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Re: Usable Tablets for Scouting
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Originally Posted by sanddrag View Post
For those of you who are using android tablets and such, are you using wifi? If so, I believe that's against the rules. FIRST officials have been known to use a spectrum analyzer at events and go find people running wifi.

Here on Team 696, we invested in hardware to do it legally without wifi. We are running 10.1" Windows Tablets with USB-ethernet adapters to a wired LAN in the stands, and we disable all wifi. The tablets were about $120 ea and are decent, but battery life is an issue.
You can legally use Bluetooth and cellphone connections. (Otherwise they'd have to kick out all of the spectators! )
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