cheap android tablets - best of the worst ?

jasonwatkins

i could potentially be coming into around £60 or £70 quid in the next week or so and I was looking at maybe picking up a cheap second hand android tablet.

I fully appreciate that i wouldn't get anything special, and would likely be looking at a lower end version of android - i've seen many tablets with version 1.6 even.

but I was wondering if anyone had had any experience with cheap, low end tablets ?

i'm not really looking for an all singing, all dancing one - just something that i can do a bit of surfing, check emails, read the occasional ebook and maybe the odd game of angry birds here or there.

something like this ..

http://www.elonex.com/images/elonex-etouch-04.jpg

which I can get for £65 quid second hand.

cheers

RussJK

This is right up your alley, easily best for the price:
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/archos-7-home-7-tablet-with-android-2-1-8gb-wifi-bestbuy-74-99-71-24-with-code-t/954704

bonzer

Or cheaper (note small screen size - more mobile phone size really):

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/252988

GunJack

a bloke in work got one off ebay for £65 new, inc delivery from Hong Kong (he gets lots of bits from there). Android 2.2, and seems a decent little plaything

jaydeeuk1

The archos probably best of a bad lot for that price. Doubt you'd get anything with a capacitive screen though. Angry birds doesn't play that smoothly on here, and factor in the resistive screen will make it unenjoyable.

For media playback, its pretty good though

jasonwatkins

thanks for the suggestions. the archos does look nice, although the smaller one doesn't really do it for me.

i'll have a nose around ebay - i've seen some of the ones from japan and they do look intruiging i must admit.

i'm also just considering pickup up a cheap ebook ready if it comes down to it - i can get a sony one from CEX for around £55 quid.

martinthebandit

I have a Kobo

http://www.whsmith.co.uk/CatalogAndSearch/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=35022275

and can highly recommend it

jasonwatkins

I think i've found it .. although, to be fair, it does seem a bit too good to be true.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/7-GOOGLE-ANDRIOD-2-2-TABLET-PC-TOUCH-SCREEN-WIFI-PAD-/190537385327?pt=UK_iPad_Tablets_eReaders&hash=item2c5ce9c56f

UK Seller, £61.98 all in.

Android 2.2
1ghz Processor
WiFi
HD Playback
"2D/3D Graphic Accelerator" - although i'll take that with a pinch of salt.

According to this review, there's no accelerometer, but that's not really a problem.

The summary does really paint it as something that would be ideal for what i'd want - especially the part in bold.

Therefore, don't buy the Disgo Tablet 6000 if you want to be part of the Android revolution, making use of all of the cutting edge apps and so forth. Buy it if you want a cheap tablet-like device that you can chuck in your bag and make use of when you're out an about. Look at it as a decent MP3 and video playback device, with some nice web enabled widgets thrown in. It's also handy to have laying about on the living room coffee table if you want to look something up quickly and you haven't got your laptop fired up.

gonzo127

i have been looking at something like this recently and spotted http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004RAN7VI/ref=s9_simh_gw_p147_d2_i2?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=04K8MQ7YG7JSRZK3KEHY&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=467128533&pf_rd_i=468294 ok little over budget but does seem to get some pretty good user reviews