How Does A Tablet Work

[lankeela]

I had a phone and tablet that both worked on a sim card. No problem. Changed suppliers, got same phone and tablet but no sim card for tablet and it will apparently only work in hotspot, so how can I use it? Can I somehow link it to my phone? Its not good to me for using at work as no wifi there. Can you get a dongle type thing for a tablet?

[lankeela]

Can the MIFI thingy from argos be used and do you plug it in or just have it near to the tablet? I want to get emails and facebook for a couple of hours two or three times a week while at work in the evening - roughly how much would that cost me to top up? Is there any way of knowing or is it suck it and see?

[hc4361]

What phone do you have? Some phones have wifi hotspot capabilities using your 3G or 4G data allowance. Turn the hotspot on and connect your tablet wirelessly

[VHG]

>>>got same phone and tablet but no sim card for tablet and it will apparently only work in hotspot

Well what a surprise.

What did you expect, that it would somehow magically work without a sim?

A tablet with no sim card in it will only work where there is wi fi nearby.

[lankeela]

What I expected was to be sent a sim card with it, like the previous one I had! The phone is a Samsung Galaxy Flame.

[hc4361]

You need to speak to your provider if you haven't had the sim card you expected