Tablet - anyone using a Lenovo tablet for Gaia?

[Osteology]

Looking for a tablet to run Gaia with off-line maps and came across this. Never had a Lenovo product before but the price is hard to beat. Am I missing something. Reviews say the camera is lousy and the single speaker is poor but this would be primarily for nav in the truck......

Lenovo Tab M8 FHD: 8.0 inches, 32 GB, 3 GB Ram,1080 x 2160 pixels, Quad-core 2.0 GHz, Android 9, GPS
Direct from Lenovo for $139.00,

Tab M8 FHD | 8 Inch Tablet with FHD Display

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www.lenovo.com

 

[1Louder]

Not enough internal storage if you want a lot of offline maps. Some folks have had problems trying to put maps on an additional microsd card.

 

[reaver]

I have this exact tablet, but bought it used off ebay.

It runs Gaia great. You can get around the storage issues by using a micro SD card, and telling Gaia to store maps on the card. I have a 128gb card in mine.

 

[1Louder]

I have this exact tablet, but bought it used off ebay.

It runs Gaia great. You can get around the storage issues by using a micro SD card, and telling Gaia to store maps on the card. I have a 128gb card in mine.

Great that you aren’t having issues with the card. List what it is because many don’t work well.

 

[reaver]

I believe it's a SanDisk. It was one I just had laying around.

 

[JackA]

I also have a 128 Gb SanDisk class 10 card runing with no issues in a Samsung TAB E. You must use Gaia Set Up on your device to select moving the map data to the SD Card. You are still limited to the number of tiles you can download at one setting, but you can get several states worth of data stored on the 128 Gb card. Paid about $23 on Amazon for the Micro SD Card.

Amazon 128 Gb Micro SD Card

 

[Osteology]

Thanks all. I had planned on a 256GB card since they've gotten cheap. Samsung Evo select 256 is around $40

 

[Downs]

Always go with a name brand Class 10 card. That cuts down on a lot of SD memory issues. Prices are so low on SD cards there's no reason to try to go with a knock off no name unit.

I've had a few Lenovo computers. They work fine for what they are. They don't have all the bells and whistles. There's some low cost tablets on Amazon that are no name and under 100 dollars and I've used them for general use and they work ok but never used with GAIA so can't comment on how well they would work on that.

 

[reaver]

I double checked last night. I have the same model of tablet, but the 16gb version. I still have no issues, just FYI. I store my gaia info on the sd card, as well as my play music downloads.

I got lucky and got one that had a working LTE connection out of the box, so I have data on the go (and don't pay for it). My SD card is a sandisk ultra class 10.

The samsung evo card will work great.

 

[Osteology]

Thanks all - ordered today.

 

[Autism Family Travels]

I am running a Samsung tab a 8.0. I have a 512gb card and it works great for back country navigator and Canada topo. Give it a shot.

 

[Autism Family Travels]

Works well with gaia too.

 

[genocache]

I am running a Samsung tab a 8.0. I have a 512gb card and it works great for back country navigator and Canada topo. Give it a shot.

How does that work without gps?

 

[Autism Family Travels]

It has gps, just no compass

 

[arjan]

How does that work without gps?

Gps is a offline system if you download the charts then you can use it without internet

 

[peeeeetey]

How about a Galaxy Tab a...Is this worth my time and 150$?

 

[genocache]

Just the product descriptions online for the Samsung tab a 8.0 don't mention gps.

 

[arjan]

You just need to check if your tablet got a gps sensor build in without the need of internet. Some tablets work on position from cellphone conection.

 

[peeeeetey]

From what I have read it does. I may be wrong.

 

[Autism Family Travels]

I own a galaxy tab a 8.0. It has a gps receiver. No internet needed. It just does not have a compass. It's great for gaia.