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Never had one... don't know what to look out for! Apple or Android? Any must-have features?
I'm guessing I may end up with an Apple and an Android... for different uses. There seem to be a lot things that don't work with Androids (Eventide h9 editing software for example).
Would be useful to be able to have some kind of DJ app. (not pro DJ... just for own parties etc. ie something that would allow segueing from one track to another, without the long gaps I get on my iPod. Would streaming tunes be possible... and can something like Spotify allow permanent downloads onto the device?)
Many thanks for your help.
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You can download songs for offline play with Spotify but only within the app. You don't get the MP3 to transfer somewhere else
My ipod can segue tracks with no problems - just invite me to all your parties.
Android tablet for emails (with huge caveats) and browsing and buying things. Laptop if you must for Windows stuff on the go, Proper desktop for real work, ideally with two monitors.
Quality wise the only semi decent built stuff I've repaired that isn't Apple is the Lenova Yoga Tabs, I mean they are still plastic and all but a step up in general build quality than most
Avoid anything that charges using a micro USB socket ....... that socket was never designed for charging but many manufactures use it for charging and data transfer. It breaks easy and it's not easy to repair, I've done 2 today and get tablets in constantly with broken micro USB sockets. Shit batteries is a common problem too leading to the chips refusing to charge em at times
The iPad is very well built, it's cheap and easy to repair if you do break the digitizier (and \ or) LCD. The charging port is a separate part that's quite robust but if you do break it then it requires no soldering (unless it's the Pro) to replace it.
Music wise the Ipad is hard to beat and it's the industry standard for remote mixing
I wouldn't go back to android now. I'm sick of all the adds and pop up redirects I used to get. The apple although more expensive does everything and more and never freezes or slows. It's easier to use and now I have a Mac and iPhone all three work very well together with minimal setup.
Using GarageBand on the iPad is fun plus I can also use it as a logic remote for mixing or use it to add keyboard or vst instrument parts to logic right from the iPad.
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You can get the 64GB one but that's a lot more money. It seems to be £80 more for the 64GB version of the iPad Mini over the 16Gb version, and as far as I know the only difference is an extra 48GB of storage. Given that you can buy a 64GB micro SD card for around £15 that seems like a total rip off.
A lot of Android tablets have micro-SD slots so you can get a lot of storage very cheaply. You can get a cheap one with 16GB but buy a 64GB SD card for £15.
There is a big range of Android Tablets. We've got a higher end Samsung one that we've had for 4 or 5 years that has been very good, but there are cheaper no-name ones that can be had for peanuts these days. At the bottom end of the market you can get a 7" for £40 or a 10" for £60 if you want. It won't be nearly as good as a Samsung, but it's cheap and if anything breaks on it you can bin it and replace it for less money than it will cost to get @Danny1969 to have a look at fixing it.
If it's for general use then I'd go Android any day, but if you do want to use it for some music apps, then as has been said above the iPad is a lot better supported. It does depend what you want though. For recording the iPad is better, but I'd rather use a proper computer for that. For live stuff Allen & Heath digital mixers need an iPad to control the main mix but support Android for personal monitor mixes. AFAIK Behringer mixers support both, Yamaha is iPad only at the moment.
To help with costs I went with an Apple refurbished deal. They all have the standard Apple 1 year warranty, all manuals and accessories, brand new battery and outer shell, new box. It's a good way of getting more for your money: http://www.apple.com/uk/shop/browse/home/specialdeals/ipad
You can also get an education discount for any students (or teachers) in the family but I think its only ~10%.
Thanks for all the info. I guess I'm leaning towards an iPad. Do they offer some level of integration with PCs? Would I be able to type some docs on the iPad (assuming I also get a keyboard) and then import the docs into Word on a PC?
Thanks again.
I'm getting surface pro from work in a couple of months but was thinking of getting one of these as cheap stop gap.
Only need it for email, excel and showing a few powerpoint slide shows so performance shouldn't be an issue.
There a few ipads in the house - all excellent. Have had android tablets as well - not as good if i'm honest but there are plenty of android peops out there.
And IMO that's where it gets difficult in that you really need to plan how you're going to work with cloud storage as other wise you end up like me with loads of different apps (google drive, icould, dropbox, box.net etc) and your files scattered around all over the place!