xenolith Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Hi there, everyone. Thanks in advance for your tips and advice! I'm just finishing up my undergrad and rolling straight into a PhD program. As such, I need to step up my game quickly and get organized. Keeping my PDFs and notes together for my undergrad research has been a headache so I'm thinking of getting a tablet with great note-taking and PDF editing capabilities which can easily sync to Dropbox or other programs where I can back up my documents. I'd also like to use the tablet for e-mail, calendar, web browsing, etc. It doesn't need to run any modeling software since I'll have a desktop for that. So, with that, which tablet are you using? What would you recommend I use? As far as cost, I'm willing to pay up to $700 plus guarantee from Best Buy. I think it's worth having something reliable and efficient so I don't have to worry about an unforeseen cost down the road because a cheaper device crapped out on me in my 2nd or 3rd year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandarin.orange Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 I can do all of that on my iPad. GoodReader is a $5 app that's great for reading .pdfs, esp. for seminar classes, and you can highlight, use a draw function, and sync to DropBox easily. I haven't used my device for notetaking but no doubt there are apps and styluses (styli?) you can get for those. BTW, I initially I read your subject heading thought you wanted something for the field and mapping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoDUDE! Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Do you have an Iphone ? get an ipad. Do you have a Android device ? Figure out which is the best andriod tablet and get that. rockbender and GeoDUDE! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoDUDE! Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 From my experience I have seen a lot of Mac/Linux in geoscience with very few windows based labs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gariston Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 iPad 4 indeed is a great choice, especially if you already own an iPhone. http://us.digitalversus.com/tablet/apple-ipad-with-retina-display-4th-gen-2012-p14725/test.html#full-review I guess Galaxy Note 10.1 would be the other option because of the stylus. http://us.digitalversus.com/tablet/samsung-galaxy-note-10-1-p14965/test.html#full-review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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