Monty
Group Buy Coordinator
I'm looking for a tablet, not an Ipad, that's 3G/4G, will work with Squar and is between $300-$500. Any suggestions?
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Tom, I was considering that as an alternative, but I'd like to have to not purchase two separate items. I plan on purchasing the tablet outright with out a contract. I only plan to use it when I do shows, usually 3-4 months a year, and that way I can buy only the months I plan on using it. Plus I don't think it will take more that 250meg a month to run it.Mannie,
Have you considered getting a wi-fi only and enabling wireless hot spot on your phone. I did it and really like it.
tom
The Galaxy is a smartphone, and I have the Samsung Prevail. I'm thinking tablet for a larger screen.i would suggest the new Samsung Galaxy. its 4g and if you go to Verizon you can purchase, activate the phone number and deactivate the next day. that way you have a WiFi only. however, for $20/ month you get 2 gigs of data service. you set the machine for WiFi and it only goes to the service when you are not at a WiFi spot, like home. great machine, love it. im not sure about square, but it sure works with the reader i use for intuit gopayment.
That would be a +, but I mainly want it for a larger screen and I can't see shelling out $600+ for something I will most likely use 3-4 months of the year.Be aware, at least the last time I looked, that the Android square app will not do the same stuff that the iPad app will, namely the product database. I just looked and could not definitively verify this but from what I can see, the tablet Android App will act just like your Android phone app. In other words, if you wanted to put all of your product skus and pricing in ahead of time, it does not appear it will do it like it will with the iPad app.
Tom, I was considering that as an alternative, but I'd like to have to not purchase two separate items. I plan on purchasing the tablet outright with out a contract. I only plan to use it when I do shows, usually 3-4 months a year, and that way I can buy only the months I plan on using it. Plus I don't think it will take more that 250meg a month to run it.Mannie,
Have you considered getting a wi-fi only and enabling wireless hot spot on your phone. I did it and really like it.
tom
Also, my Samsung Prevail will not do wireless hotspots.
The Galaxy is a smartphone, and I have the Samsung Prevail. I'm thinking tablet for a larger screen.i would suggest the new Samsung Galaxy. its 4g and if you go to Verizon you can purchase, activate the phone number and deactivate the next day. that way you have a WiFi only. however, for $20/ month you get 2 gigs of data service. you set the machine for WiFi and it only goes to the service when you are not at a WiFi spot, like home. great machine, love it. im not sure about square, but it sure works with the reader i use for intuit gopayment.
If you are refering to the Galaxy Tab, it's an Android Honeycomb 3.0 tablet and these has issues with Square.
the Galaxy is not a smart phone. in is a tablet. you can not make calls on it. it also will create its own hot spot for other computers etc to log on to. there are samsungs that are smart phones, but not the galaxy.
Beg to differ with you, but there are several Galaxy phones and the Galaxy Tab
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchp...p=&qp=&list=n&iht=y&usc=All+Categories&ks=960
the Galaxy is not a smart phone. in is a tablet. you can not make calls on it. it also will create its own hot spot for other computers etc to log on to. there are samsungs that are smart phones, but not the galaxy.
Beg to differ with you, but there are several Galaxy phones and the Galaxy Tab
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchp...p=&qp=&list=n&iht=y&usc=All+Categories&ks=960
Just curious but why not the IPAD or IPAD2> I received an Ipad for fathers day but the grandkids use it more than I do. I cannot play a lot of movies it says that Apple does not endorse media player? I believe? I have not found an alternative to make it more useful. My neighbor bought a Samsung Galaxy and she use it while driving her pilot car for her GPS to track the roads through Wyoming and Colorado. She says that the Galaxy is better than an Ipad but I am not sure why?
This is the info I'm looking for. According to the Square site, Square has problems with the Honeycomb system....
Curtis is right about the database issue on Android, but I've not had any problems with Square on Galaxy Tab 10.1....
Tom
I'm looking for a pay as you go plan. If I read the web sites right (please corect me if I'm reading them wrong) I can get a 250MB, no-commitment 4G tablet data plan for $14.99 a month from ATT, or 1GB from Verizon for $20 a month....if you consider the cost of Verizon contract for 3G.
Tom
yeah the mind is the second thing to go. cant remember the first.Don't worry Tom, it happens to the best of us when we get old.
Read my sig line.
yeah the mind is the second thing to go. cant remember the first.
yeah the mind is the second thing to go. cant remember the first.
Charlie,
I remember the first....so sad...:frown:
Tom
Just throwing this out there because it is so efficient. Intuit pay systems will work on virtually ANY tablet and integrates seamlessly into Quickbooks.
This system is really slick and may be our next move. All sales accounting would then be handled directly at the point of purchase. Data can be stored on the tablet, quickstick or on a cloud.
Intuit was at Sam's Club demonstrating this on a $285 Vizio tablet. It worked great, and I could actually print invoices, sales receipts on the spot.