[listermint]

So youve gotten a hundred Euro discount from FNAC to purchase a tablet from their website


What are people opinions on the best one





(i suppose this thread is more so for the folks who got the 100 Euro discount from the whole Touchpad mess up)

But how and ever it is still Android related.


Thoughts?

[Rooy]

My previous comments on the HP Thread :

what are people considering putting their €100 tablet voucher towards ?
It doesnt need to be used until mid Nov so have some time to consider yet.

Personally I was looking at getting the TP originally for my kids for :

1. Watching movies
2. Good Battery life for long flights / car trips
3. wifi
4. some games
5. keep them off my ipad

so I am considering getting the Archos 101 instead , currently 259 for 16gb model (although if reduced from 299 so not sure if i can use voucher in conjunction with 'that' reduction)
It seems to have decent reviews and will be a good option for the kids ,obviously there are far better tablets ,but I guess value for money is a big item for me.

Obviously it is going to work out at nearly 180 compared to the original TP at 99 , but after 2 weeks+ of this , I feel i need to purchase something !

[Rooy]

Originally Posted by Rooy

My previous comments on the HP Thread :

what are people considering putting their €100 tablet voucher towards ?
It doesnt need to be used until mid Nov so have some time to consider yet.

Personally I was looking at getting the TP originally for my kids for :

1. Watching movies
2. Good Battery life for long flights / car trips
3. wifi
4. some games
5. keep them off my ipad

so I am considering getting the Archos 101 instead , currently 259 for 16gb model (although if reduced from 299 so not sure if i can use voucher in conjunction with 'that' reduction)
It seems to have decent reviews and will be a good option for the kids ,obviously there are far better tablets ,but I guess value for money is a big item for me.

Obviously it is going to work out at nearly 180 compared to the original TP at 99 , but after 2 weeks+ of this , I feel i need to purchase something !

although i have now also read reviews of this product on amazon , and reviews are a mixed bunch , including plenty of shocking reviews! , pity they dont have something like the hanspree for €200 like misco.ie

[Richie.]

Here is my initial shortlist.

Archos 9pc 32gb €399
EeePad transformer w/out keyboard €399
Acer icona a500 €399
Toshiba folio 100 €289
the above mentioned archos. (however i feel i would have a hard time with this as I have a samsung galaxy s 2 as my phone.)
also on the outside is the Xoom at €480 32GB..
or a galaxy 8.9 for €460

Next I have to find specs for all of these! FNAC does not give a comprehensive specs sheet.

Ohh and btw 3 cheers for Google Translate.

[Old_-_School]

This isn't from FNAC but I was wondering if it'd be a decent alternative for £68:

http://www.dinodirect.com/android-2-...rency-gbp.html

[dolallyoh]

Bear in mind that you can still buy the touchpad for 200 euro off ebay.

No point spunking money on dubious tablets just because we have the 100 voucher.....

[listermint]

Originally Posted by Old_-_School

This isn't from FNAC but I was wondering if it'd be a decent alternative for £68:

http://www.dinodirect.com/android-2-...rency-gbp.html

Running Android 2.1 im going to have to say no.

[GinjaNinja]

fnac also do the hannspad, see other bargain alerts for more infor on this table. for €200, a dual core tegra 2 nicely built machine

http://www4.fnac.com/mp16162786/Tabl...t-extension-SD

with 100 voucher it's a steal

[Alt_M]

Im thinking the ASUS Transformer 16Gb is looking pretty good. ASUS have been top notch with updates and with a pretty good adoption of the device you'd have to assume that they would continue to provide updates in the next few months (ICS possibly)??

[partyatmygaff]

Originally Posted by listermint

Running Android 2.1 im going to have to say no.

That's hardly its greatest flaw. It has a Rockchip 800MHz CPU and only 256MB of RAM. That's about exactly the minimum spec required to run Android. Couple that with a likely resistive screen and a terrible battery and it's really just an expensive paperweight.

[Alt_M]

Originally Posted by GinjaNinja

fnac also do the hannspad, see other bargain alerts for more infor on this table. for €200, a dual core tegra 2 nicely built machine

http://www4.fnac.com/mp16162786/Tabl...t-extension-SD

with 100 voucher it's a steal

Would I be right in saying that it doesn't have access to the android market and Google apps?

[Rooy]

Originally Posted by GinjaNinja

fnac also do the hannspad, see other bargain alerts for more infor on this table. for €200, a dual core tegra 2 nicely built machine

http://www4.fnac.com/mp16162786/Tabl...t-extension-SD

with 100 voucher it's a steal

that is listed as "Sold by C Store France " as opposed to direct

Hopefully we can order items as such from FNAC with voucher ,but i wouldnt be so sure

[seeing_ie]

Just my opinion, but having spent hours obsessing over the tablets in that list, I went for the Transformer.

Great display (highly visible outdoors), expandability of the keyboard/dock, and pricewise at the lower end of the tegra 2 tablets.

I'd avoid the archos 101, not a great display and just a single core processor.

If you're just getting something for the kids, maybe one of those cheap €70ish chinese tablets might suit better.

[neacy69]

Originally Posted by GinjaNinja

fnac also do the hannspad, see other bargain alerts for more infor on this table. for €200, a dual core tegra 2 nicely built machine

http://www4.fnac.com/mp16162786/Tabl...t-extension-SD

with 100 voucher it's a steal

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showt...p?t=2056377687

bargain alerts thread on it from misco.ie for €200

[listermint]

Originally Posted by Alt_M

Would I be right in saying that it doesn't have access to the android market and Google apps?

You'd be wrong.