[Arm-netbook] any android tablets *not* with built-in baseband (e.g. MTK) but with 3G / phone capability

[Adam Gill]

I agree. .. But the new android tablets have dual sim card slot along with
sd. .. Which is in a slidable section at the back of one side. .. So no
need to remove whole of bsck cover. ..
 On Jan 20, 2013 7:04 AM, Zsolt Sz. Sztupák <mail at sztupy.hu> wrote:

> 2013.01.19. 22:36 keltezéssel, Adam Gill írta:
> > On 1/20/2013 2:22 AM, luke.leighton wrote:
> >> On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 12:20 PM, jm <joem at martindale-electric.co.uk>
> wrote:
> >>> On Sat, 2013-01-19 at 09:22 +0000, luke.leighton wrote:
> >>> does anyone know of any android tablets - at a reasonable price - that
> >>>> use a separate built-in 3G phone-capable chipset rather than using an
> >>>> on-board baseband DSP [and thus being 100% likely of being
> >>>> GPL-violating)?
> >>>>
> >>>> i have a friend who is looking to replace his samsung tablet phone
> >>>> with something cheaper yet good enough to use across hong kong and
> >>>> europe.
> >>> I have a Samsung S2 phone and it comes with a data service
> >>> and allows WiFi tethering.
> >>    cool.  i forgot about that idea.  hang on... *wifi* tethering... on a
> >> phone?  as in - it acts as a 3G router?  and it's a mass-produced
> >> item?  that's awesome.  i want one!
> >>
> >>> The tethering then allows any of my different tablets to
> >>> connect to internet. It eliminates the need for each tablet
> >>> needing built in 3G, as well as allowing the phone to become
> >>> a miniature tablet if I forget the larger tablet.
> >>    good point.
> >>
> >>    what you reckon, adam?  i'd say he has a great point, here: you'd
> >> .... oo, ooo OW!  the samsung S2?  have you seen the prices?!?!   but,
> >> hang on, you could always do bluetooth tethering instead.
> >>
> >>    l.
> >>
> > I already have the Galaxy note N7000 ... but the call function is crap -
> > got cut off several times ...  in a very good signal area - is it phone
> > fault -- or a wave with a blip in it? ...
> >
> > I have used my phone with 3G and then use phone as router for other
> > devices via wifi... works extremely well ..
> >
> > All 3G Androids have this after 4.0 - check the tethering settings
> >
> > Galaxy Note is OK ... but too much for what anyone needs --- who want to
> > draw  pretty patterns on a 5" screen with pen while you are in rush hour
> > on metro!
> >
> > Adam
> >
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> Yeah, any cheap Android 4.0 phone will do the trick, and as MTK based
> phones are usually dual SIM, you can buy a data-only SIM (as they might
> be cheaper/faster/etc. than adding a data plan to the main SIM card)
> that will get tethered, while your default, phone SIM can remain for...
> well phone calls. I personally don't like the idea of putting a SIM card
> inside a tablet. My phone is always with me, and I don't want to pay for
> a data plan I rarely use.
>
>   SztupY
>
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