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All iPads Current iPad Owner - Looking for opinions about cheaper tablets for work.

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snarestud940

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Feb 3, 2012
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Hey Everyone,

I currently have a third generation iPad that I use for most of my email, surfing, and videos. See my signature for all my devices.

What I'm asking is:

I teach Marching Band and Drum Corps. and I put all my music pages into iBooks on my iPad. It's great! The bad part is that I have dropped my iPad twice and currently have no more AppleCare+ replacements. I would like to buy a very cheap Android or Windows tablet to be able to bring to practice, put the music scores on it, along with the drill pages, and not care if it rains, or gets dropped every now and then. The only thing I really need it to do is to be able to save and read PDFs, and to be able to access them without Internet (basically saving them to the device itself). I am looking to spend no more than 100 bucks, maybe a tad bit more.

Anyone have any suggestions?
 
The Nexus 7 is a good device for the price (it's no iPad though). I would not go cheaper, there are many very cheap tablets that will die very quickly. For Android stick with Samsung or Google.
 
Zerilos said:
The Nexus 7 is a good device for the price (it's no iPad though). I would not go cheaper, there are many very cheap tablets that will die very quickly. For Android stick with Samsung or Google.
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I used to have a nextbook 7. Do you know about those?
 
I purchased the Nexus 7 at launch and still works great. I barely use it though too
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Why don't you just put a case that will protect it from drops and some light water?
Even if you buy a new tablet, it's still subject to breaking.
 
wordoflife said:
Why don't you just put a case that will protect it from drops and some light water?
Even if you buy a new tablet, it's still subject to breaking.
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^^^ this, otherwise print the documents out and carry them in a folder.
 
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