One Week With Only My Tablet: DAY FOUR

I GIVE UP!!!!

Today I’ve been working through my mountain of daily emails and in the process I’ve been doing things like manipulating documents in QuickOffice Pro, sending and receiving emails and also general things like checking Google+.

With it being Monday today, I have been much busier than on previous days, so I have really felt it today. I’ve just finished posting the Jumpshot article, it should have only taken 20-30 minutes to complete but on my tablet it took nearly TWO HOURS! I’m falling further and further behind and getting far more frustrated with the whole situation, so much so that I have actually been close to throwing my tablet with frustration.

So, for both my sanities and my tablets sake, I have decided to end the experiment early.

Conclusion

At the start of this process, I wanted to see if I could use my tablet as a viable replacement for my laptop. After 4 very long and very frustrating days, the answer to this question is a resounding no. I’ve hit obstacle after obstacle, all of which have slowed me down in one way or another. I’ve actually found myself getting angry at times when trying to do the simplest things like add a hyperlink to some text in an article.

I’ve written this article on my laptop, I have to say that it’s joyous to have a keyboard and ‘proper’ OS back. The last 3 days, the articles I have written have taken around 45 minutes to complete. This is longer than all of them and taken only 10 minutes….I think some people will now begin to understand where I am coming from with my frustration. Tablets are great toys. But for me, they are definitely not a viable work aid.

On a side note, QuickOffice Pro for Android is atrocious - stay away from it.

Have you ever been stranded with just a tablet for an extended period? I’d love to hear your experiences in the comment section…