I can't afford an expensive tablet (aiming at about $200 +/- 50), which is about the price of 7" capacitive or 10" resistive in online shops. I need advice from people who have used any (or both) of these devices to decide which would be more advantageous.
As I understand, on capacitive screen pages scroll smoother and just upon a light touch. It is also easier to find a multitouch one (for maps).
But I'm thinking, wouldn't 7" be too small for reading webpages and e-books? I also need to be able to read text on scanned A4 pages (.jpeg). Has to be able to read office documents and .pdf too.
10" should be big enough for my purposes, but it's resistive, so I'm afraid I would struggle with scrolling pages and zooming maps. (I'm thinking a Flytouch2, which looks smooth on YouTube, but still I can't tell if it's good enough without trying - no opportunity to try by myself - or they just make them look good to sell more..)
Obviously need WiFi, and 3G would be good but not obligatory. Wouldn't want anything slow either.
Tell me please how it really is and what you think - maybe my assumptions about some points are wrong..
P.S. I think I want Android.
Examples: http://cgi.ebay.com/7-Capacitive-Android-2-1-Tablet-Multi-touch-4G-/250760079787?pt=US_Tablets&hash=item3a627729ab
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvrZT4GcldA (7" capacitive)
http://cgi.ebay.com/10-2-ePad-Android-2-1-Hdmi-WiFi-GPS-MID-Apad-Tablet-PC-/130482835302?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_15&hash=item1e61620f66 (10" resistive flytouch2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLnCOZ9TdDI&feature=player_embedded#at=190 (10" resistive flytouch2 -- I have my doubts that it scrolls so fast...)
Thanks in advance!
- Sandra
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