Which Tablet for Office 365?

rudekid48

Hey Folks,

The kids' high school uses Office 365 for email, word, excel & PowerPoint and are encouraging the kids to use their own tablets in school during lessons to complete work. My little 'un has got an iPad Mini but I want to get here something with a bigger screen to work on.

Can any of you good people recommend which tablets are best equipped for office 365? Not bothered about other features as we're all iPaded up for everything else

Collabora

Tesco had a deal of a free years Office 365 with their Hudl2 so i would assume their Hudl2 is compatible.

tyllwyd

I can't understand why you would use Office on a tablet rather than a laptop or a desktop pc, with a proper keyboard and mouse? Seems gimmicky to me to be honest.


But having said that, I don't think a hudl2 is going to be a lot larger than an ipad mini, so I don't think it will be a lot better.

rudekid48

tyllwyd wrote: »

I can't understand why you would use Office on a tablet rather than a laptop or a desktop pc, with a proper keyboard and mouse? Seems gimmicky to me to be honest.


But having said that, I don't think a hudl2 is going to be a lot larger than an ipad mini, so I don't think it will be a lot better.

It's not my choice to use a tablet - the school want to work that way.

DCFC79

Maybe you could connect up a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse.

Collabora

You could also get a keyboard case, so it has a keyboard built into the case.

tyllwyd wrote: »

But having said that, I don't think a hudl2 is going to be a lot larger than an ipad mini, so I don't think it will be a lot better.

but it will be half the price, especially for a school environment

cookie365

Not the cheapest option, but have a look at Asus' Windows Transformer Books - essentially tablets with a detachable keyboard.

E.g. http://www.amazon.co.uk/T100TAF-BING-DK024B-Transformer-10-1-inch-Convertible-1-33GHz/dp/B00PSFY3AU/ref=sr_ob_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422389013&sr=8-1

Or a proper laptop that just happens to have a small touchscreen, such as this
http://www.amazon.co.uk/X102B-10-1-inch-Touchscreen-Laptop-Black/dp/B00FC55SVO/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1422389159&sr=1-1

I'm not shilling Asus stuff by the way, they just happen to make a lot of good stuff in this niche of the market

Jivesinger

Collabora wrote: »

Tesco had a deal of a free years Office 365 with their Hudl2 so i would assume their Hudl2 is compatible.

No, I don't think they did.

Office 365 on Android tablets is still in preview/ testing mode, so I think it's really unlikely that Tesco were selling test software on Hudl2s. Maybe they will eventually, but not yet.

http://blogs.office.com/2015/01/23/office-365-news-round-13/

Tesco are, however, offering a year of Office 365 on their Connect tablet.
http://www.tesco.com/direct/connect-7-tablet-with-windows-81-office-365-personal-32gb-wifi-black/182-3108.prd?pageLevel=&skuId=182-3108

But that's a completely different operating system to a Hudl - quite an important distinction.

Being a Windows tablet the Connect will run the full-fat version of Office that you get on a Desktop, but as such, it isn't really designed to be easy to use with a small screen.

prowla

A full-size iPad.

All of the apps on the mini still work on that too.

Big_Graeme

rudekid48 wrote: »

It's not my choice to use a tablet - the school want to work that way.

Then the school should provide the equipment...

Collabora

Jivesinger wrote: »

No, I don't think they did.

yes they did on this package

http://shop.tescomobile.com/pay-monthly/mobile-phones/motorola/moto+e++hudl2?deal=18532

and this one

http://shop.tescomobile.com/pay-monthly/mobile-phones/nokia/lumia+530+and+7+linx+tablet?deal=18805


because i was deciding of which package to get and i chose the windows package, which within 48 hrs i returned as could not get away with a win 8 tablet.