Freebase(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads derive from the medieval French chanson balladÃ©e or ballade, which were originally dancing songs.
There are some possible reasons why someone might want a smartphone without a data plan. For one, a smartphone is a powerful mini-computer, and people might want to have access to one, even without a constant Internet connection.
(The company warns, however, that not all apps that require GPS will work on tablets without GPS chips.). This brings up a compatibility caveat. If an Android app requires special hardware, such as an accelerometer, gyroscope or compass, and your Windows tablet or PC doesn't have that hardware, the apps won't work. And you may also find the occasional app that won't work for unexplained reasons.