It's called deflation and it is worldwide at present.
Next year, the product will be cheaper.

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My wifey has one of them Windoze tablet things "surface" (first version) and she can't even install Chrome on it. Apparently you need to shell out if you want to install extra programs on it.
I kinda like the look and price of that Linx thingy but would we run into the same trap here ?
I've got a trusty 8 or so years old lappy on Winders 7 running with which I hardly ever have any problems, but I can't see me that carrying around on a trip where everything extra is extra weight and bother so what would be smart for us to get ?
Any advise from the collective please ?
We don't need to edit videos, we just want a reliable piece of equipment to surf the web and write a few articles/emails and such and change the maps for the Garmins.

Cheers, Ard

No its calles evolution of the technik. Deflation would also make petrol and laber cheaper but this is not what happens...

So no USB connection?

Mezo.

Its not an Apple ;-) It has two full size USB 2.0 Ports see comments:

Linx 1010 32GB with Keyboard and Antivirus - Ebuyer

Two full sized ports. One of them is usb 3.0

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Rode some bikes.
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Can't say anymore.

I bought this but sent it back as it was s--t

Onda 9.7" Retina Tablet PC Windows 10 + Android 4.4 Bluetooth OTG 64GB WIFI+ 3G | eBay

I may look at that unit, I would like the android unit as well, I may have to buy two units

You may want to check that it has got a GPS receiver built in.
On the face of it, Teds' find is ok BUT.....
The 1010 tablet -There is one which HAS a SIM slot and one without.

NEITHER of these '1010' tablets have a gps receiver
so if you want real time info, you'll need a data plan in each country which will become a nuisance and big $$$ over time provided you buy the one which has the SIM card slot.

Initially I too was looking at a windows tablet but those I found did not have a GPS receiver built in.
And thinking about it, I did not need Basecamp.

Android comes up trumps in terms of speed and everything else IMHO.
All my waypoint .gpx databases have been converted and load up beautifully on MapsMe ( Free) App. which uses OSM data. The maps scroll as you move along. You do have to download the maps before you go but it can operate with those maps being on the external micro sd slot which is bonus in terms of space saving. Our planet takes about 28GB - don't ask!

For practicality, I chose a Samsung 10"tablet which does have a built in GPS receiver and a SIM card slot in case my phone fails.

I used to have MapSource (discontinued) running off a usb stick ( which I have used in web cafe an dother peoples' notebooks and am about to see if Basecamp and Garmin Express will do the same for the heck of it!
Sorry Ted!

Bertrand,
Thanks for the comments on Android systems. I'm NOT a computer guy and simply cannot cope with anything microsoft. I can struggle through with my Android phones and I am ... s l o w l y ... learning the ins & outs of Android system.

I see GREAT deals on various Android tablets, Samsung being the best of them.
Can you recommend THE BEST Android tablet (medium sized one is OK)?

At Best Buy I see them from $149 up to about $350 for latest upgraded versions. I've been really impressed (but I'm a GPS idiot) with how well my Android phones work at mapping. (built in app in phones)
Sounds like the MapsMe app is even better.

Normally, I'd just buy the latest Apple iPad, but please, tell me the Samsung is as good or better ? For half the price?

Cheers! Merry Happy and all!

Swiss and German economists would argue along those lines but economists from other nations might take a different view.

I do agree, to an extent, about the premise of developing technology, economy of scale and similar; however not all nations reap the benefits and certainly not all in equal measure - that is but one reason why the Euro cannot work for all those involved.

It is happening now and has been for a while.
But this time around there is a major shift in the paradigm of oil pricing. e.g. OPEC is not the force it once was.

However, I am now way from the OP.

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I'm looking to pickup an Asus Transformer T100HA, its light, not extremely expensive and can be converted to a tablet. You can charge it with a regular USB cable, which i think is a huge plus because you wont need a separate bulky adapter. The downside is a rather small hard disk of 32GB, though you can use an SD card or external disk as alternative storage.