Date: 7/12/2014 17:49:01
From: rumpole
ID: 641238
Subject: Budget tablet

I’ve just been browsing for a basic tablet and found iPad Mini and ASUS Nexus 7.

I just want for internet browsing, ABC news streaming, iView etc while travelling.

Budget pricing is desired < $300 if possible. Can these use Skype and send receive email ?

Any other options in this market segment ?

What else can these things do ?

Thanks

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Date: 7/12/2014 18:46:44
From: Dropbear
ID: 641250
Subject: re: Budget tablet

rumpole said:


I’ve just been browsing for a basic tablet and found iPad Mini and ASUS Nexus 7.

I just want for internet browsing, ABC news streaming, iView etc while travelling.

Budget pricing is desired < $300 if possible. Can these use Skype and send receive email ?

Any other options in this market segment ?

What else can these things do ?

Thanks

Check out the Samsung tablet range. I believe they have a few android tablets out for $250 or less

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Date: 7/12/2014 19:24:23
From: Divine Angel
ID: 641264
Subject: re: Budget tablet

Aldi periodically have tablets out with their own brand, they’re surprisingly good.

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Date: 7/12/2014 19:47:23
From: Skeptic Pete
ID: 641270
Subject: re: Budget tablet

I’m looking at the Nexus 7 for $230 on ebay. It has an internal GPS that doesn’t need a network or wifi connection.

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Date: 7/12/2014 19:50:59
From: Divine Angel
ID: 641271
Subject: re: Budget tablet

rumpole said:


Can these use Skype and send receive email ?

Yes to both. Email is dead easy to set up and you’ll need to download the Skype app (although I think some tablets have it pre-installed)

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Date: 7/12/2014 20:06:29
From: party_pants
ID: 641280
Subject: re: Budget tablet

+1 for the Samsung tablets.

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Date: 8/12/2014 18:56:55
From: stan101
ID: 641896
Subject: re: Budget tablet

I still use a gen 1 2012 model Nexus 7 and comes in very handy. I got a 32gb wifi model for $129 just before the 2013 model came out and it has been great. Only issue is that the sound level out of the heatset port is a bit poor with 16 ohm ear buds.

One word of note: TRIM feature is not enabled by default on the 2012 even when the Android ROM is updated. They grind to a halt to the point they get unusable. A hard reset does not fix them. There is a little app on the Google play store that does a TRIM defrag and then enables TRIM and they run well after that.

So If you are looking for a second hand unit and it is running slow and dodgy, it is actually easy to fix them up like new.

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Date: 8/12/2014 18:57:40
From: stan101
ID: 641897
Subject: re: Budget tablet

Rumpole, BTW, how’s the share trading going? I thought I recognized this post elsewhere ;)

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Date: 8/12/2014 19:47:31
From: dv
ID: 641914
Subject: re: Budget tablet

I thought this thread might be about the stone plaques that Hockey brought down from the mount.

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Date: 8/12/2014 19:52:12
From: rumpole
ID: 641917
Subject: re: Budget tablet

stan101 said:


Rumpole, BTW, how’s the share trading going? I thought I recognized this post elsewhere ;)

Hey stan101

I’m not a frequent share trader, I just post in General Chat of ASF.

I keep my head down in case they throw me out for not being “one of them”.

:)

I’ve virtually decided on the Nexus 7. Only 16GB but Quad core processor and very good screen. Lack of external expansion is a bit of a worry, but I don’t think I’ll be using it all that much.

$299 at DSE.

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Date: 8/12/2014 19:56:10
From: tauto
ID: 641918
Subject: re: Budget tablet

dv said:


I thought this thread might be about the stone plaques that Hockey brought down from the mount.

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Nah, that would be titled Budget Suppository of Wisdom.

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Date: 8/12/2014 20:17:36
From: roughbarked
ID: 641928
Subject: re: Budget tablet

dv said:


I thought this thread might be about the stone plaques that Hockey brought down from the mount.

:)

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Date: 8/12/2014 20:34:03
From: stan101
ID: 641936
Subject: re: Budget tablet

rumpole said:


stan101 said:

Rumpole, BTW, how’s the share trading going? I thought I recognized this post elsewhere ;)

Hey stan101

I’m not a frequent share trader, I just post in General Chat of ASF.

I keep my head down in case they throw me out for not being “one of them”.

I don’t log in there anymore. I had Joe cancel my account. I used to day trade and dividend strip and would buy some very good data from a member there. To be honest I was making a nice earn but it got so damn mind numbingly tedious reading charts, announcements and reports. And the mail and paperwork it generated was astronomical! 20 to 30 letters arriving a day sometimes.

It was good to see my word of the day thread is still alive :) and there are a few old names I recall but I can’t see me logging back in there. I just read up on a few long term shares and speccies I here about.

rumpole said:

I’ve virtually decided on the Nexus 7. Only 16GB but Quad core processor and very good screen. Lack of external expansion is a bit of a worry, but I don’t think I’ll be using it all that much.

$299 at DSE.

Is that for the 3rd gen unit?

You can’t go wrong with them. They are lean running units.

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