On Mon, 16 Apr 2018 10:14:04 -0400, "(PeteCresswell)"    
   wrote:   
      
   >Per anonymous@internet.none:   
   >>Must I pull the Simm card to use it? From what I understand that   
   >>contains the personal data of the owner. Must that be removed, and why?   
   >   
   >No.... WiFi and phone functionality are entirely separate.   
   >   
   >One more thing: if you have any choice in phones, try for the biggest   
   >screen.... in fact, given your use, you don't even need a phone and a, say,   
   >8" tablet would serve your purposes even better.   
   >   
   >10" ? ... depends on your use... if I were doing it and wanted convenience of   
   >carrying (as in my pants pocket) I would go with 8"... otherwise, if I were   
   >happy with having to carry it separately, 10" would get the nod.   
   >   
   >Personally, I use a 6" phone and a 10" tablet.... but the tablet seldom   
   >leaves the house.   
   >   
   >OTOH, my technophobic #2 daughter has an 8" tablet that I sort of forced on   
   >her - but which she now likes and uses a lot for email and online shopping...   
   >but when I try to push a 10" tablet on her she wants no part of it.   
      
   Not too long ago, I was looking at those tablets on ebay. They are not   
   all that expensive. I saw some in the $30 to $40 range. They are all   
   with that anderoid system. It appers there are different versions of   
   that, some are new others are older. The older ones are cheaper. I guess   
   thats kind of like using Windows 10 vs Windows 7 or 8. I dont much care   
   as long as it gets me online.   
      
   You must have very large pockets though. :)  I could never fit an 8" in   
   my pockets. Maybe a 6" though. But carrying that thing around probably   
   would not be too bad, compared to a heavy laptop computer.   
      
   Sometimes kids drive me nuts with their small cellphones. They stick   
   them in my face and say "watch this". All I see is a blur of nothing. I   
   need to use reading glasses to see any of that stuff. Even my flip phone   
   I cant see a text message without glasses. So, yea, I think at least a   
   6" tablet, or an 8" would be a lot better for me to see. I cant   
   understand how anyone can view the details on ebay on them small phones.   
   And those kids are usually showing me some youtube video. There again,   
   too small for me to see anything... Sometimes when I have seen some   
   youtube video that I really want to keep, I have a friend download it,   
   then I give them a flash drive to put it on, so I can watch it at home   
   on my computer.   
      
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