Thread: Tablet for PDF plans and email

G'day ,

No you're not asking too much.

An iPad Air 2 loaded with the app "PDF expert" https://readdle.com/products/pdfexpert5 will do what you're asking.

Plus you'll be able to annotate the plans, then email them with annotations.

My Wife uses one as a secondary teacher and swears by this app. PDF expert handles so many file types from external sources.

The iPads cost more but remember most of the specd memory is actually available for use, unlike some of the windows ones that have a bloated os loaded.

And they do talk to non Apple devices - see PDFs expert and look under "file manager" for the external sources / protocols supported.

Are there any non-Apple devices (Android ideally) that meet a similar requirement? Just interested as I may look to get one in due course.

Bought a Surface 3. Impressed so far although big fingers on a small tablet don't work too well. The pen used in Onenote is amazingly good; it has a USB port and runs Windows programs. Ticks all the boxes so far.

Sony Xperia, but it has no USB port. It is dust and waterproof, I use mine as a GPS.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

Sony Xperia, but it has no USB port. It is dust and waterproof, I use mine as a GPS.

How do you transfer data onto it?

Originally Posted by VladTepes

How do you transfer data onto it?

Screams along. What I am liking more though is the using the pen in Onenote. Working on getting rid of my paper diary....although I don't know if this old dog can adapt to that new trick.

Originally Posted by VladTepes

How do you transfer data onto it?

Bluetooth or micro usb.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

Bluetooth or micro usb.

Its got a full size USB 3 port which works as advertised but I'm trialling Onedrive (Dropbox equivalent) which seems to work fine.

My big drama at this point is it refusal to see my Iphone 4s as a wifi hotspot. Works fine tethered but that's a bit redundant these days. I assume its the phone not the Surface as I'm having some issues with the 4s.