OT what are thes?

I am not familuar with this stuff so what are a Tablet, I-pad, notebook Pc, WiFy. Local store add today has Notebook PC, Chrombook 3 4GB, Fire Tablet, 7" Multi Touch Display tablet. See free WiFy listed at rating places. I use a tower computor, just a flip phone with only call making feature. Know what a laptop is. But what are the other items?

Junk.

iPad is a touch screen made by Apple that you can add apps to for watching movies on Netflix,you can download books and so on. Tablets are the same only not made by Apple. Pc I think refers to desktop computers. Wifi is a wireless internet signal,you usually need a password to gain access unless it's in a government building or coffee shop.

AMEN

AMEN

iPad is a cross between a smart phone and a laptop, has lots of software available, does not do phone, but has a bigger screen than a phone to work with.

Tablet is all of the similar things, like an iPad, an Androod device, or a Windows device. A touch screen, no real keyboard tho you can add small ones, they are smaller and easier to use than a laptop. Very handy to use, some are 7 inches, some are 9 inches, and a few are bigger. You can get a cheap,one that isn't so good for $50, and you can spend over $1000 for a top notch one. They tend to allow a long, 8-10 hour battery life, quick on, no moving parts.

The 'books' are like a tablet, but might have a custom, simple,operating system and are aimed at reading downloadable books. And perhaps scanning the Internet. They tend to have a screen designed for long term text reading not so good color and video. They tend to not have as many bits of software available to do stuff.

Wifi is how any of these devices get internet access, as most laptops do. You may have your desktop plugged into the Internet with a cable? 'Wifi' is getting rid of that cable and broadcasting the Internet about a 1000 foot circle you can roam in, no wires. Most get set up with a password, you can't get the access without the password.

I hardly use my desktop,any more, I'm on the iPad for everything Internet any more. Lots of farming stuff. Some might think thry are junk that is fine. The cheap $50-100 ones are, but a quality $300+ tablet is a lot faster, less fuss, very portable, easy to use machine, unless you want to type out book they work great.

Paul

A tablet is just a small, thin, touch screen computer in which you could add a keyboard or other accessories. Notebooks are basically a smaller version of a laptop.

Chromebooks are laptops that use Google Chrome to operate and google based apps.

Amazon fire tablet is a brand of tablet but designed around amazon content and entertainment, it is comparable or competes with other tablets like the ipad, kindle, nook, samsung etc.

Very expensive toys that no one needs.

The add has a Proscan 7" Multi Touch Display Tablet includes keyboard and case, android 5.3, memory 512, ddr2, quad core, 1.2GHz processor and price is $37 dollars. Would something like that be able to look up driving directions if I am on the road or a weather forcast if I am at my Amish friends place. Also like if I am at one store and want to find out what a different one has avaible? Dought if it would get one houre of use per month. This is new item. And I have learned a lot from the responces. Thanks

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Far from junk! But explaining each adequately is way outside the scope of a casual forum so just go on down to the local store and ask them. Keep after them until you understand the explanations and the differences. It will be a lot easier for you to understand when you can see and touch the devices.

Is what I asked in the scope of what they are designed to do? If they can pick up internet features like that then can they be used away from home? If basics say they can do it I might check store. If not designed to do that then no use in driving the 25 mile to find out what I would be interested in cannot be done.