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BB9700CA The BlackBerry PlayBook with physical keyboard and mouse makes a great netbook computer replacement. If storage is a concern, you can sign-up with Box.net from the tablet and get 50GB free storage; alternatively, you could buy a Seagate GoFlex Satellite WiFi External Hard Drive for use with the tablet. Additionally, you can store files on the microSD of your BlackBerry smartphone and access them from the tablet via BlackBerry Bridge. If you intend to use the BlackBerry PlayBook as a replacement for your primary computer, I recommend the 64GB model especially if you will not be using a cloud storage service or external hard drive. Caution: Only WiFi-enabled external hard drives are accessible from the BlackBerry PlayBook unless the hard drive is connected to the LAN and you use an application such as GhostCommander (an Android application that runs within the BlackBerry Android Player subsystem of the tablet). in short, you have many options when choosing to use the BlackBerry PlayBook. As for tethering, contact your wireless carrier to determine whether it is part of your existing service; I think AT&T is the only wireless carrier actively blocking tethering unless you pay extra monthly fee. My data plan includes tethering so I cannot verify whether it would work on a data plan that does not include it already.