Re: [LUG] Cheap tablet

Busy subject!

Personal experience of cheap android tablets;

A 9" unbranded one for Â40. Absolute bargain - great battery life, quad core, plenty of space. Brilliant, still use it daily.

Sadly I could never find that again when I went shopping for a second one, so bought one from a reputable ebay seller. This one turned out to have malware baked into the firmware which activated after a couple of weeks and started showing adverts over the top of everything else. Burned through two PAYG sims in hours (the user didn't realise how much it was downloading). I eventually got a refund and apology from the vendor, but has left a nasty taste in my mouth.Â

I think I'd go for something with a reasonable brand and good reviews in future, but the choice on ebay et al is totally overwhelming.

On 28 February 2017 at 18:52, Roland Tarver via list <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 27/02/17 16:48, Tom via list wrote:

On 25/02/17 14:22, Neil via list wrote:

Recently we, that is to say the wife, decided we should have a few more short breaks away. (In this country but, being pensioners, we can go out of season and get some very good deals.)

The wife has an iPad (I know, but she said it was her money so she would spend it on what she liked.) It is easy to pack and to take with us, and she is able to keep in touch with emails, facebook etc while away. It also takes some half decent photos.

I am obviously not going to pack a 17" inch laptop to take and I do not have anything suitable otherwise. (I do have a mobile phone, but it is not a smart phone.)Â I am thinking about getting a cheap tablet, mainly for keeping up with emails and checking local information.

So I have been looking online. And, as usual, I have finished up very confused. (I don't want anything to do with an iPad, or with Windows, so that Android is all that is left apparently.) One of the cheapest so far is the Amazon Fire, which has some mixed reviews and some others from China. I am wary about those.

If anyone on the list can come up with some ideas/suggestions I would be grateful.

Many thanks,

Neil

Not really a cheap tablet but a Psion5 with new hardware: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/gemini-pda-android-linux-keyboard-mobile-device-phone#/

Tom te tom te tom

Ok, erm, so in my post-night-shift daze I have been un-characteristically impulsive and "bought" one of these $369 USD inc. shipping. Should be here by November.

Lets hope its ok! lol

cheers roly :-)

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