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Best Tablet to buy?

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  • 26-12-2012 6:43pm
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    Registered Users Posts: 33


    Hi Everybody,

    Having a little trouble deciding on what internet Tablet to buy, i was looking at the Scroll Evoke 7" Android 4.1 Internet Tablet for €144 euro but i'm wondering if there is anything better or similar to this price and spec on the market?

    Your input would be greatly appreciated,

    Cheers,

    Jamie


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,435 ✭✭✭areyawell


    Nexus 7


  • Registered Users Posts: 8,671 ✭✭✭GarIT


    The best tablet is the iPad with retina display 64GB + 3G. The best tablet for a particular budget is completely different.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,731 ✭✭✭GreenWolfe


    GarIT wrote: »
    The best tablet is the iPad with retina display 64GB + 3G. The best tablet for a particular budget is completely different.

    Which was addressed in the first post.....
    Hi Everybody,

    Having a little trouble deciding on what internet Tablet to buy, i was looking at the Scroll Evoke 7" Android 4.1 Internet Tablet for €144 euro but i'm wondering if there is anything better or similar to this price and spec on the market?

    OP, the only non-Chinese rebranded tablet in your price range would be the 64GB Blackberry Playbook, on sale for €150 at the moment. Mine gets used for browsing and ebooks, mostly.

    It has decent Flash compatibility, and the speakers are fairly powerful for a tablet. But the selection of apps isn't as good as the competition, and they're more (usually) more expensive too. It depends what you intend to use it for.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,555 ✭✭✭Squeeonline


    An other vote for Nexus 7. There are plenty of cheap tablets on the market, but this is the only quad core one you'll find for €240 (high 32gb version). You'll pick one up on adverts for less than that too.

    Bit more money than you were willing to spend but you get a higher spec tablet than most peoples' laptops.


  • Registered Users Posts: 32 Hot Blonde


    Hi there!!! Im looking for a tablet! NOT AN IPAD! Had such bad luck with my ipod! I need something instead of my laptop when i go abroad! I want something to google with, do word documents and so on! It has to have the 8" or up in screen size!! Any hints or tips on were to get them? And because i want one that isnt an apple brand what do i do instead of itunes? Were or how do i get app's!?
    Please and Thanks im utterly confused!!!!


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  • Registered Users Posts: 8,671 ✭✭✭GarIT


    Hot Blonde wrote: »
    Hi there!!! Im looking for a tablet! NOT AN IPAD! Had such bad luck with my ipod! I need something instead of my laptop when i go abroad! I want something to google with, do word documents and so on! It has to have the 8" or up in screen size!! Any hints or tips on were to get them? And because i want one that isnt an apple brand what do i do instead of itunes? Were or how do i get app's!?
    Please and Thanks im utterly confused!!!!

    An iPad is a tablet. If you want to use Microsoft Word you'll have to use a laptop, you can't get it on a tablet, there are only similar apps. Where you get apps depends on the tablet. What's the budget?


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,731 ✭✭✭GreenWolfe


    Hot Blonde wrote: »
    Hi there!!! Im looking for a tablet! NOT AN IPAD! Had such bad luck with my ipod! I need something instead of my laptop when i go abroad! I want something to google with, do word documents and so on! It has to have the 8" or up in screen size!! Any hints or tips on were to get them? And because i want one that isnt an apple brand what do i do instead of itunes? Were or how do i get app's!?
    Please and Thanks im utterly confused!!!!

    If money was no object, a Microsoft Surface with keyboard cover might be right up your alley.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,555 ✭✭✭Squeeonline


    all iPads = tablets
    not all tablets = iPads

    Talk about living up to your username...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,190 ✭✭✭Squeaky the Squirrel


    all iPads = tablets
    not all tablets = iPads
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