Cheap Android Tablets


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I know, I know... 6 months ago I would have berated me for asking this - you get what you pay for...

Except I have seen a fair few ?60-100 Android tablets that were PERFECTLY usable since then.

Am looking for something for my neice to play angry birds on basically, put some cartoons on, etc.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/7-inch-arnova-7h-g3-touch-tablet-677849

Any thoughts or suggestions?

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Looks ok, but if you want to get something a bit better then look here

http://www.androidinabox.com/android-tablets.html?t_dualcore=238&t_market=162&t_ram=39&t_size=42

I filtered it to show only official Google Play and 1Gb of RAM

This one cost wise is the closest and much better, spec wise

http://www.androidinabox.com/ainol-novo-7-elf-ii-android-tablet-dual-core.html

eBay it up and see if you can get it for a good price

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ainol-Novo-7-Elf-II-1GB-RAM-Dual-Core-1-5GHZ-8GB-7-capacitive-multitouch-Black-/261104453143?pt=US_Tablets&hash=item3ccb09c617

I've never come across one which is particularly nice to use.

I would advise you try to find yourself a used Nexus 7 or Galaxy Tab 7 - the difference is night and day.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEARLY-NEW-JUST-5-MONTHS-OLD-ASUS-16GB-GOOGLE-NEXUS-7-TABLET-16-GB-/170961213976?pt=UK_iPad_Tablets_eReaders&hash=item27ce151a18

I know, I know... 6 months ago I would have berated me for asking this - you get what you pay for...

Except I have seen a fair few ?60-100 Android tablets that were PERFECTLY usable since then.

Am looking for something for my neice to play angry birds on basically, put some cartoons on, etc.

http://www.maplin.co...h-tablet-677849

Any thoughts or suggestions?

I bought one of those for my Dad for Xmas and had a play with it before wrapping it and its a snappy little thing, I was pretty impressed considering the price

I think the lower screen resolution helps with the lower power so you don't really lose much performance compared to higher spec and rez tablets

Take a look at these, http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/tabletpcs/tabletpcs/?o=1

Nova tech is a local supplier to me but they are also based in Reading, Cardiff and Bristol, they are very good at delivery speeds. I have bought my 8 year old son one of the 7" tablets, unfortunately it isn't available any more but there is a small 4.3" one there too.

I bought one of those for my Dad for Xmas

Implying this was last year? I am not expecting the world. Not expecting a Galaxy Tab spec LOL - but just so long as it's usable for a child really. Play music, read books, play angry birds, etc!

But yeah, not being cheap but was looking around the 60-70 quid mark purely because it's a second gift. Not looking at 100 quid...

Implying this was last year? I am not expecting the world. Not expecting a Galaxy Tab spec LOL - but just so long as it's usable for a child really. Play music, read books, play angry birds, etc!

But yeah, not being cheap but was looking around the 60-70 quid mark purely because it's a second gift. Not looking at 100 quid...

For this Xmas, its currently wrapped under the tree !

The only thing I found and was not even a problem, Google Play does not come installed, you have to download it from a different market that comes with the tablet, pretty straight forward and only took a few minutes and a reboot

Plays HD video smoothly, games like Angry Birds run great, the homescreen UI is fast and smooth even with a live wallpaper, I was seriously impressed comparing it to my ASUS Transformer which was much more expensive

EDIT - If you can put up with this irritating guys voice, and repeating himself over and over, there is a pretty full review he does here

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