Hi,
Ok, I'll try to precis this...
I've never owned any Apple product for a whole plethora of reasons I won't bore you with but there ARE reasons. I want to buy a tablet and really LOVE some aspects of the Note as they seem to suit the types of things and applications I want to use it for. However, the 3G enabled version costs £499 and, currently, it's still running on a fairly dodgy operating system which is essentially a cell phone system not a full-on computer operating system. Samsung have 'promised' to update and upgrade this by the end of the year to a full system but Samsung's promises are not always that reliable when it comes to updates/upgrades (I think it's currently running on ice-cream sandwich but I could be wrong about that). Having said that, I use a Galaxy SII phone and find it totally brilliant in every respect.
But... and this is the problem for me... I'm currently with T-Mobile and they are offering a new iPad (32G whereas the Note is only 16G but you can add memory) for around £249 for people who already have T-Mobile contracts, obviously wifi AND 3G - it's a 24 month contract at £25 p/m - so not that cheap really at all but good for initial outlay.
So, here's the question :
My heart says (in fact, it shouts) BUY THE NOTE!! But my head says the iPad is a far better tablet with better spec and all round better everything. Hmm. I have no other compatible products/devices for the Apple (don't even belong to iTunes!) and I have no intention of buying any (know I'll have to join iTunes but apart from that).
My phone runs on Kies Air to connect to computer, shake the phone and it connects automatically (very neat little app) but I have a feeling it won't run on the iPad (a) because Apple and Samsung hate each other and rarely make compatible anythings! and (b) because Apple doesn't run java (I don't think, does it?) So that would be a nuisance.
Does anyone have either of these tablets and, if so, what do you think? Just any input really as I cannot make my mind up which to get and can't afford both!
Thanks.
Ok, I'll try to precis this...
I've never owned any Apple product for a whole plethora of reasons I won't bore you with but there ARE reasons. I want to buy a tablet and really LOVE some aspects of the Note as they seem to suit the types of things and applications I want to use it for. However, the 3G enabled version costs £499 and, currently, it's still running on a fairly dodgy operating system which is essentially a cell phone system not a full-on computer operating system. Samsung have 'promised' to update and upgrade this by the end of the year to a full system but Samsung's promises are not always that reliable when it comes to updates/upgrades (I think it's currently running on ice-cream sandwich but I could be wrong about that). Having said that, I use a Galaxy SII phone and find it totally brilliant in every respect.
But... and this is the problem for me... I'm currently with T-Mobile and they are offering a new iPad (32G whereas the Note is only 16G but you can add memory) for around £249 for people who already have T-Mobile contracts, obviously wifi AND 3G - it's a 24 month contract at £25 p/m - so not that cheap really at all but good for initial outlay.
So, here's the question :
My heart says (in fact, it shouts) BUY THE NOTE!! But my head says the iPad is a far better tablet with better spec and all round better everything. Hmm. I have no other compatible products/devices for the Apple (don't even belong to iTunes!) and I have no intention of buying any (know I'll have to join iTunes but apart from that).
My phone runs on Kies Air to connect to computer, shake the phone and it connects automatically (very neat little app) but I have a feeling it won't run on the iPad (a) because Apple and Samsung hate each other and rarely make compatible anythings! and (b) because Apple doesn't run java (I don't think, does it?) So that would be a nuisance.
Does anyone have either of these tablets and, if so, what do you think? Just any input really as I cannot make my mind up which to get and can't afford both!
Thanks.