Galaxy Tab 3 7" - Is it a good tablet????

[STARGATE]

Non-broken GPS, multi tasking, video chat and pretty good with Netflix or DVDrips. If you use Opera Mini, Opera for Android (offroad mode) or similar data saving browser it will go a long ways on your data plan. MAKE SURE you align the built in data cutoff quotas with your Sprint billing period so it does the job right, a money saver that is.

Agree.

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[axllebeer]

Non-broken GPS, multi tasking, video chat and pretty good with Netflix or DVDrips. If you use Opera Mini, Opera for Android (offroad mode) or similar data saving browser it will go a long ways on your data plan. MAKE SURE you align the built in data cutoff quotas with your Sprint billing period so it does the job right, a money saver that is.

I did this day 1. I've compared the usage measured by the tab and my Sprint account and it seems pretty reliable. An excellent suggestion for all users on tiered data plans.

 

[BergerKing]

Non-broken GPS, multi tasking, video chat and pretty good with Netflix or DVDrips. If you use Opera Mini, Opera for Android (offroad mode) or similar data saving browser it will go a long ways on your data plan. MAKE SURE you align the built in data cutoff quotas with your Sprint billing period so it does the job right, a money saver that is.

Fortunately, I won't be using it nearly as heavily as I do my S4, where I've been known to pop as much as 12 gigs of data in a month, without video streaming. I'll have a gig to play with, and can increase it if I need to.

 

[axllebeer]

Anyone receive this update today?

 

[Realsis77]

I really enjoy my galaxy tab 3, 7.0. It functions very much like my galaxy s4. I was even able to make phone calls over it. I got a a blue tooth keyboard for it and I've been having a lot of fun with mine. I've expanded my memory to 32 sd card and everything on the tablet works beautifully! I have no complaints what so ever. Wifi and bluetooth both function as they should. A few rweaks here and there and I was able to speed it up a considerable amount. Bought some external speakers and now my sound is great with videos and movies, not that it was bad before but the speakers improve it. Its a snappy little tab and definitely worth buying. Read up because its capable of doing more than you think like calling and recieving calls, messageing, video chat ect..I would recommend this tab. I've had zero troubles with mine.

 

[Relgoshan]

Fortunately, I won't be using it nearly as heavily as I do my S4, where I've been known to pop as much as 12 gigs of data in a month, without video streaming. I'll have a gig to play with, and can increase it if I need to.

Torrent videos with phone, use wifi at a truck stop to local copy onto your tablet SD card for later, watch on tablet.

Or download direct when you have wifi access.

 

[Relgoshan]

I really enjoy my galaxy tab 3, 7.0. It functions very much like my galaxy s4. I was even able to make phone calls over it. I got a a blue tooth keyboard for it and I've been having a lot of fun with mine. I've expanded my memory to 32 sd card and everything on the tablet works beautifully! I have no complaints what so ever. Wifi and bluetooth both function as they should. A few rweaks here and there and I was able to speed it up a considerable amount. Bought some external speakers and now my sound is great with videos and movies, not that it was bad before but the speakers improve it. Its a snappy little tab and definitely worth buying. Read up because its capable of doing more than you think like calling and recieving calls, messageing, video chat ect..I would recommend this tab. I've had zero troubles with mine.

Sounds like you got the 3g unlocked version. Wifi model's specs, but it works with a standard smartphone SIM such as T-Mobile. Not a speed demon but a clever beast. Or are you using a different model with VoIP phone?

 

[STARGATE]

I'm not sure about him, but on mine I have an app that lets me use my Google voice number for phone calls and messaging.

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[ungibbed]

I'm not sure about him, but on mine I have an app that lets me use my Google voice number for phone calls and messaging.

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How would you go about making that work? I've tried several different apps and while I could call others on occasion, nobody could call me despite having a solid wifi signal. My Tab 3 7.0" is the plain wifi US model with no SIM card slot

I didnt recall any global GSM version in which case it sounds like you could have a ghetto Galaxy Note if that worked right off the bat with a active SIM module and some good VoIP software.

That would be a real pain for me as my phone uses a nano SIM card which is a real pain to remove (iPhone 5).

What's the cost for using Google Voice? There's got to be some fees in there somewhere. I'd prefer using that than using my real cell number on craigslist.

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[STARGATE]

How would you go about making that work? I've tried several different apps and while I could call others on occasion, nobody could call me despite having a solid wifi signal. My Tab 3 7.0" is the plain wifi US model with no SIM card slot

I didnt recall any global GSM version in which case it sounds like you could have a ghetto Galaxy Note if that worked right off the bat with a active SIM module and some good VoIP software.

That would be a real pain for me as my phone uses a nano SIM card which is a real pain to remove (iPhone 5).

What's the cost for using Google Voice? There's got to be some fees in there somewhere. I'd prefer using that than using my real cell number on craigslist.

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I have the sprint version and there's no fees for using my G Voice number.
The app's name is talkatone.

No ghetto tab here. Whatever that means.

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[ungibbed]

I have the sprint version and there's no fees for using my G Voice number.
The app's name is talkatone.

No ghetto tab here. Whatever that means.

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The "Ghetto Galaxy Note" was a bit of sarcasm, please don't take that the wrong way.

Thanks for the app name. Any costs for certain features of the app itself? While I have unlimited calling on my plan with T-Mobile with my iPhone as well as unlimited data/tethering, I find that having an alternate number for Craigslist use a nice bonus and peace of mind for personal security and not having my number sold for spam texts etc.

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[STARGATE]

The "Ghetto Galaxy Note" was a bit of sarcasm, please don't take that the wrong way.

Thanks for the app name. Any costs for certain features of the app itself? While I have unlimited calling on my plan with T-Mobile with my iPhone as well as unlimited data/tethering, I find that having an alternate number for Craigslist use a nice bonus and peace of mind for personal security and not having my number sold for spam texts etc.

Sent from my Galaxy Tab 3 via tin cans and string.

My wife's been using Grove ip for phone calls with this GT3 through her gvoice number with no problem at all.

That's a very good app if you have g voice, but if you don't and just want another number for Craigslist and the like, talkatone is prefect (the free version) since it'll give you a new phone number and like 10-20 minutes per month.

Give it a try.

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[Sean Leckie]

From what I've seen is not a bad tablet, just ask if the one you are buying comes preinstalled with 4.2.2... pain in the neck.It gets the job done.

So b u t t is a curse word on this site? Hahaha that's a bit of a quirk.

 

[Sbricky]

Anyone receive this update today?

Me

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[STARGATE]

Anyone receive this update today?

Oh yea, my GT3 got it. I think it messed up the profiles I had for my kids but not mine which is the main one on it.

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[Relgoshan]

From what I've seen is not a bad tablet, just ask if the one you are buying comes preinstalled with 4.2.2... pain in the neck.It gets the job done.

So b u t t is a curse word on this site? Hahaha that's a bit of a quirk.

And Newegg filters when you mention using a screw driver during setup in your review, took me forever to figure out what was wrong. The hierarchy of hardware power is LTE-Wifi-Lite. But the LTE and Lite shipped 4.2.2 while the first models released (wifi/3g) got 4.1.2 which was missing some nice features. The Lite has an awful screen, that alone makes it a no-buy. The wifi and LTE have *amazing* screens despite the rez, for some reason Samsung crammed a very primitive one into the Lite. I think the Lite is ironically also the heaviest 7" Tab 3 yet.

 

[STARGATE]

I thought it was Android 4.3, I was wrong! :banghead:


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[axllebeer]

I thought it was Android 4.3, I was wrong! :banghead:
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Yep. Shame that it wasn't. I really thought with the size of the update that it might have been it.

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[Relgoshan]

Any word on whst if anything actually changes?

 

[STARGATE]

Yep. Shame that it wasn't. I really thought with the size of the update that it might have been it.

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Exactly! And also messed up the profiles I had set up for my kids!

Oh well, hopefully we'll get 4.3 or 4.4 soon, hopefully...

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