[southernyankee]

Anyone using a tablet to take notes, add dimensions pictures, etc. when meeting w/ a customer?

 

[SDel Prete]

Yes. What do you want to know about it?

 

[southernyankee]

What tablet you are using and if you recommend it?

 

[SDel Prete]

Hopefully this doesn't turn into a pissing match but I'm sure it will.

I have an iPad 4 and I love it. I would recommend it to anyone. It does everything I need it too. I'm constantly using it plus I have an iPhone which is synced together I with my iPad. Makes keeping notes, pictures, ect easy. I've used it countless times to show clients kitchens or baths I've done to help me close sales.

 

[Pearce Services]

Does it run off your Iphone hotspot? or do you have a data plan for the tablet?

 

[The Coastal Craftsman]

If you want a tablet that will do everything you need get a surface tablet. I have the iPad1,2,3 and they don't do 10% what the surface pro tablet can. Yeah they are little more money but vastly better in almost every way.

 

[SDel Prete]

Does it run off your Iphone hotspot? or do you have a data plan for the tablet?

Most clients let me use their wifi when I have the job. First meeting I tether from my phone

 

[brunothedog]

If you want a tablet that will do everything you need get a surface tablet. I have the iPad1,2,3 and they don't do 10% what the surface pro tablet can. Yeah they are little more money but vastly better in almost every way.

and if there is no wifi?

 

[TxElectrician]

I prefer the yellow tablets to the white ones. Easier on my eyes.

 

[The Coastal Craftsman]

and if there is no wifi?

I always have wi-fi. My phones a permanent hot spot. Also much faster than 99% of home Internet in this area.

 

[Inner10]

I tried but it was to inconvenient, but I use my note two every day.

 

[RobertCDF]

Lenovo yoga with Windows 8. Other options would be surface pro 2. Android and crapple can't hold a candle to a real computer tablet.

 

[CBJenkins]

We have an Ipad 4 that is on our plan. A big boost in making you look professional in this technology driven world. Definitely looks better at least partnered with your notepad!

 

[SDel Prete]

Seems some of us are recommending actual tablets like the OP asked and others are referring to tablets that are truly more like laptops.

To the OP you need to decide which is best for you. For me I like the tablet for sharing ideas with the client, taking notes, keeping in schedule with my calendar and much more. However I tend to go towards a desktop for actual paperwork. Sure having a tablet that is a PC might be easier but for me I can't shake using an actual desktop over a laptop. Kinda weird as I like using a phone and tablet haha.

 

[The Coastal Craftsman]

Seems some of us are recommending actual tablets like the OP asked and others are referring to tablets that are truly more like laptops.

To the OP you need to decide which is best for you. For me I like the tablet for sharing ideas with the client, taking notes, keeping in schedule with my calendar and much more. However I tend to go towards a desktop for actual paperwork. Sure having a tablet that is a PC might be easier but for me I can't shake using an actual desktop over a laptop. Kinda weird as I like using a phone and tablet haha.

just because a tablet has specs the same as a PC it dont make it any less a tablet. Use a iPad for a month then a windows tablet and come back. You wouldn't ever step foot back in a customers home with a iPad.

To me using a iPad over a windiws tablet would be like using a kindle e reader over a iPad.

 

[EricBrancard]

just because a tablet has specs the same as a PC it dont make it any less a tablet. Use a iPad for a month then a windows tablet and come back. You wouldn't ever step foot back in a customers home with a iPad.

To me using a iPad over a windiws tablet would be like using a kindle e reader over a iPad.

Depends on what you are using them for. I love iPads. They are smooth and reliable. I have my doubts that PC based tablets will have even 1/5th the reliability of an ipad.

 

[SDel Prete]

just because a tablet has specs the same as a PC it dont make it any less a tablet. Use a iPad for a month then a windows tablet and come back. You wouldn't ever step foot back in a customers home with a iPad. To me using a iPad over a windiws tablet would be like using a kindle e reader over a iPad.

I'm not saying it's any less a tablet. I'm saying if your not going to use it as basically a PC it would be money wasted. It all comes down to what your using it for. It's a tool and they each have a purpose.

 

[The Coastal Craftsman]

Depends on what you are using them for. I love iPads. They are smooth and reliable. I have my doubts that PC based tablets will have even 1/5th the reliability of an ipad.

Why would they be less reliable than a iPad? Is this the same thinking that Apple Macs are better quality than PC's and last longer. We all know that's a urban myth which no apple user can back up.

 

[The Coastal Craftsman]

I'm not saying it's any less a tablet. I'm saying if your not going to use it as basically a PC it would be money wasted. It all comes down to what your using it for. It's a tool and they each have a purpose.

I really can't think of a situation no matter how simple or advanced we here a windows based tablet is not better.

The problem is I have used both for work and still own both so I have already figured out what's better overall and trust me its def not the iPad.

 

[EricBrancard]

Why would they be less reliable than a iPad? Is this the same thinking that Apple Macs are better quality than PC's and last longer. We all know that's a urban myth which no apple user can back up.

I've never had a PC based product not degrade in performance within a 2 year period. Including my 2 year old $1500 Lenovo laptop I'm using right now. I'm pretty much done with PC after this one.