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On Mon, 2013-06-10 at 09:25 +0100, Kevin Peat wrote: > tom <tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > My 10 year old daughter is off with school to N. Wales for a > 'residential' and has been harping on about how its a loooooooooong and > booooring journey and everyone else will be playing on their Nintendo > DSes and can she spend her saved up pocket money on one? > I have a feeling she might be better off with an android tablet but as > I'm not a game player I have no idea if this is a goodish idea. > Can anyone recommend a little tablet and some games that my precosiously > intelligent little one might appreciate over a cash sucker like the DS? > Tom te tom te tom > > My partner has a 3DS XL and although it is a neat piece of technology > the games are a rip-off and the selection is poor so I wouldn't > recommend it. > > I was gifted a broken DS Lite and replaced the case and touchscreen > with parts from Ebay and it's now like new. Wi-Fi gameplay on DS is > great not something that can e > > I also have a Nexus 7 which is excellent and although it is probably > more money than you want to spend the form factor is great for games > just the right size and weight for gaming although the screen is > rubbish outside. > > Kevin Kogan do cheap but reasonable android tabs also look at I J T ink suppliers but also do some interesting netbooks. -- ________________________________________________________________________ Regards Kevin Lucas Minions Post Master(Sub) A dedicated Linux user /usr/bin/microsoft Skype minions_shop www.minionsbandb.co.uk www.tearooms.minionsbandb.co.uk FaceBook Minions_shop Po House, Minions, Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE 01579363386 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq