444 Posted March 13, 2011 Report Posted March 13, 2011 Tend to agree with most, really love my vega but for some things you just need a laptop or netbook. I have jusr brought my youngest daughter an HP netbook for uni and the eldest has a Dell 15inch laptop, between the 3 I would always pickup the vega first but they prefer netbook or laptop for actual work ie, typing powerpoint etc. And you can get a reasonable one for around the same money. But the vega is fantastic for browsing, media stuff, modding and generally messing around. :D
Guest princeotter Posted March 13, 2011 Report Posted March 13, 2011 Tend to agree with this point of view (no pun intended) as I also have an Advent 4211 Netbook which is 'really' good and inexpensive too :( I would agree with Trev - tablets are fun and useful in certain situations but I wouldn't want to rely on one for all day to day tasks. I also have an Advent 4211 aka MSI Wind and it is very useful (not least for reflashing the Vega as it has XP on it rather than Win7 like my desktop!) and not much heavier than the tablet - you might need to charge it during day (ie at lunchtime) if you have all day lectures (do any students have those these days :( ) . If you look on fleabay there are a lot of MSI Winds going for £150 or so (especially if you don't mind pink :D ) - so cheaper than a tablet and in my opinion more productive for 'serious' work.
Guest sjt.a3b Posted March 13, 2011 Report Posted March 13, 2011 I'm also heading off to uni in september and actually have a vega and a laptop, my advice, dont get a vega for uni work, its cheap and fun to play with and i use mine ALL the time. but not suitable for doing uni work. true using a keyboard makes it much easier to type, but the whole point of a tablet is that you dont have to carry around extras and as most people have said, there is limited functionality in all office apps, nothing like using the real thing my advice would be..... get a cheap netbook and a vega and you can use both seamlessly, using a mixture of teamviewer and dropbox the 2 can be interlinked and you will always have the files/work you need on hand, so if you know you're not going to need to type or take any notes, take the vega out, if you know you'll need to type take the notebook, and you can have the best of both worlds.
Guest tabor56 Posted March 13, 2011 Report Posted March 13, 2011 I would say don't get a netbook for uni, its just too small to use for typing documents. Best way is to get cheap laptop and put ubuntu on there if you are strapped for cash. I only use my netbook for when i am in a really boring lecture.
Guest yabbas Posted March 13, 2011 Report Posted March 13, 2011 Don't get a netbook - they're frustratingly underpowered! If you're looking to do your SOLE work on a tablet - don't get a tablet! Suggest you look into a small form factor laptop with ULV Core Solo or Duo (this is NOT ION, and NOT Atom!) If you can get one, the Asus UL30 from Carphone warehouse was available at £350 each (we were so impressed with them we bought 4!) There's a similar spec Acer Timeline that's also awesome (and before anyone says it - the build of this particular Acer is different than others.) You need anything with a ULV processor. The tablet for me, is an information source. I blast through scientific PDFs using ezPDF, I send and receive emails, I browse the web, and I unwind watching films and playing games. I've tried to edit documents on it - but it doesn't work and would never suggest to anyone that they do that tbh. It goes with me almost everywhere. The laptop, doesn't. If you add a keyboard (no need for a mouse) then it increases functionality for type - but there aren't many hardcore office type apps to justify that. And the result is a frankenstein mesh of wires you'll have to hold together somehow. Even the folio type case with inbuilt keyboard isn't that good (the keyboard feels crap to the touch!) Office editing apps are available, but you'll end up losing formatting and getting frustrated.
Guest Mr.Wong Posted March 14, 2011 Report Posted March 14, 2011 Wow thankyou all so much for your feedback i can tell this is a good forum with friendly helpfull people. i maby should have pointed out that i do have a pc however it is extremely slow and prone to crashing so although it does work, its not very reliable. After reading everything i decided to get the vega to use for typing lectures etc and to transfer the info for when i get home to my pc to edit it to powerpoint. I am in fact typing on my vega now :D . I will also be using it heavily this coming months to put my psychology booklets on to revise from so i belive the vega will be benefical to me. Thanks again to everyone and im sure when i post something again i will get the same greaat response.
Guest mutasim Posted March 14, 2011 Report Posted March 14, 2011 I use RepliGo Reader to annotate on lectures notes (PDFs) https://market.android.com/details?id=com.c...eature=top-paid and Dropbox to sync the files.
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