Is either of these worth buying?

donegal_man

Which (if either) of these would someone who knows their way around the market recommend as a first tablet? Just for web browsing, e-mail and reading the occasional book. I don't want to spend much, which is why these took my eye.
Apologies if this has been answered many times before

http://www.android-tablet.ie/9-inch-android-tablets/9-0-inch-capacitive-screen-tablet/

http://www.dabs.ie/products/linx-7-windows-8-tablet-7--ips-touch-screen-quad-core-1gb-32gb-9S52.html?src=3

daytob

First one might have been 160e about 3 years ago, but there is no way its worth that now. That ram is awful. 512mb. You would end up smashing it against the wall.
I never used the windows tab so cant comment on that one.
The Lenovo A7 from Argos at 90e is a better deal - http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/2476632/Trail/searchtext%3ETABLET.htm
its got 1gb of ram and is a little under your price. It might not be as big but it should be ok for what you need.

donegal_man

Thank you for that. At the price I can add the memory card and still come in onr budget

Squeeonline

donegal_man wrote: »

Thank you for that. At the price I can add the memory card and still come in onr budget

Memory card != RAM.

At 512 ram every time you back to the home screen it'll likely have to re-draw and take a few seconds to become responsive again.

Multitasking will be nearly impossible. I'd avoid any tablet that didn't have at least 2 gb ram even if that meant paying a little bit more.

Kintarō Hattori

Squeeonline wrote: »

Memory card != RAM.

At 512 ram every time you back to the home screen it'll likely have to re-draw and take a few seconds to become responsive again.

Multitasking will be nearly impossible. I'd avoid any tablet that didn't have at least 2 gb ram even if that meant paying a little bit more.

Have to agree with this. Don't be tempted by the cheap price. 512MB of memory is far too low these days and you'll just end up frustrated that you didn't buy one with more memory. It's not a case of tech snobbery- it really will just be frustrating to use.

Gran Hermano

Amazon often have special offers on the Lenovo tablets - esp eco ally on the older models. (Currently have the Lenovo a10 at GBP120). They are available in different screen sizes. As daytob said avoid anything with less than 1 GB RAM.

WexIan

Would you see if you could buy a Nexus 7 2013 model on the DoneDeal. It was tablet of the year and has a great spec.