Android tablets - best choice? - Page 3

sworks · 23rd December 2012, 09:30

Interesting reading, I have wanted a tablet for a while but other things get in the way. On Christmas morning both my kids are getting ipads and my wife is getting a Kindle fire HD in replacement for her older Kindle - 3 in the house and I still don't have one

Dragrad · 23rd December 2012, 11:24

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Originally Posted by sworks

Interesting reading, I have wanted a tablet for a while but other things get in the way. On Christmas morning both my kids are getting ipads and my wife is getting a Kindle fire HD in replacement for her older Kindle - 3 in the house and I still don't have one

Hang on, you've a spare (older) kindle going there.........:Santa5:

Ajd1 · 23rd December 2012, 12:22

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Originally Posted by Dragrad

I just bought: 'Samsung Galaxy Tab2 10.1 inch Tablet - Silver (16GB, WiFi, Andriod 4.0)'

Seems to be the best option and matches the phone as well, so apparently if no wifi available I can use my phone as a wifi hotspot....:xmas-smiley-004:

A new year's present to myself :xmas-smiley-031:

Don't know whether you know or not but Samsung are doing a cash back offer at the moment.

http://www.samsung.com/uk/tab2cashback/

Possible £50 back in your pocket.

Andy

Dragrad · 23rd December 2012, 12:34

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Don't know whether you know or not but Samsung are doing a cash back offer at the moment.

http://www.samsung.com/uk/tab2cashback/

Possible £50 back in your pocket.

Andy

Apparently too early to claim.......:xmas-smiley-004:

Ajd1 · 23rd December 2012, 13:34

Sorry didn't realize, just noticed the offer in passing as I'm looking for a tablet for my mum.

rovexCDTi · 24th December 2012, 17:35

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Originally Posted by Dragrad

Hang on, you've a spare (older) kindle going there.........:Santa5:

By older Kindle i assume he mean the E-Ink reader, thats not in any shape or form a tablet.

sworks · 25th December 2012, 18:43

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Originally Posted by sworks

Interesting reading, I have wanted a tablet for a while but other things get in the way. On Christmas morning both my kids are getting ipads and my wife is getting a Kindle fire HD in replacement for her older Kindle - 3 in the house and I still don't have one

Guess who also got an iPad for Christmas?

capese21 · 25th December 2012, 20:17

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Guess who also got an iPad for Christmas?

Ah well it is the thought that counts....

bassman · 27th December 2012, 00:27

I think you need to make sure whatever you go for that it has at least 1gb of memory......thats memory in the way of ram(the stuff that makes the machine think faster).......more and more advertisers are using the word memory when they mean storage, which is the amount in gigabytes) of available data/programs that can be stored on the machine.

Ive looked at cheapish ones and they'll be very slow with either 256 or 512 mb of memory, However the 7" Cambridge Scientists machine at around £80 seemed quite a good one with 1gb...but possibly no blue tooth...

After seeing this on HDUK, I managed to pick up an Archos 80 Cobalt with 1gb of memory and 8gb of built in internal storage...upgradable a further 64gb with a micro sd card...it seems fast enough, but again has no bluetooth built in(but I cant see why you just cant use a blue tooth dongle)...It seems quite fast on my 34mbps wireless setup, and I am really pleased with it...

They retail at £99, but today Tesco had them on for £49..........and maybe getting more in... and the write ups seem fairly good too.

To get some idea of individual specs and customer reviews, I got plenty of info from Google....

Dragrad · 27th December 2012, 00:30

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Originally Posted by bassman

I think you need to make sure whatever you go for that it has at least 1gb of memory......thats memory in the way of ram(the stuff that makes the machine think faster).......more and more advertisers are using the word memory when they mean storage, which is the amount in gigabytes) of available data/programs that can be stored on the machine.

Ive looked at cheapish ones and they'll be very slow with either 256 or 512 mb of memory, However the 7" Cambridge Scientists machine at around £80 seemed quite a good one with 1gb...but possibly no blue tooth...

After seeing this on HDUK, I managed to pick up an Archos 80 Cobalt with 1gb of memory and 8gb of built in internal storage...upgradable a further 64gb with a micro sd card...it seems fast enough, but again has no bluetooth built in(but I cant see why you just cant use a blue tooth dongle)...It seems quite fast on my 34mbps wireless setup, and I am really pleased with it...

They retail at £99, but today Tesco had them on for £49..........and maybe getting more in... and the write ups seem fairly good too.

To get some idea of individual specs and customer reviews, I got plenty of info from Google....

See post #18

But thank you for your input

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bassman Avid contributor Rover 75 CDT Connoisseur SE Saloon (Manual)with XPower Upgrade Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Durham Area Posts: 105 Thanks: 10 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts	I think you need to make sure whatever you go for that it has at least 1gb of memory......thats memory in the way of ram(the stuff that makes the machine think faster).......more and more advertisers are using the word memory when they mean storage, which is the amount in gigabytes) of available data/programs that can be stored on the machine. Ive looked at cheapish ones and they'll be very slow with either 256 or 512 mb of memory, However the 7" Cambridge Scientists machine at around £80 seemed quite a good one with 1gb...but possibly no blue tooth... After seeing this on HDUK, I managed to pick up an Archos 80 Cobalt with 1gb of memory and 8gb of built in internal storage...upgradable a further 64gb with a micro sd card...it seems fast enough, but again has no bluetooth built in(but I cant see why you just cant use a blue tooth dongle)...It seems quite fast on my 34mbps wireless setup, and I am really pleased with it... They retail at £99, but today Tesco had them on for £49..........and maybe getting more in... and the write ups seem fairly good too. To get some idea of individual specs and customer reviews, I got plenty of info from Google.... __________________ Half of the people can be part right all of the time, Some of the people can be all right part of the time. But all of the people can't be all right all of the time. .........I think Abraham Lincoln said that. "I'll let you be in my dream if I can be in yours" I said that............................ Bob Dylan 1963