OMO: Which budget tablet?

Looking for an Android tablet for xmas.

The Kindle Fire HD at £160 looked perfect, until I had a play yesterday and realised it isn't really Android at all, but a glorified Kindle for multimedia, and you can't for instance watch your own movies off a Micro-SD card.

• Must do everything an Android phone can do, except make calls.
• 7" is fine, bigger is fine too, must be nice and responsive as a touch screen
• HD screen and Camera/Video
• Can charge off a USB, or it comes with a car charger. Can be used and charged at the same time.
• Has a Micro-SD slot supporting 32GB cards
• Reasonable battery life, ie: 5 hours or more
• Less than 200 quid
• Bluetooth Audio capability would be nice
• HDMI Out would be nice

Thanks

[daveyrach]

Have you looked at the Google Nexus 7?

My son has a Tabtronics M009S, cost me £94.99 but I think they are less now, check it out on Amazon, it runs ICS and does everything my Galaxy S2 mobile does, the 1ghz processor can be a bit laggy at times with 'heavy' apps but iplayer etc work well.

Here's the link, looks like they are out of stock with Tabtronics atm but others sell them, seems they have upgraded the processor to 1.2ghz: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Capacitive-A...4024608&sr=8-6

Oh and has HDMI out

Was going to get the nexus 7 for daughter for xmas then found john lewis doing the samsung galaxy tab 2 10.1 with £50 cash back so got one of them with free delivery, ordered last Thursday arrived yesterday.

[daveyrach]

Originally Posted by jandn1

Was going to get the nexus 7 for daughter for xmas then found john lewis doing the samsung galaxy tab 2 10.1 with £50 cash so got one of them with free delivery, ordered last Thursday arrived yesterday.

But they are between £300-£400, Ralph wants one less than £200

Originally Posted by daveyrach

But they are between £300-£400, Ralph wants one less than £200

Not what i payed mate......

£238 then with cash back £188.....................

[maviczap]

Similar thread here

http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=187548

Mines almost got what you want Ralph except

Can't charge off USB

I haven't found a Bluetooth dongle to work with it yet, but I haven't been looking for one

It'd charge off a suitable car charging adapter, so you could use it on the move

Up scales to 1080i via mini HDMI
Supports 32gb micro SD

Only £79

I'm more than happy with my tablet, for the price I paid

This is the newer model, with Jellybean

http://www.ebuyer.com/407319-sumvisi...let-pc-cycvoy7

My budget is about 80 notes, but might stretch to this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ployer-Momo7...pr_product_top

After seeing the countless customers moaning about them freezing permanently on watchdog a few weeks ago, I wouldn't touch any kindle ever.

[maviczap]

Originally Posted by specialone

After seeing the countless customers moaning about them freezing permanently on watchdog a few weeks ago, I wouldn't touch any kindle ever.

That's the beauty of my tablet, I can get a Kindle app so I could still download a book to read on it.

Obviously it isn't as light, and doesn't have the features to read like the Kindle, but I prefer real books to be honest. Only if I was overseas, without any books to read would I consider downloading a book to read

[jchu1988]

The Nexus 7 has a weak point, the glass on the display cracks far too easily. The reason for this is screen lift caused by improper use of adhesive causing the two to separate, leading to weak points. Replacement screens aren't available yet and ASUS wants 75 quid to look at the device, then extra for labour, parts, etc.

If you buy it, get accident damage warranty as otherwise minor drops might render it useless.