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Had there been a microSD slot, it would've been an instabuy. Without it, however, I fear that in 6 months I'll be juggling which applications or media I want to
by AceJohnny2 14y ago
Had there been a microSD slot, it would've been an instabuy. Without it, however, I fear that in 6 months I'll be juggling which applications or media I want to keep on it.
I understand that Google's "everything in the Cloud" is an answer to this. Why keep music and movies on the device when you can offload storage? Because I don't want to depend on connectivity, and the device doesn't have native 3G.
- sliverstorm 14y agoYou'd think they could just add the darn slot and migrate you gradually. The sockets are not pennies, but they really don't cost much.
- iMark 14y agoIt's not just a matter of cost, it's a matter of space. Every millimeter counts on a mobile device.
- glhaynes 14y agoAnd perhaps even more a matter of product differentiation/market segmentation.
- LeonidasXIV 14y agoStill, even phones have them. My Nexus One has a microSD card slot (currently populated with 32GB for quite cheap) and is a good deal smaller than the Galaxy Nexus what does not have one.
- Synaesthesia 14y agoMeh, SD card isn't much to me. 3G on the other hand would be sweet
- ajross 14y agoAnd that is why it has neither. At $200, you can't include throwaway features that don't appeal to a majority of your target market. For myself, I don't know why I'd care that my tablet was a phone. I already have a phone; if I want to put the tablet on the internet I tether it to the phone.
- moe 14y agoWhy drain just one battery when you can drain two! </tongue-in-cheek>
- reedlaw 14y agoOn the other hand, why pay for a 3G plan for every device when you pay for just one and share the connection? Extra batteries are cheap compared to 3G data plans.
- esolyt 14y agoThe problem is you will always want to put the tablet on the internet, because it is useless without it. It is an extra burden to take your phone out and turn tethering on everytime you want to pick up your tablet.
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- ajross 14y agoFor some definition of "always" (that is, not really always), sure. It's also "always" true that the tablet is on a working wifi network.
- bryanlarsen 14y agoThere is a workaround that works well for some SD card use cases: the USB port supports "on-the-go", so you can plug in a USB stick via an adaptor.
- cjdentra 14y agoThat works great until you are subject to an intermittent network connection. Then frustration creeps in!
- saket123 14y agohttp://store.sony.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&partNumber=SGPUC1 http://store.sony.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDispl... Something like this might help you. I totally agree with needing more space.
- ben0x539 14y agoIt doesn't have 3G, so I suspect it's probably not meant as a mobile device and you are expected to back it up with some local wifi enabled file server.