NVIDIA SHIELD TABLET LTE

The original Nvidia Shield Portable was an endearing, oddball product that resonated with gamers, but had limited appeal with mainstream audiences. The more conventional Shield Tablet casts a much wider net. Though it's still a gamer's device at heart, even non-gamers should take note of the 32GB, LTE-equipped Shield Tablet. The raw power, sharp display, and gaming features of the Wi-Fi-only model are all present and accounted for. The real kicker? At $399 (unlocked), it severely undercuts every comparable, LTE-equipped tablet out there by a wide margin.

One of the greatest things about the Shield Tablet with LTE is that it is in every way identical to its Wifi-only counterpart. From the hardware and design to the software and experience, everything that you can do on this tablet you can do on the first model that was released a couple months ago. You have a blisteringly powerful Tegra K1 processor, 2GB of RAM and of course a stylus in tow. There really are just two changes to be had here — an extra 16GB of storage, and a cellular radio system.

NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet works with an 8-inch Full HD (1920 x 1200 pixel) IPS LCD Display. Inside you’ve got 32GB of storage (while the Wi-Fi version has 16GB) and you’ve got a microSD card slot with the ability to add 128GB more..

The reason I call this one possible future for gaming (and not the present) is that cellular data caps rear their ugly head. I used up half a gigabyte of my 5GB of AT&T data after just half an hour of play, and nearly cross the 1GB threshold by the time I left the cafe. Unles you're made of money, you're simply not going to be able to enjoy LTE game streaming on a regular basis, especially if you're paying $10 a month to share your smartphone's data plan with your tablet.