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  • Aargh. 3 Nov 2011 10:35:14 11,346 posts
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    Is budget your main deciding factor?
  • senso-ji 3 Nov 2011 10:41:10 4,686 posts
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    I think £400 is about right for a tablet PC at the moment, considering the dominance of the ipad. But yes, I'd like a good balance between features and price, and if there are cheaper alternatives, I'll look into it.
  • senso-ji 10 Nov 2011 09:53:04 4,686 posts
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    Asus have announced the EEE Transformer Prime, for release early December (don't know if this is world wide). Having tried all the various tablets in PC world last week, the Asus Transformer impressed me the most, so a thinner, lighter, faster version with longer battery life sounds promising.
  • Dougs 28 Nov 2011 09:21:34 59,480 posts
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    I've just stumbled across the Transformer Prime. Now do I wait and get one of those or go for the Transformer which is currently selling for £280 on Amazon....5 times the performance for less than twice the price....
  • THFourteen 28 Nov 2011 09:28:18 29,265 posts
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    nooooooo

    don't do it.... it's just a glorified netbook
  • Dougs 28 Nov 2011 09:33:45 59,480 posts
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    And how's that any different to the iPad2?! And TBF, that's all the missus wants.
  • THFourteen 28 Nov 2011 09:36:39 29,265 posts
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    but don't you already have a netbook? Can't you just bend the screen back a bit?
  • Dougs 28 Nov 2011 09:41:03 59,480 posts
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    Broked innit after being dropped 2 years ago. Screen is barely readable now and it's slooooooow. It's about 4 years old so about time it got upgraded.
  • outy 2 Dec 2011 18:42:47 9 posts
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    Just ordered the Android Mini-Gadget 7" tablet for £66, I've heard some good things about it.
  • Ultrasoundwave 29 Dec 2011 22:46:10 2,862 posts
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    Just picked up the Sony Tablet S - very impressed so far, obviously not quite as slick as the iPad but its a top quality tablet. Looking forward to android 4.0........

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  • AceGrace 29 Dec 2011 23:22:31 573 posts
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    senso-ji wrote:
    What about the Blackberry playbook? Only a 7" screen, but around £240 for the 16 GB version.
    I picked up one of these for £169 in Currys this afternoon. Although it only has a 7in screen, the proprietary OS is excellent at multi tasking and very slick indeed.

    For the price I think it is an excellent piece of kit.
  • AceGrace 30 Dec 2011 21:23:33 573 posts
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    Funny how things are.

    I was using the playbook this morning and my wife took a shine to it so she offered to buy me a 32gb Sony Tablet S so that she could have it. :)

    Just trying to track down a cheap screen protector and wallet.
  • Dougs 7 Jan 2012 13:06:46 59,480 posts
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    Any good?! For the price, it looks a bargain.....
  • THFourteen 7 Jan 2012 13:10:19 29,265 posts
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    what on earth is that!? i'd wait for a mate to pop over to the states and grab you a kindle fire, only slightly more expensive especially if its from a low-tax state.
  • Dougs 7 Jan 2012 13:14:06 59,480 posts
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    Fuck knows, came up on hot deals! No Fire support over here is there? Relies on Amazon Cloud, which isn't available here...
  • FairgroundTown 7 Jan 2012 13:15:54 2,522 posts
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    Have they cut the price of the Sony Tablet S here yet? If not, hold off for a bit - they've been selling like things-that-haven't-been-selling-very-well and they already cut the price in the US.
  • Mr-Brett 7 Jan 2012 13:30:20 11,513 posts
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    I'd be weary of cheap tablets. I got given a Novo 7 Basic for Xmas and you can really tell it's cheap. Before I put ICS/4.0 on it, the graphics driver would crash and display weird green lines on the screen (similar to RROD), the front panel bends when you press buttons/the screen, the apps you can use are very limited, the screen has a weird blurry/noise look that's hard to describe and in general the device is slow and unresponsive. It's ok for simple apps/games (sudoku, word search type things) and some browsing but that's about it... although video displays surprisingly well on it.

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  • bdaggers 7 Jan 2012 13:33:16 3,816 posts
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    Wait for upcoming iPad 3, when iPad 2 prices drop ?

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  • Dougs 7 Jan 2012 14:20:50 59,480 posts
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    Mr-Brett wrote:
    I'd be weary of cheap tablets. I got given a Novo 7 Basic for Xmas and you can really tell it's cheap. Before I put ICS/4.0 on it, the graphics driver would crash and display weird green lines on the screen (similar to RROD), the front panel bends when you press buttons/the screen, the apps you can use are very limited, the screen has a weird blurry/noise look that's hard to describe and in general the device is slow and unresponsive. It's ok for simple apps/games (sudoku, word search type things) and some browsing but that's about it... although video displays surprisingly well on it.
    Cool, ta.
  • BartonFink 18 Jan 2012 20:42:32 34,743 posts
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    Back to this old chestnut again.

    Got some cash on the way soon and already have an iPad.

    Seriously considering a Motorola Xoom 2 anything else I should be looking at?
  • mowgli 18 Jan 2012 20:44:28 32,134 posts
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    But you already have an ipad?

    Pissy pants.

  • THFourteen 18 Jan 2012 20:45:42 29,265 posts
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    What is it you are looking to upgrade to do?

    I'd wait a few months, think there will be a raft of 1080p tablets this year.
  • Vice.Destroyer 18 Jan 2012 21:50:16 5,633 posts
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    I have a Playbook. 32gb. Bought it for £199. I don't understand the pricing on this. On the friday it was about £400. Then dropped to £199. And a week later went up to £259. Glad I got it for £199. Have put the developer only OS 2.0 on, and can sideload specially converted Android apps.

    If I understand it correctly, the tools that will be provided from this point forward, will make it very easy for Android apps to be converted to run on the Playbook. I think that it the only achilles heel of the Playbook. Shit app marketplace.
  • BartonFink 19 Jan 2012 00:02:10 34,743 posts
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    mowgli wrote:
    But you already have an ipad?
    You sound like my wife :)

    Yea I already have an iPad (not an iPad 2) so I am looking for something a little different that I can tweak and have a bit of fun with. iPad is fine but very limited.
  • Tonka 19 Jan 2012 07:30:01 18,266 posts
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    Hold out until MArch and get the iPAd 3.

    I'm really no drooling Apple fanboy but I can't see the point of buying anything but an iPad tbh.

    What is it you want to tweak? Would a jailbreak be enough?

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  • PhoenixFlames 19 Jan 2012 07:33:23 8,518 posts
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    Ultrasoundwave wrote:
    Just picked up the Sony Tablet S - very impressed so far, obviously not quite as slick as the iPad but its a top quality tablet. Looking forward to android 4.0........
    That's all anyone in this thread needs to know. It applies to all other tablets.

    I drive an automatic 'cause I'm too cool to change gears.

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  • BartonFink 19 Jan 2012 09:41:11 34,743 posts
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    Tonka wrote:
    Hold out until MArch and get the iPAd 3.

    I'm really no drooling Apple fanboy but I can't see the point of buying anything but an iPad tbh.

    What is it you want to tweak? Would a jailbreak be enough?
    Home screens widgets etc much like on my Galaxy. Far more customizable with Android. There is also the cameras.

    Tempted by the Sony one too because of integration with Bravia TVs.
  • THFourteen 19 Jan 2012 09:43:54 29,265 posts
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    fyi i think there is still no real jailbreak for the ipad 2, so one for ipad 3 is unlikely for a long time.
  • Tonka 19 Jan 2012 09:45:52 18,266 posts
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    True. The App icon model is borked. I expect a major overhaul for iOS6.
    What about the cmers? The fact that they are a joke on the iPAd 2?

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  • BartonFink 19 Jan 2012 09:50:29 34,743 posts
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    Pretty much my thoughts it's looking seriously dated and the notification system is archaic. Yes by all accounts the cameras are pretty much a joke.

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