Amy Doeun
Linwood Reporter
Linwood Township is looking at adding tablets or a similar piece of technology to its arsenal of office equipment. Town Clerk Pam Olson reported to the board that she and other city officials recently sampled some Nextbooks.broadstreet.zone(48036);
“It was a great price (at $75),” she said. “We weren’t impressed with them, honestly, though. They kept dropping the Wi-Fi. I don’t think this quite the tool for us. I don’t think you will be happy with them long term.”
Next, Olson plans to try out a few other tablets to see how they work in the township building.
“I think that it is good to start with the most inexpensive,” Supervisor Mike Halliday said. “Sometimes we start with all the bells and whistles, and then there is no going back.”
Halliday added that the board will have to decide on Google vs. iPad systems and that maybe supervisors didn’t have to have all
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