Hi! Since registering on this side of the site, I've met some fantastic and very helpful members.
Although I have a Samsung Galaxy Tablet and love it to bits and pieces, it's becoming increasingly clear that some of the more Science-geared apps will NEVER come to the Android OS. I've contacted all four of the app developers, to see if they were planning on doing an Android version and of the two that replied, they politely said, "No. Sorry, but we don't work within the Android OS."
Okay, so here I am: with a $300.00 Visa Gift card left over from Christmas and a contract with AT & T about to expire, and enough credit from them to get an iPhone for free. I already have 4 Apple apps that would greatly enhance my life: The Elements by Theodore Gray; iBirds (not Angry Birds! LOL); National Geographic's Dinosaur app, and Recipe Box, which is a recipe app that blows my mind!
Being that I love the 7" screen format of the Gal-Tab, smaller is rather better for me than a larger screen size. However, I don't see myself leaving the house with the iPad so the larger screen will be used in the kitchen and for enjoying the apps I've listed so I won't be needing to haul it around.
NOTE: It will be "Either/Or". I'm not interested in both. Period. I asked a friend, who has an iPhone what she would recommend and she was of little help, saying I should get both because I get a free phone and I had the gift card. Again, that is not going to happen!
So, what would YOU do, if given the choice? I could equally get a "dumb phone" from AT & T, since I use the Gal-Tab for everything except placing a call. Problem with buying an iPhone is getting stuck with a data plan; I currently have a four year old "dumb phone" and the data plan for the tablet is off of Sprint, which had the better pricing structure on the tablet and plan. If I buy the iPad, it will be the Wi-Fi version, only.
Part of me says to "bite the bullet" get the free iPhone and see if I like Apple apps or iOS. That way, I'm only out a $15.00/month data plan. The other half of me says, "Get a 16GB Wi-Fi off of ebay for $300.00 for the full pleasure of viewing those science apps."
My contract renewal is up in May so I have until then to make a decision. I'd love to hear some other voices of experience chime in to what they think is my best choice.
Thanks in advance to anyone who replies!
Although I have a Samsung Galaxy Tablet and love it to bits and pieces, it's becoming increasingly clear that some of the more Science-geared apps will NEVER come to the Android OS. I've contacted all four of the app developers, to see if they were planning on doing an Android version and of the two that replied, they politely said, "No. Sorry, but we don't work within the Android OS."
Okay, so here I am: with a $300.00 Visa Gift card left over from Christmas and a contract with AT & T about to expire, and enough credit from them to get an iPhone for free. I already have 4 Apple apps that would greatly enhance my life: The Elements by Theodore Gray; iBirds (not Angry Birds! LOL); National Geographic's Dinosaur app, and Recipe Box, which is a recipe app that blows my mind!
Being that I love the 7" screen format of the Gal-Tab, smaller is rather better for me than a larger screen size. However, I don't see myself leaving the house with the iPad so the larger screen will be used in the kitchen and for enjoying the apps I've listed so I won't be needing to haul it around.
NOTE: It will be "Either/Or". I'm not interested in both. Period. I asked a friend, who has an iPhone what she would recommend and she was of little help, saying I should get both because I get a free phone and I had the gift card. Again, that is not going to happen!
So, what would YOU do, if given the choice? I could equally get a "dumb phone" from AT & T, since I use the Gal-Tab for everything except placing a call. Problem with buying an iPhone is getting stuck with a data plan; I currently have a four year old "dumb phone" and the data plan for the tablet is off of Sprint, which had the better pricing structure on the tablet and plan. If I buy the iPad, it will be the Wi-Fi version, only.
Part of me says to "bite the bullet" get the free iPhone and see if I like Apple apps or iOS. That way, I'm only out a $15.00/month data plan. The other half of me says, "Get a 16GB Wi-Fi off of ebay for $300.00 for the full pleasure of viewing those science apps."
My contract renewal is up in May so I have until then to make a decision. I'd love to hear some other voices of experience chime in to what they think is my best choice.
Thanks in advance to anyone who replies!