Cheat sheet: Choosing the right tablet for you

In summary of the Technology How-To video from Facebook earlier this week, here is a little cheat sheet of the facts to help you choose the right tablet for you. If you’d like to re-watch the video, scroll down.

iPad

• Most accessible and easy to use on the market
• Big screen
• Great for first-time tablet users
• Best for consumption apps – reading and watching content
• Big companies favour the iPad and therefore apps and games come out for the iPad first
• Expensive
• Not a great amount of storage

Android

• World of choice by comparison to iPad
• Now the most popular tablet in Australia
• Cheaper than iPad
• More powerful in their specs than iPads
• You can do a lot more with them in terms of gaming and computing
• You can set it up to suit your needs
• Supports a wider range of file formats
• Thanks to Google Play you have access to a lot of apps

Windows

• Newest to the market
• You have access to Office and other apps you might be familiar with from your computer
• With the right ports, such as a USB, you can plug in external drives, a monitor, or blue-tooth keyboard
• Price-wise, they sit between Android and iPad