# Which is the new tablet you crave?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-new-tablet-you-crave/567141
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [January 10, 2011, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-new-tablet-you-crave/567141 "2011-01-10T21:42:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2011, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-new-tablet-you-crave/567141/21 "2011-01-11T19:43:08Z")

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> [@bouv](#):
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> What about $250 worth? That’s how much I spent on mine, and it does everything I want, and more.

No. I have a smartphone and a netbook. I’ve not found myself needing anything in-between. especially nothing that would require yet another monthly fee to make it truly useful.

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### Author: ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2011, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-new-tablet-you-crave/567141/22 "2011-01-11T19:51:55Z")

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> [@bouv](#):
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> What about $250 worth? That’s how much I spent on mine, and it does everything I want, and more.

Hmmm. I’m intrigued.

Two questions:

Can you edit MS Office documents on it?

Is there a Kindle app for it?

I’m halfway looking for something to fill in the gap between my work-supplied Blackberry and a laptop, that’s reasonably cheap and not an iPad. I have zero Android experience, but I did some Zaurus hacking back in the day.

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