Would like to find something around the £99 mark that could handle a H+M ewriter book (or would html/browser be better?) with a decent battery.
It would have to be reasonable rugged.

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If the tablets can have an Internet connection this is definitely the best way to go, because then you can update the documentation for your entire user base in a single central location without redistribution. Local documentation installation should always be just a fallback option for situations where you can't have online access.
That's all interesting. The documentation will have to be provided for use offline, but installing the HTML version on the tablet won't be a problem.Tim Green wrote: ↑Thu Oct 07, 2021 11:13 amIf the tablets can have an Internet connection this is definitely the best way to go, because then you can update the documentation for your entire user base in a single central location without redistribution. Local documentation installation should always be just a fallback option for situations where you can't have online access.
Generally speaking, if possible, I would strongly recommend iPads over any other tablet. They are so far head of both Android and Windows tablets in every possible usability and performance metric that there is no longer really any comparison at all.
That won't work, at least not on an iPad or Android tablet. Mobile operating systems are massively different from desktop ones, and all applications are strictly sandboxed. You cannot just install WebHelp and display it locally. The only way to display your own HTML content on an iPad or Android device is via the Internet, or with your own native app that includes all the HTML content in its own sandbox. That would mean programming an app yourself with the ability to display HTML, basically a browser app. And then the only way to update your documentation would be to update the app, which would mean going through the entire store approval process every time. And that way madness lies -- don't even think about considering it.That's all interesting. The documentation will have to be provided for use offline, but installing the HTML version on the tablet won't be a problem.