Why You Need A Verizon Wireless Tablet

Samsung Galaxy Tab%u2122 10.1 16GB - 4G LTE Tablet | Verizon Wireless. I was sitting next to a couple of fellow lawyers in the seminar this morning, and, while waiting for the speaker to begin, was casually browsing my local hometown rag, the TampaBay Times, on my Galaxy Tab, with the PressReader software. The fellow to my left had an iPad, and he was grousing because the hotel charges an exorbitant amount for WiFi access and the reception wasn't very good anyway. So, there he sat, with an essentially non-functioning tablet. He was also intrigued with my PressReader application, and complained about not being able to get his hometown paper while traveling. The friend in front of me was complaining that he was a T-Mobile subscriber and he couldn't get a signal inside the auditorium at all. In case you are wondering, this is a true story. I could not make this stuff up. Anyway, I calmly loaded the Android HotSpot app that came with the tablet, and asked both parties to pass me their devices. I looked for my private WiFi network, typed in the password I had assigned to the WPA encrypted signal, and, in a couple of minutes they were both computing away. The iPad user actually loaded the PressReader iPad app and was trying it out. He will be subscribing when he gets back home. The moral of this story is the Scout Motto: "Be Prepared". Bring your own Internet with you. Adapt and Overcome.

Comments

[Carol Garner]

Love this; but I can also use the HotSpot function of my Verizon Android phone to connect my table & others, without having to pay Verizon for yet another data plan.

[Rick Georges]

I can do that, Carol; but, I prefer using the tablet wireless, as I want to preserve the phone battery. I have used the phone; but it eats battery like crazy. Either way, Verizon hotspot rocks.

[Pasco]

Doesn't the cost of broadband capability exceed the hotel wifi cost on an annual if not monthly basis? Meaning, unless you travel and attend conferences often, isn't it more cost effective to buy the wifi?

[Rick]

Sure if you only use it in hotels. But I use it on airplanes, in restaurants every day at lunch, when I visit clients, when I am waiting on the kids to get off the kiddie rides at the amusement park, and everywhere else. Using any public wifi is a security risk. So I repeat. Always bring your own encrypted Internet.