Nexus 7

givememoney

Hi was thinking of buying a Nexus 7 tablet.

Never had one of these before so excuse my ignorance.

What I want is something portable so I can look at emails and the internet whilst away from home.

I see it mentions google mail but my main account is windows mail, will I be able to get that on this device?

Thank you.

DCFC79

givememoney wrote: »

Hi was thinking of buying a Nexus 7 tablet.

Never had one of these before so excuse my ignorance.

What I want is something portable so I can look at emails and the internet whilst away from home.

I see it mentions google mail but my main account is windows mail, will I be able to get that on this device?

Thank you.

Also excuse my ignorance as I dont use Windows Mail but do you access it via a website or software thats stored on the PC ?

If via a website then yes you could but if via software on your PC Id say no you cant.

[STRIKE]Is windows Live the same as Windows Mail ?

You can set up email access for Live here.[/STRIKE]

Figment

givememoney wrote: »

Hi was thinking of buying a Nexus 7 tablet.

Never had one of these before so excuse my ignorance.

What I want is something portable so I can look at emails and the internet whilst away from home.

I see it mentions google mail but my main account is windows mail, will I be able to get that on this device?

Thank you.

If you want to be able to use it (virtually) anywhere, you will need the 3G version (requires a SIM card). If you're happy to only use it wherever you can find a wifi hotspot, you can opt for the wifi only version.

Windows mail is an email client (a piece of software for sending and receiving email), not an e-mail account/address. The Nexus 7 has apps for GMail and other email accounts

JJ_Egan

If you have email account then you can either use an app for email .Or use a web browser to log in to your email web page and read send .

jje

keith1950

I see it mentions google mail but my main account is windows mail, will I be able to get that on this device?

Hi, you can have as many different email clients as you want. You just need to set them up one by one.

I currently use googlemail/sky email/yahoo/ovi/orange and several hotmail accounts on my Nexus 7.

I use the same email clients on my PC, my tablet and my smartphone.

As stated it is wifi only so when out and about you would need access to free wifi networks.

givememoney

Thanks everyone, I just assumed I could use it anywhere but as you point out I need 3G so will have to look into that.

I am with BT at home by the way.

martinthebandit

When I am out and about and want to use the internet I simply use my phone as a 'hot spot' for my nexus 7, works a treat.

PS I am posting this from mine

givememoney

martinthebandit wrote: »

When I am out and about and want to use the internet I simply use my phone as a 'hot spot' for my nexus 7, works a treat.

PS I am posting this from mine

Unfortunately I do not have a smart phone so couldn't do this.:o

keith1950

I had forgotten about tethering my smartphone, it just depends how desperate I am and how much of my data allowance I have already used so usually only do this if occasionally.

clangnuts

givememoney wrote: »

Thanks everyone, I just assumed I could use it anywhere but as you point out I need 3G so will have to look into that.

I am with BT at home by the way.

I have WiFi nexus 7 and I'm with BT. I use BT hotspots with it (free option with your BT broadband).

Works well enough in most built up areas (where there's lots of other BT hotspot users).

HTH

givememoney

clangnuts wrote: »

I have WiFi nexus 7 and I'm with BT. I use BT hotspots with it (free option with your BT broadband).

Works well enough in most built up areas (where there's lots of other BT hotspot users).

HTH

Trouble with us we have a caravan and most of our trips away from home take us to a large field sometimes out in the middle of nowhere so we are at a disadvantage there.

Lots of the sites have wifi access though so would we put in a code like you do with a laptop?