Tablet around €150

athtrasna

Yet another what tablet thread...I've spent the past week or so reading and searching and confusing myself with all the options.

I'm actually in the market for two, one for me, and one for my mother. I had ordered the Nexus 7 on ibood but ended up cancelling both.

Was going to get the Asus MeMo at the Curry's offer price but I can't find them in stock anywhere in the greater Dublin area.

Was considering the GoTab 10 for my mother, she's new to tablets and doesn't have a smartphone so I don't think she'll have the comparison issues that people have posted about. Any thoughts on that one?

Might splash out and get the Nexus 7 on Expansys for myself, it's in or around the ibood price but only 16gb, I'm kinda regretting cancelling the order for mine, refurbished wouldn't have mattered to me.

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks

advertsfox

Interest in the Tesco Hudl? http://www.tesco.com/direct/hudl/

Very good spec for it's price, lovely screen, different colour options - perfect for your needs.

Engadget Review - http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/27/tesco-hudl-review/

k123456

Nook HD Plus, and then install CyanogenMod

Think about 150 euro, thru UK

there is a thread on hukd

daytob

I got the hudl yesterday, its brilliant. super fast and light and great to use. speakers are in a bit of a weird place but its still a nice piece of kit. havent gotten around to using it for a full day, ill do that 2moro, so i can review it here if anyone wants.

cdb

Nexus 7.

natnifnolnacs

daytob wrote: »

I got the hudl yesterday, its brilliant. super fast and light and great to use. speakers are in a bit of a weird place but its still a nice piece of kit. havent gotten around to using it for a full day, ill do that 2moro, so i can review it here if anyone wants.

I'd definitely be interested in a bit of a review. What way did you buy it?

RaggyDays

Have a look at http://www.1949deal.com/window-yuandao-n80-rk3188-quad-core-tablet-pc-8-inch-ips-screen-android-4-1-ram-2gb-rom-16gb-dual-camera-white-color.html

It quad core with 2gb onchip RAM
AnTuTu score of just under 20000

beer enigma

daytob wrote: »

I got the hudl yesterday, its brilliant. super fast and light and great to use. speakers are in a bit of a weird place but its still a nice piece of kit. havent gotten around to using it for a full day, ill do that 2moro, so i can review it here if anyone wants.

Please as I'm looking at one - does it use google apps

daytob

a friend of mine went up north and got it for me. yes it uses google apps. .





Apologies for the quality of the apps screen

checked out a youtube music video last night and its great quality, ill post pix later of that too.

Media999

k123456 wrote: »

Nook HD Plus, and then install CyanogenMod

Think about 150 euro, thru UK

there is a thread on hukd

Couldnt find a single place that delivers to Ireland.

Littlewoods have them for 175 which is the only Irish place is could find.

Gonna grab one in a few weeks from there.

syklops

Media999 wrote: »

Couldnt find a single place that delivers to Ireland.

Littlewoods have them for 175 which is the only Irish place is could find.

Gonna grab one in a few weeks from there.

Parcel Motel.

Media999

syklops wrote: »

Parcel Motel.

If i type in my details into one more site, get all the way through then be told they dont ship to that address or some other error im gonna flip.

Ive used parcel motel a lot but just cant get anywhere that even delivers there.

syklops

Media999 wrote: »

If i type in my details into one more site, get all the way through then be told they dont ship to that address or some other error im gonna flip.

Ive used parcel motel a lot but just cant get anywhere that even delivers there.

Find a website that delivers to the UK, use the parcel motel. Whats the problem?

http://uk.nook.com/retailers

athtrasna

advertsfox wrote: »

Interest in the Tesco Hudl? http://www.tesco.com/direct/hudl/

Very good spec for it's price, lovely screen, different colour options - perfect for your needs.

Engadget Review - http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/27/tesco-hudl-review/

That review says camera and battery life are crap though? My mum would use it for Skype so camera does kinda matter

vienne86

Just wondering if anybody any thoughts on this:

http://www.pcworld.ie/Product/ASUS-MeMO-Pad-HD-7andrdquo-Tablet-16-GB-Blue/315765/2.9

We could actually pick it up cheaper in the US, so the price is not an issue. I just know nothing about Asus devices, and am wondering if they are any good.

advertsfox

k123456 wrote: »

Nook HD Plus, and then install CyanogenMod

Think about 150 euro, thru UK

there is a thread on hukd

Aww memories, did this with the first original Nook and made it a super tablet, such a great screen on them. Gave it to my dad after a while and some fooker robbed it though

ThunbergsAreGo

vienne86 wrote: »

Just wondering if anybody any thoughts on this:

http://www.pcworld.ie/Product/ASUS-MeMO-Pad-HD-7andrdquo-Tablet-16-GB-Blue/315765/2.9

We could actually pick it up cheaper in the US, so the price is not an issue. I just know nothing about Asus devices, and am wondering if they are any good.

Looking at this myself, seems to be slightly better than last years nexus 7 from what i can see.

I have the TF300 which is Asus and no complaints

Damien360

We have 2 tablets in the house. One is the nexus 7 which we bought last year and the other was a sub €100 tablet fir the young lad.

The nexus is used every day and is still fast but the cheap tablet gathers dust. It is too slow going through the screens.

Pay for the nexus 7 and forget about the budget tablets as they are a waste of time .

The RAM on them is too low to make them useful. Original nexus has 1gb ram and apps like Facebook eat ram. It is currently sitting at 700mb of ram in use with 2 users and their apps . The budget tablets have usually 500mb ram and it is simply not up to the task. They creep once you load comman apps. Even chrome takes up a lot of ram.

The nexus gets android without the branded rubbish which can also eat your ram. The nexus will always get android updates but the branded stuff will depend on the supplier (Samsung etc) and rarely get updates.

Buy the nexus. Old one has 1gb ram and no rear camera so should be priced accordingly . New one has 2gb ram plus camera on rear.

JonDoe

ASUS FONEPAD from laptops direct, use the Which Voucher for £15 off

I don't use a phone much and get broadband from three.ie, it's a 7 inch android phone with a 3 day battery, GPS is brilliant and wifi sharing signal is strong. The intel chip handles most functional tasks.

This is the first tablet that hasn't annoyed me. I've returned or sold 3 previous after 1 week.
This one meets all my needs and I hardly bring a laptop anywhere now.

http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Asus_Fone_Pad_ME371_Atom_Z2420_1.2GHz_1GB_16GB_Titanium_Gray_7_Android_4.1_ME371MG-1B038A/version.asp

athtrasna

naughtb4 wrote: »

Looking at this myself, seems to be slightly better than last years nexus 7 from what i can see.

I have the TF300 which is Asus and no complaints

That's the one I wanted to buy but am having trouble finding stock and it's not orderable for home delivery. The Currys/PC World price is miles better than elsewhere

ttenneb

vienne86 wrote: »

Just wondering if anybody any thoughts on this:

http://www.pcworld.ie/Product/ASUS-MeMO-Pad-HD-7andrdquo-Tablet-16-GB-Blue/315765/2.9

We could actually pick it up cheaper in the US, so the price is not an issue. I just know nothing about Asus devices, and am wondering if they are any good.

The Google Nexus 7 is made by Asus and having used it for over a year I can endorse anything by Asus. The spec of the MeMO Pad is even better than the original Nexus 7 and at the pricec quoted looks like a very good deal.

athtrasna

Say nothing, Currys online have the blue and white MeMo back in stock. One ordered for my Mum...debating what to do for myself, might hang on until the sales after Christmas.