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« Reply #30 on: Tuesday, November 13, 2012, 20:45:01 » |
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Fair enough red socks. Hoping this will move me further up the que for the pc and the wife can have her iphone back on long journeys!
I'm hoping that there is a kindle app out there that I can put on them
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« Reply #31 on: Tuesday, November 13, 2012, 21:08:55 » |
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Keep up Pieman, Suggs posted that Family Guy clip on the last page.
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« Reply #32 on: Tuesday, November 13, 2012, 21:23:45 » |
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I shall be getting a Galaxy Tab2 for the wife (and almost 4 year old) for Xmas. Having played with that, the Kindle Fire and iPad mini last weekend, it was the best for my needs. Strangely, the Kindle app on the Galaxy is nice than the official Kindle Fire version, if that's important to you.....
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SuggWillSugg MBE
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« Reply #33 on: Tuesday, November 13, 2012, 22:05:59 » |
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I'm tempted to ask for a tablet for christmas (Probably iPad or iPad mini as i'm a mainstream dickhead)
to use in lectures, cant work out if i would make me look like a colossal cunt tapping away on it though.
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« Reply #34 on: Tuesday, November 13, 2012, 22:06:26 » |
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it would
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SuggWillSugg MBE
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« Reply #35 on: Tuesday, November 13, 2012, 22:09:04 » |
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I won't bother then. Ta.
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« Reply #36 on: Tuesday, November 13, 2012, 22:15:21 » |
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I shall be getting a Galaxy Tab2 for the wife (and almost 4 year old) for Xmas. Having played with that, the Kindle Fire and iPad mini last weekend, it was the best for my needs. Strangely, the Kindle app on the Galaxy is nice than the official Kindle Fire version, if that's important to you.....
We spent a couple of hours in John Lewis on Sunday trying them all out and chatting to a very knowledgeable young lad who knew everything there was to know about each. We've decided to go for the Samsung Galaxy with the attached pen, as my son got on better with it. Now I can't remeber if it's the Note or Tab2? That's a bit more expensive though and tbh we're only spending that much because I'm getting a decent redundancy payout. The Amazon Kindle Fire came highly recommended though and was substantially less in price around £130 I think? We may get that for our younger son. |
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Samdy Gray
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« Reply #37 on: Tuesday, November 13, 2012, 22:18:05 » |
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The Google Nexus range are very good and well priced for the spec. The only bad point about them is the lack of expandable storage space (no SD card slot).
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« Reply #38 on: Tuesday, November 13, 2012, 23:28:13 » |
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I'm tempted to ask for a tablet for christmas (Probably iPad or iPad mini as i'm a mainstream dickhead)
to use in lectures, cant work out if i would make me look like a colossal cunt tapping away on it though.
What might make you a bit of a cunt imo is that you are "tempted to ask for tablet for Christmas" I was grateful for a tangerine and a walnut when I was a lad..... |
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« Reply #39 on: Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 00:26:54 » |
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The Amazon Kindle Fire came highly recommended though and was substantially less in price around £130 I think? We may get that for our younger son.
Aren't the Kindle tablets hacked a fair bit by Amazon to keep them within their eco-system. Not a problem if you're happy buying everything from Amazon, but otherwise it might be better to go with Google / Samsung. Always worth having a go with one first especially if you've only ever seen / used an iPad before. |
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« Reply #41 on: Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 13:05:57 » |
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Aren't the Kindle tablets hacked a fair bit by Amazon to keep them within their eco-system. Not a problem if you're happy buying everything from Amazon, but otherwise it might be better to go with Google / Samsung.
Yes AFAIK you can't get plain vanilla Android Market on it, only the Amazon AppStore. Which as jonny says is fine if you're happy with that, but may not be what people are expecting from an Android tab. It's a lot more MS/Apple-style "Walled Garden" than most Android tabs CPW seem to have the 7" Galaxy Tab for £150 less £30 cashback, so 120 quid (at some indeterminate point in the future) if you trust the cashback thing. |
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Nomoreheroes
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« Reply #42 on: Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 16:57:50 » |
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So, all of a sudden I have a 4D-type question that is related to this thread.
Mrs NMH has said for me to sort out a laptop for Xmas for the kids - 15, 13 & 11. They have an old XP PC and XP laptop. Both have become incredibly slow. I'm thinking that I want to get them something a bit quicker that they can use to play Runescape go on FB etc but also to use for connecting to their school website and for doing research on and completing homework.
So, the 4D question of the day is......
Should I be looking at a Windows laptop, a Samsung 7' or 10' Tablet (sor something like that) and iPad or a MacBook ?
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« Reply #43 on: Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 17:12:08 » |
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I am also following this thread with interest...have a 5/6 yr old, he currently has a leapfrog thing, am weighing up the options of juist
- buying more games etc for leapfrog
- getting a ds (along with the 'unlocking')
- getting a tablet of some descrption...
still deliberating, keep the advice coming
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Nomoreheroes
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« Reply #44 on: Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 18:08:43 » |
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I am also following this thread with interest...have a 5/6 yr old, he currently has a leapfrog thing, am weighing up the options of juist
- buying more games etc for leapfrog
- getting a ds (along with the 'unlocking')
- getting a tablet of some descrption...
still deliberating, keep the advice coming
Had a Leapfrog for my youngest - He just wanted his elder brothers DS ! |
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