Looking for a sub £200 tablet

RWSmmith

Hi All

Could anyone advice on the best sub £200 tablet, my daughter is looking to buy one for general web browsing, games and social networking. Also do you know if any are compatible with Microsoft office application?

Thanks for your help in advance
Rob

kabayiri

Have a look at the Scroll tablet from Storage Options.

It's £130/£140, and if your expectations are reasonable, it's perfectly fine.

Is it the best? I doubt it. It's hard to try all of them.

Fifer

Be aware that sub £200 tablets are almost certain to use resistive rather than capacitive touch screens. Resistive screens are less responsive (they work best with a stylus) and don't do multi-touch gestures very well, if at all.

penrhyn

Best of luck, for whats its worth I would have thought a netbook would be more practical, and available for your budget.

Bet to wait for a few months for any half decent tablets to come out that rival the ipad.

BTW Android was developed for mobile phones and is very clunky on tablets, dunno when 3.0 will be available.

kabayiri

penrhyn wrote: »

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Bet to wait for a few months for any half decent tablets to come out that rival the ipad.

I had chance to use my father's new Ipad on Saturday, alongside the cheapy tablet I mention above.

And you know what? Yes, the ipad is quicker to boot, and a bit more responsive....but the difference is not as much as you might imagine.

It's okay reading specs on websites, but there is no substitute for trying these things.

I think when the decent android tablets surface in a few months time, they will be in the 250+ price bracket.

tonynw

look at the archos 70 internet tablet and you can install quick office for free and it will open microsoft office documents.

tonynw

RWSmmith

Many thanks to all that have replied, I have tried to talk her into a netbook, but her heart is set on a tablet. Will look into both the Scroll and the archos.

Thanks again

jamdog_2

Hi there

If I was you I would wait a few more weeks as the Chinese are still in holiday mode post new year celebrations. The tablet that I have bought is a Samsung Galaxy Tablet innerds wrapped in a 7 inch capacitive screen (Multi touch).

The videos talk about it being called a dropad a8 or herotab c8, anyway this is the first real sub 200 pound tablet that is faster than the Apple Ipad (ipad256 ram vs 512 on this).

The screen resolution is the same as the dell streak.

I cannot post the link but it is called Apad M7009 and the cheapest I have seen it is 136 at china-tablet-pc.com

debitcardmayhem

Sounds like ham repackaged in a tin

jamdog_2

I hope not I just sank 155 quid into getting one, anyway time wil tell and the youtube videos all look rather promising

debitcardmayhem

jamdog wrote: »

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