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Anonymous6th November 2016 at 1:08 pm #56795
As clear as mud?. WiFi dongle gives you internet access via the mobile phone network, you pay for the dongle, you pay for the access to the network. A WiFi dongle is basically a sort of decoder that allows you access to a network, bit like a sky card.
A WiFi hotspot is an area where free access to a network is supplied.
A tablet without a sim card, needs a WiFi signal for you to be able to connect to the net, so its either WiFi dongle or WiFi hotspot. A tablet which takes a sim, is basically a large mobile phone, you connect to the net via your mobile service provider.
You can get sims from companies like free which give you calls and loads of data, stick it in your tablet which of course needs to take a sim, then surf the net, and phone the world.
A lot of the sim card deals are better value than the dongle and access package’s.
In my opinion a tablet is a must have item, mine doubles up as a book reader, Atlas, music hub, as in plug it into the HiFi, a newspaper, mini TV, GPS, mini office, cookery book, plus a few other things. PC never gets used, lap top very rarely.
But do not buy a cheap one, they are what they are, cheap.
Anonymous6th November 2016 at 2:13 pm #56824I failed to mention you only need the WiFi dongle when you are roaming away from home. Or you drive around very very slowly until you find someones not secured their network and connect to it, but its quite rare to find an unsecured network, so you might have to drive around for a very very long while.
Anonymous6th November 2016 at 2:45 pm #56841The mysteries of technology
I have a thing called a tablet and it’s not medication you know, it’s something I’m coming to learn how to use, I’m now capable of making it go!
I hear words like “dongle” & “wifi” and “Sim” none of which mean much to me, my tablet sits on the side table, to check emails whilst watching TV.
My PC, as I’m told is the correct thing to say, is what I’m most happy to use, according to my daughter it’s “steam driven” yes, it’s slow, but it’s what I choose.
I fire it up – no it’s boot I should say – then do a few chores while I wait, by the time I am done it’s ready to go, so am I and haven’t upped my heart rate.
My computer & I work at the same speed, slow and relaxed don’t you know, although sometimes it’s stubborn and says “Not responding” then my relaxed mood starts to go.
I will never be technologically bright but I’m learning each day, bit by bit, now my next challenge to face is why Facebook has gone from the tablet, I’m puzzled I have to admit.
Anonymous6th November 2016 at 3:34 pm #56847Fruit, out of interest, what do you do with your PC that you couldn’t do with your tablet?.
There is a Facebook app available on play store, its fine if you have unlimited data, but if like us you are linked via sat internet, its a pain, every time you open up the app, videos start to play, which use up your download time.
Anonymous6th November 2016 at 3:46 pm #56853Everything Bo, all my files are stored on there, all my Outlook Express files are on there. I prefer all my emails to go into Outlook Express from Orange and I can’t access it on the tablet. (I do put stuff like photos and certain files on memory sticks every so often to “empty” it a bit) I like having the tower computer and separate screen and keyboard – old, arthritic fingers don’t cope so well with the small keyboards.
I’ve got a Facebook app on the tablet but now when I click on it I get a blank screen, I Googled it and apparently lots of androids have had problems with it disappearing after updates were done (you see I am trying to sort the technical stuff!)
Anonymous6th November 2016 at 5:41 pm #56879Bo said:
You can get sims from companies like free which give you calls and loads of data, stick it in your tablet which of course needs to take a sim, then surf the net, and phone the world.
Can a tablet actually be used as a mobile phone? Seems a rather bizarre thing to do, to hold a tablet up to your ear as a telephone. As for Free, without being a Freebox subscriber, it looks like 19€99 per month for a SIM with 50Go/month, unless I’m reading something wrong.
Anonymous6th November 2016 at 7:12 pm #56959No you are reading it right vege, and yes, the tablet does become a very large mobile, but 50Go is an awful lot of data. If you had no internet connection available via your landline, but had a very good mobile signal, then 50Go would be more than adequate, and you could also set your tablet up as a WiFi hub.
You probably only need 3Go of data if you intended using you tablet away from home occasionally.
Fruit, you can have all you email sent to both your PC and tablet, only thing is you need your orange security code to set the account up, but with the code it is easy to do. It may also be an idea to buy yourself an external hard drive, back up all your stuff on it rather than USB stick’s. Its also a good idea to print off your favourite photos, computer crashes or passwords get forgotten and you could lose the lot.
Anonymous6th November 2016 at 7:56 pm #56975Bo I can read new emails on the tablet because they’re in Orange and it’s all set up for that, once I open my computer they then, of course arrive there, however, because all emails then automatically go into Outlook Express any that arrive direct to the computer (i.e. when I haven’t got the tablet on) I cannot access from the tablet and, as I said before, all my files to do with emails are in Outlook Express. I have no idea what my code is for OE so cannot set that up on the tablet.
I’m okay with all that because I only use the tablet as a supplement to my computer to check for emails when I’m not at the computer so that’s fine, thanks for your help.
Anonymous6th November 2016 at 10:46 pm #57129I use hotmail and gmail, all my emails show up on my laptop, PC, mobile and tablet. Its easy to set up, but you do need the orange password to set it up on a tablet. I have 570 doc who books on my tablet and am now working through them. Should keep me busy for a while.
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