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Hi

at the moment i have 3 pc's and a laptop in my house, i normally use laptop as its more compact but im thinking of buying a tablet or two, one for me, one for my business partner.

my business currently is on ebay and on facebook, so update facebook page nearly everyday and relist stuff on ebay

which tablets are cheap yet reliable and do the above job and not that slow?

cheers

I love my ipad.

Blackberry playbook. Since I bought it I used it mostly for games and audio. Typing on it sucks, as it probably does on other tablets.

Hey , ipads way too expensive for what it is, and ive seen the bb playbook at £149.99 looks reasonable, any problems with it sax? i hope it aint like the black berrys which keep reseting and freezing.

Don't get the BB Playbook, it's absolutely awful in a lot of ways.

There are two types of tablets, 7" ones aka the "single handed ones" and the full size 10" ones. Which one are you particularly looking for?

thanks for reply bro , most likely 10" screen just because its a bigger screen?

or is it better to go with 7" screen?

10" if using for business. But i love my ipad mini, carry it every way, respond to customers via ebay ect.

Are you all oblivious to the Nexus 7 ($199) and 10 ($399)? For the price, both are unbeatable. Acer, Polaroid and some other companies are releasing new 7" tabs that are $150 or less, but the specs on them are horrible.

whats the main specs i should be looking for in a good 2013 tablet?

been using motorola xoom (dinosaur of the tablets now) for the last year or so took a bit of time to get used to it but now it part of my set up it pretty good for tracking multiple items to different countries in the post all at once with trackchecker app

I'm waiting for surface pro. Price but can run desktop programs!

^^^^ For the $800 or more that most of them cost, you're much better off with a nice ultrabook.

LOL, so nobody has answered my question :( , what specs shall i be looking for in a decent tablet ,

This.

I probaby would go for a ASUS Transformer Infinity, it's a tablet with REALLY high end specs and you can turn it into a netbook/ultrabook by attaching it to a keyboard dock.

Always comes down to user wants and preferences ( and budget)

Tablet Comparison Chart - Compare 2013 Tablet PCs

Above might help you better.

In November I got an ipad & iphone 4s. ipad is great. Screen on iphone pointless ( for my needs). Yet the Samsung Galaxy is fine too.

It's choice which you might not be able to make until you 'hold' the tablet in your own hands.
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Been getting away by using my phone; iPhone 4S for some time. Prior to that, I had an iPad Retina though, definitely worth the detailed screen.

If you want something portable, I really think it should be the most powerful portable device you could get (or a phone), otherwise it's kind of pointless.

Will depend on the OS. Android, iOS and Windows 8 all require different specs that don't need to best the other.

My first tip, with Android, you will need to lean to more of the high end specs. If you choose something other than a Nexus device, you will also be paying out the a$$ for good specs. Quadcore or dualcore (At least 1.5GHz) will suit, but at least 2GB RAM. 512MB or 1GB will only serve to frustrate you with lag.

Windows 8 Pro = too ridiculous of price.
Windows 8 RT = crippled OS on top of ridiculous price.

If you choose Apple, get 3rd or 4th Gen iPad. The iPad mini would be ok, but the 1st Gen specs are horrible so just wait for the 2nd Gen (releasing soon) which will likely destroy the 1st Gen.

if 7" is enough, for the price i think there are only 2 choices, galaxy nexus or samsung galaxy tab, they are both $199 and offer just about everything you need

playbook and ipad:thumb:

i use paracetamol

always worked for me :humble:

hahahahahaa they screwed me too killed it!!

thank you

see you next tour

LOL at they screwed ,

thanks everyone, and thanks for providing that chart greenbean and also thanks for showing basic spec i should be after unkown, ill take my time now and choose a decent one.

I currently have a Asus EEE Pad Infinity 10 inch with keyboard attached, love this thing big screen quick response and long battery life, the keyboard has its own battery so your good to go, first tablet I had was a Nook Color good for the price, rooted it and worked even better, they bought a Dell Streak 7 DONT ever buy one of these, lousy screen res, and the batter always went out on me, even had to return it once for a replacement. Love my EEE Pad
Baldmule

To be honest the only thing I'm using my playbook for lately is Modern Warfare 2, and my Pimsleur Russian course.

Interesting my nieces took over my iPad and I haven't used it since.. back to the iPhone for me and it's been fine. I was thinking about the iPad mini but when I went to check it out it didn't look like anything special.. :noidea:

They threw the iPad 2 specs in a smaller chassis to rush it out and keep cost down. Wait for the 2nd gen and should be some improvement.

sax4, how you finding the Pimsleur course - ever compare it to the Rosetta learning course? :thumb:

Interesting you brought up the iPad Mini Bigboss...other department in the office, apparently a worker was using it at his desk and his manager doesnt like distractions and outside net use...she took the ipad mini and accidentally smashed it.

How do you "accidentally" smash it? That doesn't sound like a fun place to work.

According to another post of rsot, there's limits as to what employees can do during their usual working hours. Internet access is restricted. But since it comes from a lady manager, it never sits well with the lads.
Prolly an exaggeration for effect

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How did the boss accidentally smash it??

Small Claims Court.

Not our worry....

:focus:

Good so far, I am only on lesson 4 though :)