Do Tablets/Smartphones have less internet and wifi problems?

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In my experience with owning tablets, and similar devices, I seem to have fewer problems with the internet, and wireless wi-fi compared to my Windows laptop. I can usually use my tablet to connect to my home's and unpassword protected public Wi-Fi signals without any problems.

Tablets are also less likely to get infected by a virus by visiting a website on a phone or tablet browser unlike Windows' Internet Explorer browser since there are a lot fewer iOS, and Android viruses which can infect them by just visiting a website, or clicking on a link.

Connecting to Wi-Fi takes a few seconds which is faster than when I use my laptop to connect to Wi-Fi which can sometimes take many seconds, or fail to connect sometimes.
 
Re: Do Tablets/Smartphones have less internet and wifi probl

I don't have a tablet but it's possible this is true. Anyway you need to password protect your WI fi for security reasons. You could get in trouble if someone downloads illegal stuff from internet.
 
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Not sure about this either, but it's true that so far I haven't had problems with internet when browsing from my tablet or smartphone. Then again I don't use it very often after all. I do install antivirus in both gadgets so hopefully it'll be enough to guard them.
 
Re: Do Tablets/Smartphones have less internet and wifi probl

I guest, one of the reasons that Smartphones and Tablets are less likely to experience internet problems is because their operating systems were made at a time when the Internet is very popular, and the Apps stores for Android, and iOS both quickly remove virus apps, and fake apps once they find viruses, or the virus scanner program like in Google Play deletes apps which are virus and spyware programs.

Plus, Mobile OS, and mobile devices don't have as much compatibility problems because the Wi-Fi is built-into the phone or tablet circuitboard, and users generally just use the operating system which comes with their mobile, and the mobile OS is compatible with all the parts on a phone or tablet which is not as true when building a PC or laptop where a USB Wi-Fi card may only work for Windows, but not Mac, or Linux, and certain Wi-Fi adapters may not work with older motherboards because of compatibility problems.
 
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