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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: STMO123 on 10 January 2013, 10:39:03
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If I buy a tablet that takes a sim for 3g, can I use the sim from my phone to use in it. Or are thy different animals?
Thanks.
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better buy a bigger phone like samsung note 2 .. I hate to change it frequently.. not practical..
or buy 2 sims..
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Potentially you can, but there are a couple of different sized/shaped cards, so best to ask first :y
Alternatively, you might be able to set up a local, personal hotspot that you can then connect the Tablet to :y this is what I do, but you need an unlimited download tariff if you wish to rip the arse out of ituse it alot :y
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Potentially you can, but there are a couple of different sized/shaped cards, so best to ask first :y
Alternatively, you might be able to set up a local, personal hotspot that you can then connect the Tablet to :y this is what I do, but you need an unlimited download tariff if you wish to rip the arse out of ituse it alot :y
I do tether my tablet to my galaxy s sometimes, Al, but the signal seems unreliable. Also, the download speed is slow compared to wifi. I'm just thinking out loud really, for future reference. Don't know if you read my BT thread yesterday, but I'm becoming heartily pissed off with big companies in general and am thinking of going into caveman mode.
You can watch me on 'Doomsday preppers' on discovery channel. ;D
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When I saw the title I was hoping you were going to ask how many you should take.My answer was going to be "all of them,at the same time". :P
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Provided its not a micro sim, should fit. A quick google on yours phones and the tablets specs should help.
But I tether mine, on the rare occassions I'm not near wifi on a tablet.
If you have a mobile I don't see the need for a 3G enabled tablet. Either tether via hot spot. Or just use the mobile. But depends in your needs I guess.
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Provided its not a micro sim, should fit. A quick google on yours phones and the tablets specs should help.
But I tether mine, on the rare occassions I'm not near wifi on a tablet.
If you have a mobile I don't see the need for a 3G enabled tablet. Either tether via hot spot. Or just use the mobile. But depends in your needs I guess.
I can't see the phone, I'm blind. :-*
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For the Ipad you need a "micro sim".
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For the Ipad you need a "micro sim".
Gaypad!!!!!! How very dare you :o
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Save money, buy a WiFi only tablet. Many Apps for smartphones now will allow you to create a WiFi personal hot spot, then just connect your tablet to that :y
You might want to get a big/unlimited data bolt-on for the phone :y
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Save money, buy a WiFi only tablet. Many Apps for smartphones now will allow you to create a WiFi personal hot spot, then just connect your tablet to that :y
You might want to get a big/unlimited data bolt-on for the phone :y
Have you read any of this thread, Tunnie?
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Your not going to see any signal improvement from a tablet with 3g when compared to a phone with the same. In fact using a phone with tethering gives you the option to place the phone in a spot with better reception
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Yeah get an iPad, your gay anyway so....
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Yeah get an iPad, your gay anyway so....
You wish...bandit :P
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Save money, buy a WiFi only tablet. Many Apps for smartphones now will allow you to create a WiFi personal hot spot, then just connect your tablet to that :y
You might want to get a big/unlimited data bolt-on for the phone :y
Have you read any of this thread, Tunnie?
Yeah, but is the tether bluetooth or WiFi? I have no issues with speed if I do a WiFi hotspot on my iPhone to my laptop, decent browsing speeds if on 3G.
Assuming your tether is good, its no faster having on-board SIM on the same network.
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Save money, buy a WiFi only tablet. Many Apps for smartphones now will allow you to create a WiFi personal hot spot, then just connect your tablet to that :y
You might want to get a big/unlimited data bolt-on for the phone :y
Have you read any of this thread, Tunnie?
Yeah, but is the tether bluetooth or WiFi? I have no issues with speed if I do a WiFi hotspot on my iPhone to my laptop, decent browsing speeds if on 3G.
Assuming your tether is good, its no faster having on-board SIM on the same network.
Right. I understand. 3g crap on phone=3g crap on tab. Hmmmmm......
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Save money, buy a WiFi only tablet. Many Apps for smartphones now will allow you to create a WiFi personal hot spot, then just connect your tablet to that :y
You might want to get a big/unlimited data bolt-on for the phone :y
Have you read any of this thread, Tunnie?
Yeah, but is the tether bluetooth or WiFi? I have no issues with speed if I do a WiFi hotspot on my iPhone to my laptop, decent browsing speeds if on 3G.
Assuming your tether is good, its no faster having on-board SIM on the same network.
Right. I understand. 3g crap on phone=3g crap on tab. Hmmmmm......
Got an iPad with 3G SIM in it, still crap if signal is low.
Where do you intend to use tablet? As your going with Sky, you can use WiFi on The Cloud: http://www.thecloud.net/ (http://www.thecloud.net/)
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Save money, buy a WiFi only tablet. Many Apps for smartphones now will allow you to create a WiFi personal hot spot, then just connect your tablet to that :y
You might want to get a big/unlimited data bolt-on for the phone :y
Have you read any of this thread, Tunnie?
Yeah, but is the tether bluetooth or WiFi? I have no issues with speed if I do a WiFi hotspot on my iPhone to my laptop, decent browsing speeds if on 3G.
Assuming your tether is good, its no faster having on-board SIM on the same network.
Right. I understand. 3g crap on phone=3g crap on tab. Hmmmmm......
Especialy if you use the same SIM provider for both ....
You may wish to consider using a PAYG sim from a different provider in the tablet .. gives you more options ..
If phone provider is poor, tablet provider may work... if tablet provider poor but phone provider good .. then tether ..
Obviously you have to make sure the "other" provider is truly different, I use vodafone on one device and gifgaf (O2) on the other .. so far one or other has always worked .. although 80% of the time they both do !!! :)
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Yeah get an iPad, your gay anyway so....
You wish...bandit :P
Well you keep grooming me, along those admin pervs. :'(
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Been tethered to my phone for about an hour now and not too slow. Thanks all.
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Should be tethered to a post in the back garden. :P
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Should be tethered to a post in the back garden. :P
We only have one post, and lumps'n'bumps is tethered to that.
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with you tethered to it as well it would be lumps,bumps & grumps. ;D ;D
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Tablet Question:
Yes, keep taking them. :P ;D ;D ;D
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Ipad with 3G is not too bad - use it on train but thinking of converting to 4G. Not a big fan of tethering these days.
The new Nokia Lumia is working fine on 4G in London area - mixture of Nokia Lumia and 4G seems to be very fast. Haven't tried the internet sharing on Lumia yet.