Tablet

[Ric.ror]

Can anyone recommend a very cheap tablet for use in my bedroom - its for me to use at night for the AB, twitter etc.
I wont be watching any films so the quality does not need to be THAT brilliant

TIA

[AB Editor]

What is the absolute top range of your budget?

[AB Editor]

For example, this is very good:

Amazon.co.uk User Recommendation

[hc4361]

This will do everything you need at a good, knockdown price
Amazon.co.uk User Recommendation

Although I do have a Nexus 7 which I would recommend to anyone who wants to do a lot more than surf the web

[AB Editor]

A large Tescos will have both these on display - if you have time to pop in go have a poke at both of them.

I have found the Archos slow and frustrating when having a quick go, it depends on your tolerance. I would always recommend the Nexus 7 as the "bottom rung" for something worth actually buying...

[hc4361]

Bottom rung! How dare you, Ed

I use mine as a SatNav and it is far better than the TomTom I paid a similar price for a couple of years ago.

I really don't see what a far more expensive tablet could do that mine can't, although I would have liked an HDMI jack.

[Yorky Lass]

Depends on what you call very cheap. PC World are advertising the Samsung Tab for £129. I've had one for quite a while now and think it's brill. As pay £80 or whatever you call chaep I'd think it would be well worth the extra.

[DJHawkes]

predictably i'll chip in here with the recomendation of the Kobo Arc, though it was on offer at £99 for the 16gb up to sunday, now it's back at £159.99 but will be £99 again shortly. it's great and i've discovered the TVcatchup android app and i can watch any freeview tv channel with a 3 minute delay on it.

[hc4361]

The android app tvcatchup will work on any android tablet.

[DJHawkes]

yes i will cos i have added it to my grandson's android tablet too. i don't understand why it works like it does because it's just like having your tele , strange

[AB Editor]

"Bottom rung! How dare you, Ed"

I meant you shouldn't "go lower" because that is where the first quality experience can be achieved. I said "consider it bottom rung" rather than it IS bottom rung - more of a compliment to tell the truth.

"Although I would have liked an HDMI jack."

It's useful if there - look for a way to do some kind of DLNA thing?

The Samsung Tab might be alright - is it the first or second one? (Or third maybe?) the first one was pretty dire, the second was pretty good.

[hc4361]

I've got it on my desktop, laptop and netbook, too. Been using it for a couple of years.

[AB Editor]

"i don't understand why it works like it does because it's just like having your tele , strange"

You probably don't need to if it works - I settle for "magic", until it breaks at least!

[hc4361]

Ed, there is possibly a OTG to HDMI cable out there if I really wanted it.

As it is, I'll wait for the new Google tv thing (£20) and see what that does.

[hc4361]

I've never understood how tv and radio work - I'm not going to attempt to understand how the tintytubes works.

[Yorky Lass]

No idea if my Samsung Tab is First, second or third. I've had it just short of 12 months. If anything happened to it I'd but another I like it so much.