Question 1

Will this work to power an ext. usb drive while connected to the Dell Venue 8 Pro: "Micro USB Host OTG Cable with Micro USB Power for Samsung"?

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I bought a WD My Passport Ultra 1TB Portable External USB 3.0 Hard Drive (ASIN:B00EAS8KSW) and did not work with my Dell Venue 8 Pro (upgraded to ver. Windows 8.1), I have also tried a 500GB Generic external Hard Drive and it didn't work.

Question 2

How much from the advertised 32 gb (after OS and recovery options) are left for users?

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I have had my Dell for 8 months now. I just installed CCleaner. A must have free program. My available memory had dropped to about 1.6 gb. I also have a SamsungMBG4GC 64 gb card. Currently  I have 22.9gb total and 3 gb available. i avoid downlading apps and try to use programs instead, which I install on the 64gb chip. I am running Microsoft Office 365 pro and have some storage in the cloud. I really like this "lap top" that i can use as a tablet.

Question 3

Can you run apps directly from the Micro-SD card, or is the card only for "data" - pictures, movies, books. etc.?

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To clarify what's already been said, for the benefit of others who might see this question, you can run applications from the micro-SD, but you can't do that with Windows Store "Apps." W8.1 has a specific directory for those apps, and moving that directory to your SD card is not supported by the OS.  I've heard of ways to get around this restriction, but judging from some of the problems people have run into doing that, I wouldn't recommend it.  So, to illustrate, you can install things like Steam games or MS Office to your micro SD, but you can't install things like angry birds or Asphalt 8 to your micro SD.  If you do plan on using your SD card for programs, you may want to research the max read/write speeds that the V8P will support in shuttling data to and from you micro SD.  I have run across threads where people bought that popular 80read/50write micro SD but ran into some bottlenecks.  Again, there seem to be ways to hack around some of that, but like before, I also wouldn't recommend doing it. Anyway, read/write speed really only matters if you wanna play games from your micro SD.  I think any regular, inexpensive Class 10 should probably do the trick.

Question 4

How is the audio? Stereo? Sound good? Volume? Any info would be appreciated.  Thank You

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Its a great little tablet. Not stereo though..but its loud and sounds great.....64 GB and actually it can handle a 64bit version of Windows 8.1.

Standing screen display size	8 Inches
Screen Resolution	1280 X 800
Max Screen Resolution	1280 x 800 Pixels
Processor	1.8 GHz intel_atom
RAM	2 GB DDR3L SDRAM
Memory Speed	1600 MHz
Hard Drive	32 GB
Graphics Coprocessor	150
Chipset Brand	Intel
Card Description	Integrated
Wireless Type	802.11bgn
Average Battery Life (in hours)	8 Hours
Brand	Dell
Series	Venue 8 Pro
Item model number	BELL8-Pro81
Hardware Platform	Windows
Operating System	Windows 8.1
Item Weight	12.8 ounces
Product Dimensions	10 x 1 x 6 inches
Item Dimensions LxWxH	10 x 1 x 6 inches
Color	Moon Silver
Rear Webcam Resolution	5 MP
Processor Brand	Intel
Number of Processors	4
Computer Memory Type	DDR3 SDRAM
Flash Memory Size	32 GB
Voltage	240 Volts
Batteries	1 Lithium Ion batteries required. (included)

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