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

["Zsolt Sz. Sztupák"]

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