I'm looking for any advice on purchasing an iPad.
I have a laptop (an SSD Lenovo plus an external hard drive - not a Mac, I don't need that much power or complexity). I have an iPhone. I have an iPod touch. I've got a Kindle paperwhite. I tell you this so you understand the full extent of my device usage and general interest/knowledge.
I suppose I want something that lies between an iPhone and my laptop and I fancy an iPad as a tablet as I'm familiar with its operation through long usage of various phones and pods and I can consequently manage files and data more easily.
I use mainly email, WhatsApp, texting, internet surfing, I do online banking, shopping, storage of photos, a little creative stuff but not much, downloading, sorting and playing music, creating playlists etc. I don't do gaming.
I wanted something to be a little more creative with photos, fiddling about with maps for walking, holiday planning, bookings and downloads, I have loads of movies and tv stuff (saved in a hard drive and on the cloud) which I'd probably be more likely to access if it was easier than my laptop to connect with the tv screen as a monitor. I'm thinking it would be probably be easier to take an iPad whilst travelling (when that's more possible) and there are certain things that are better to read on a tablet than a kindle such as online magazines, PDF's etc.
I'm not willing to spend more than £400-£500 and I'm not looking for alternatives to an iPad. I don't want to spend ages in familiarising myself with another type of device.
With each operating system update on my iPhone I'm getting more messages about lack of storage space so the convenience of apps on the phone could, I think be replaced with something more accessible like an iPad.
Any tips, pointers traps to avoid or guidance would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
I have a laptop (an SSD Lenovo plus an external hard drive - not a Mac, I don't need that much power or complexity). I have an iPhone. I have an iPod touch. I've got a Kindle paperwhite. I tell you this so you understand the full extent of my device usage and general interest/knowledge.
I suppose I want something that lies between an iPhone and my laptop and I fancy an iPad as a tablet as I'm familiar with its operation through long usage of various phones and pods and I can consequently manage files and data more easily.
I use mainly email, WhatsApp, texting, internet surfing, I do online banking, shopping, storage of photos, a little creative stuff but not much, downloading, sorting and playing music, creating playlists etc. I don't do gaming.
I wanted something to be a little more creative with photos, fiddling about with maps for walking, holiday planning, bookings and downloads, I have loads of movies and tv stuff (saved in a hard drive and on the cloud) which I'd probably be more likely to access if it was easier than my laptop to connect with the tv screen as a monitor. I'm thinking it would be probably be easier to take an iPad whilst travelling (when that's more possible) and there are certain things that are better to read on a tablet than a kindle such as online magazines, PDF's etc.
I'm not willing to spend more than £400-£500 and I'm not looking for alternatives to an iPad. I don't want to spend ages in familiarising myself with another type of device.
With each operating system update on my iPhone I'm getting more messages about lack of storage space so the convenience of apps on the phone could, I think be replaced with something more accessible like an iPad.
Any tips, pointers traps to avoid or guidance would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
