Tablets (android and ipad)

[Barneyballbags]

Some interesting posts and point of view.

Still pretty set on the budget android route if only because of the price and usage - expect this will get more use off the kids.

@Neil will have a look on slatedroid, not come across that before. Already on xda.

Just got to try and find which to go for now....

The current issue of Stuff Magazine has a "budget Android tab" test... Could be worth a look John?? Will see if I can grab a few screenshots now.

 

[Barneyballbags]

Here you go John. All running Android 4.0 (ICS) too. I had to take 2 screenshots of the last review so that I could get all the text in

 

[john]

Brilliant, thanks for that

 

[Barneyballbags]

Brilliant, thanks for that

No probs. Just edited it and added an extra screenshot as I realised there was some of the review text missing.

 

[Tazio]

I'd go for an iPad as I bought a cheap Arnova Android tablet for a long trip away and didn't get on with it at all. However that may be because everything else I own is Apple.

The administrator on another forum I use swears by his Samsung Galaxy and he is a professional IT person when he isn't running the technical side of the forum.

 

[Neil]

Here you go John. All running Android 4.0 (ICS) too. I had to take 2 screenshots of the last review so that I could get all the text in

Very helpful - think the second one is the one FluffyChicken was interested in.

 

[Barneyballbags]

I took the screenshots from the iPad version of Stuff Magazine

 

[FluffyChicken]

I think that is the one, that or that same thing with more internal storage (elite) it does had SD card to.

I actually want the high end ipad Asus Transformers but the cost is not worth it (would rather buy a laptop and have a keyboard and the extra power) for some sort and they behave quite differently to the budget version in ease and speed and screen quality (not sure any match the ipad3's wide colour space yet though.)
But you cannot compare a £180 pad to an ipad3

I have used both the ipad2 and 3 but I just don't need them.

Read books, music or movies is not something I would do with it.

 

[gerryattrick]

A friend of mine bought an ipad2 reconditioned from Apple. It was as good as my new one and cost him £175.

If you're tech savvy and are happy to fiddle to get it right then go for a lesser known brand. But I don't have the time these days and I've got absolutely no complaints about it. The technology works.

 

[highlandsflyer]

http://www.ebuyer.com/341447-sumvision-cyclone-astro-tablet-pc-sumv-astrocyctab

Certainly moving on at the lower end nowadays.

Nephew has the Transformer Asus, that is the way the tech is going I feel.

I am so used to touch screens now I find myself poking the wife's face looking for the sleep button.