urban

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Anyone on here got one of these?

Seem OK, and got decent reviews.
OK, its no ipad, but only £119 quid.

tubbytommy

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Emma bought two for the kids Xmas present. Still in the box though but it looks decent enough for the price.
I nearly bought one but got a 2013 nexus 7 for 140 quid with discounts.

urban

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I was in Tesco at the weekend and saw it, the screen clarity was great.
Seems they sold approx 35K in the first two weeks.

I wonder if they'll release a 10" version?

Graz

What discounts? Do tell

Tempted by a HUDL as they are £60 in Clubcard vouchers of which I have quite a few of and some are expiring in November. As I got the clubcard vouchers for nothing in the first place the effective cost to me is £0 (except Tesco monitoring my shopping habits )

tubbytommy

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for the money it looks a really good bit of kit, ive had a play on the display one and it looks great.

35k!!!


emma tried to get the coloured ones and only the black ones are available.

urban

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I was mistaken.
35K was in 2 feckin days!

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/tabl...s-in-two-days/

tubbytommy

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just buy one, you know you want too.

Graz

Not going to enlighten us as to how you got a Nexus for £140 then unless you meant a 2012 model?

andy97

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Nice spec for a low price also running a lightly modded ASOP Jebby bean ROM. Sure to be a success

tubbytommy

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ill be honest about these tablet things, i think they are sh1te, i bought my nexus 7 as it was cheap and the kids love them.

i cant get on with it at all, its bloody useless to use the internet, a laptop is 50 times better.

JackClark

Buy cheap, buy twice. If that's a good tablet then a couple of slices of ham are a great steak.

dpb

Seems a reasonable price, after all a tablet isn't for anything serious

If you're going to spend 800 quid on a tablet eg ipad, instead of a laptop, then you're seriously challenged in my view

Geezer

That's true to an extent, but to turn that around, charging foie gras price for nomal paté doesn't it make it foie gras.........

JackClark

An Android tablet maybe, iPads are used in Medicine, Aviation and Music Production to name but a few. I was fully correct at launch, they've replaced the laptops of a very high percentage of users.

dpb

Niche market

dpb

Don't apple give em away to these institutions?

They certainly don't actually need to spend that sort of money

JackClark

You're showing yourself up, I can't believe that four years laters you still think they're useless, such a luddite.

urban

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I doubt that statement.
A tablet will not outperform a laptop if you look at the overall picture.
OK, a tablet is handy for browsing the net so long as you don't have too much typing to do.
And if you snacking whilst browsing, then the screen will undoubtedly become filthy.

Gear Head

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This.

I honestly think tablets are a complete waste of time and they will never replace to true functionality of a proper desktop/laptop.

As I have said on another thread, the Sky F1 team appear to have gone back to pen and paper!

Graz

Pencil and paper is even better, works in space then

Looie

Have to agree - I got a free Galaxy Tablet when I renewed my phone contract, but TBH, I'm struggling to find a use for it - if there is no wifi where I am, it's practically dead in the water. If you are just a net surfer then they are of some use, but I can do that on my phone just as easily, don't need a tablet to do it...

Where people say they have practically replaced a Laptop/PC - why? - compared to a "proper" computer a tablet can't even remotely compete... it simply isn't capable of doing what a "proper" computer can do....

At the moment, my Galaxy tablet is sat on the shelf and I can't see what on earth I will do with it, apart from sell it I guess.....

andy97

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[QUOTE=Looie;11231606]Have to agree - I got a free Galaxy Tablet when I renewed my phone contract, but TBH, I'm struggling to find a use for it - if there is no wifi where I am, it's practically dead in the water. If you are just a net surfer then they are of some use, but I can do that on my phone just as easily, don't need a tablet to do it...

Where people say they have practically replaced a Laptop/PC - why? - compared to a "proper" computer a tablet can't even remotely compete... it simply isn't capable of doing what a "proper" computer can do....

At the moment, my Galaxy tablet is sat on the shelf and I can't see what on earth I will do with it, apart from sell it

Virtually all Android phones have wifi tethering, so if you are without wifi use the data package on your phone. Tablets are very convenient for browsing and doing general tasks, but I always revert back to my laptop when doing anything more.

JGlanzaV

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I have to say i have looked at them and cant really see the point, my old man got a samsung one because his eye sight is ****e and cant see what he is doing on his gayphone so he uses the tablet because it has ab igger screen, still takes him 40 minutes to write a short email though lol

Ill stick to my laptop i think! Does far more, alot faster and the battery lasts longer

dpb

Yes, basically a tab does not replace a laptop. Even if you we're content with a 10" screen

There is always something you'll need windows or mac for, ie downloading music to my Sony waterproof mp3 I just bought

So the thought of spending more than 150 on a tab. ( which is just bigger phone anyway )
Is ludicrous

JackClark

Seems I was right again, Android tablet becomes a book end, iPad replaces Laptop. I can't imagine using a laptop on the sofa or when out and about. My MacBook is basically a moveable desktop machine, for everything else it's the iPad.

JGlanzaV

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Always sit on the sofa with my laptop? and take it when im out and about, its hardly a great shake to find somewhere to sit lol

dpb

Yes because your imac is just about useless, at this stage


Only reason phones don't replace tabs is because it's a bit inconvenient taking a call halfway through doing something else

f1_fan

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Sorry, but Jack's right.

Laptop sales are way down. Most people use laptops for nothing more than browsing and emails... the tablet does a better job.

I never thought tablets would catch on, but evidently I was way wide of the mark... I guess I assumed that like me most people had a proper use for a laptop.... seems that was not the case!

As soon as Apple entered the market and got the price vs features vs portability right the laptop was redundant for an awful lot of people! It pains me to say it, but Apple got this one absolutely right!

Oh and to be fair Jack did call this one right from the start.... arghhhhhh!

JackClark

Just got back from 6 weeks away, it's lovely using my iMac, I sometime miss using a mouse and it has a Magic Mouse that's Magic, she might be old but I'll put money it's nicer to use than any machine you own.

Samsung keep trying to convince you that a tablet is a phone, I have an iPad and a nice small phone that's in perfect sync with all my devices.

JackClark

F1, there are still people active here that swear a Netbook is the better option!