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my sister if after an half decent tablet for around £100.my questions is .will it be worth buying one that cheap or will it be crap like i reckon,,,,need one that you can put the COUGH apps on and will be upgradeable to future android updates,any info appreciated,probably need one quite a bit dearer i think

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When I get round to it I will post a review of my flytouch 3 that I picked up a couple of weeks ago. Been so pleased with it I am looking at ordering another one and two of the people I have shown it to are also interested in it. 1/3 of the price of the iPad with 80% of the functionality plus a few clever tricks up its sleeve. Main disadvantages is screen is resistive instead of captive (means you need to use finger nail instead of finger pad, curl your finger instead of holding it straight) and there is some lag, e.g. changing between landscape and portrait takes 2 or 3 seconds. Facebook, e-mail, ebook, angry birds, flash playback, general web browsing all work fine and it connects to market place for around 80% free apps. Transferred from apps off my HTC desire using Astro to backup to APK ad then install on the tablet and they have all worked OK.

If are willing to order direct from china then you can pick up 16mb version for around £130 and takes around a week to deliver.

If you have any questions about specific functions then let me know.


16GB iBex FlyTouch3 aPad - Gps SuperPad II - Android 2.2 Tablet PCs - Flash 10.1


aPad.TV The home of the aPad. Forums - The Front Page
 
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cheers for the info oneman,trying to read up on a few forums and see what is the best as she will probably pay upto £!80 ish
 
oneman said:
When I get round to it I will post a review of my flytouch 3 that I picked up a couple of weeks ago. Been so pleased with it I am looking at ordering another one and two of the people I have shown it to are also interested in it. 1/3 of the price of the iPad with 80% of the functionality plus a few clever tricks up its sleeve. Main disadvantages is screen is resistive instead of captive (means you need to use finger nail instead of finger pad, curl your finger instead of holding it straight) and there is some lag, e.g. changing between landscape and portrait takes 2 or 3 seconds. Facebook, e-mail, ebook, angry birds, flash playback, general web browsing all work fine and it connects to market place for around 80% free apps. Transferred from apps off my HTC desire using Astro to backup to APK ad then install on the tablet and they have all worked OK.

If are willing to order direct from china then you can pick up 16mb version for around £130 and takes around a week to deliver.

If you have any questions about specific functions then let me know.


16GB iBex FlyTouch3 aPad - Gps SuperPad II - Android 2.2 Tablet PCs - Flash 10.1


aPad.TV The home of the aPad. Forums - The Front Page
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Been looking at these for a while and keep wondering if they awould be any good..
 
The advent vega is one to check out second hand you can get on ebay for about £180 and its capacitive screen and Tegra2 1GHz Dual Core Processor. Customs roms available good support probably the best 10.1 budget tab.
 
If you are willing to go to around £180 to £200 then the bottom end of captive screen with tegra2 CPU with honeycomb are just within reach (maybe second hand). But that is a big leap up from £130 for a new device.

I will warn you that I have not been hearing great things about tegra2. I'm sure its a good CPU but there have been some grumbles about its performance and it definitely 2x that of single core CPU. But its fast becoming standard on the higher end models.

What sort of time frame are you looking at buying in. I believe Tegra3 based tablets will be out later this year which will push prices down for existing devices. But I suppose you can always play waiting game.
 
she is after buying one now lol.is a capacativer touchscreen the same as an ipod,or is it the other ones where you have to use your fingernail

what do you think about the archos 101
 
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bro said:
she is after buying one now lol.is a capacativer touchscreen the same as an ipod,or is it the other ones where you have to use your fingernail

what do you think about the archos 101
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capacitive touchscreen is the best avoid resistive screen. I think the archos 101 is a good tablet
 
Capacitive is better and used on the newer phones. Also allows multi-touch (for pinch type input). However this is not say that resistive is unusable. It took 10 to 15 minutes or so to get used to mine so I know how which angle to use my finger and how much pressure to use and the kids had no problems with it from outset. If you are in a shop and have both side by side for 2 minutes, then its no contest that capacitive is better but then again you are looking at an extra 100 quid.
 
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