OMO : Cheap tablet advice

[Mark_h]

I've been looking into getting a tablet for casual browsing and keeping the kids entertained in the car.

I can get a Samsung tablet 2 for £139 or £99 refurbed. They seem a fairly good option for not a lot of money.

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They come with 8gig and an SD slot. If I add a 32 gig SD card to it will it work like a 40 gig machine or will it still run the apps from the 8 gig and just use the 32 gig for media storage?

Anyone got one and able to give an opinion?
Anyone got one for sale?
Anyone got a better suggestion for a tablet for not a lot of money that has decent battery life, decent performance and likely to last more than a week?

[sniff]

I've got a galaxy tab 2 sat here only used it twice as we are a apple household. Might be willing to sell if you mention the right price

mate of mine has a google nexus thingy, pretty cheap and quite good.

We have an Asus transformer, but that's probably a bit too pro for what you need

[Mark_h]

Originally Posted by sniff

I've got a galaxy tab 2 sat here only used it twice as we are a apple household. Might be willing to sell if you mention the right price

You have PM.

[timwilky]

I have a transformer, and still run out of storage 32GB, on board. 64GB SD in the keyboard and a further 64GB Micro in the tablet itself. A few films/ebooks and a lifetimes music means my music is across a number of cards

But, you have the option of moving apps onto the SD card to save flash memory

Originally Posted by timwilky

I have a transformer, and still run out of storage 32GB, on board. 64GB SD in the keyboard and a further 64GB Micro in the tablet itself. A few films/ebooks and a lifetimes music means my music is across a number of cards

But, you have the option of moving apps onto the SD card to save flash memory

Ever thought of using the google cloud music service? Pal of mine moved his (substantial) music library across to it and loves it.

https://play.google.com/music/listen#/now

[timwilky]

Yeah, until you go on holiday and find there is no wifi in your hotel.

The wife loves her cruises, the wifi would cost more than the holiday

Amount of money cruises cost you'd think they'd throw in wifi the tight fecks

[timwilky]

I came back from cape verde a few weeks ago. €50 for 24 hours wifi in the hotel or €200 for a week.

[ethariel]

I picked up an Ainol tablet, stunning spec for very little money really, only issue is that at present Sky Go only works on the Nexus 7 and Galaxy Tab tablets and I have not found a way round that as yet (Ainol is super cheap really and has HDMi out, my wee nexux 7 does not).

Tho the Ainol does take a bit of work to get the best out of them and regrettably looks like a bleeding jesus tablet err i mean iPad.

On another note wifi on a liner is a bit awkward unless in cell range of the shore, running a free wifi over a satelite link onboard would be really expensive with 1000 passangers and 2000 crew hammering it!