I cannot claim to be an expert, and have found the posts on this topic interesting, thank you . Terpe gives a well balanced account in his latest post .


I have a laptop, smart phone and camera, but don’t need to take my laptop when travelling.


For the record, I recently bought the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8 inch from Amazon ( £ 179 ) ; “ notebook cover “ takes it to just over £ 200. It’s supplied with a 16 GB memory card. WiFi access is needed. This is ideal for me – I don’t need to take photos with it, but it’s good for Skype. That extra inch ( 8 rather than 7 ) makes a difference . The keyboard is big enough not to need a stylus pen. Reading and sending e mails is easy. It comes preloaded with many apps. It doesn’t have a slot for sim card ( unlike more expensive tablets ).


Here are the detailed specs :-



Item Weight 313 g
Product Dimensions 0.7 x 12.4 x 21 cm
Batteries: 1 Lithium ion batteries required. (included)
Item model number SM-T3100MKABTU
Color Black
Screen Size 8 inches
Processor Brand Intel Atom Processor
Processor Type Intel Atom
Processor Speed 1.5 GHz
Processor Count 2
RAM Size 1536 MB
Computer Memory Type DDR3 SDRAM
Hard Drive Size 16 GB
Graphics Card Description Integrated
Wireless Type 802.11A, 802.11B, 802.11G, 802.11n
Operating System Android Jelly bean 4.1
Average Battery Life (in hours) 6 hours
Lithium Battery Energy Content 16.5 watt_hours
Lithium Battery Packaging batteries_contained_in_equipment.