Good Tablet For Field Work

Jocose

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Dec 23, 2013
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I am making a system that will allow some plumbers to have customers digitally sign contracts and forms using a tablet and a stylus.

Short of installing Linux on an android tablet, and perhaps ruining the battering life, and having other problems, I need to find a good windows 8 tablet that would be good for this task.

• Good battery life (may not be able to plug in for awhile on long service calls)
• A keyboard for entering data (although a separate Bluetooth one would be fine)
• A stylus (again if it doesn't come with one a separate one could be bought but it is required for customers to sign forms)
• Enough power to run a local Apache server & handle basic php scripts to run the system.


Does anyone have any good recommendations?

So far I have looked at the following:

• ASUS Transformer Book T100TA
• Samsung ATIV Smart PC 500T
• Lenovo IdeaTab K3 Lynx 11.6-Inch 64 GB Tablet
• Lenovo IdeaTab Miix 2 8 8-Inch 64 GB Tablet
 

g-unit1111

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I'd personally lean toward the Asus Transformer Book due to its' inclusion of the keyboard attachment. I'd also say the Microsoft Surface Pro if you can find a first generation model but they're quite a bit more expensive.