Looking for a good tablet

What's your budget?

probably no more then $530.

Hi  

I have a KINDLE FIRE TOUCH.....brilliant bit of kit , which does everything you want...

All the best Brett  

i keep hearing that the fire cant be compared to a tablet thow.and doesnt work well with anything other then amazon.

Where did you hear that?

It's true that it's semi-locked into the Amazon sphere of influence. Kind of like iPad is semi-locked to the Apple universe.

You didn't mention where you get your videos from, or the type of sites you surf.

This one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Get the keyboard dock and it transforms into a laptop:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Recently upgraded to Android ICS. It's awesome.

i have seen this one before it looked good.

Stop by your local Walmart, Staples, or BestBuy and see if they have the newer
Tegra 3 ASUS TF201 Transformer Prime

i think amazon does.

I've seen it on Amazon too. But it helps a lot if you can see a demo model before you buy.

Upgraded the OS to Honeycomb or ICS yet?

Hi  

Not yet, I thought about it, but Amazon issued a firmware update that makes android apps easier to sideload anyway...

Also SILK (Amazons browser) is rubbish (very slow) so I sideloaded OPERA and its very fast with none of Silks problems...

I can load any android app now...most work perfectly, although some of the older ones cannot cope with the portrait/landscape change when you turn the kindle 90 degrees....but I doubt they would on any other tablet....3g would be nice but the wifi is brilliant and locks into my home of office wifi as soon as I get in...

All the best Brett  

First thing: what is sideloading? and i plan on getting my videos from YouTube / Netflix / narutoget for the most part. i also use manga sites for the manga version. then my general net surfing. i want it to work decent with COD: Elite videos. and i want to be able to load videos i have downloaded on my computer to it.

I will be surfing things like facebook, my COD clan site, the narutoget site, i am wanting to see if i can try playing runescape on it sense it is a browser game.

and i don't already have an android devices.

can the kindle fire do all of this without sideloading.

Hi  

Basically "sideloading" is drag and drop the setup file from windows into the fire....then start setup on whatever app you dropped from within the fire...

Youtube is no probelm..you can watch their vids in Opera...

I doubt it will play Runescape though , although I have never tried...

Any other videos you just drag/drop into the fire then play them...perfect quality as well...

Net is easy...Opera is as good as Chrome or IE...so ANY site will work...

All the best Brett  

Make sure you are aware of the other limitation of the Kindle Fire. I don't remember what they all are, but I know it does not have a camera (front or rear), or GPS. There are others. I'm not sure if it has an SD slot or not.

My vote is for the Asus TF-201 Transformer Prime. It is currently running ICS 4.0.3, is extremely fast, and the screen is brilliant.

i am leaning more towards that one. camera doesn't matter and without 3g gps would be worthless anyways. the main reason i was looking at the fire was because of its price. will i have to format videos for the fire?

Hi  

Yes the kindle fire is limited ..no cameras, no 3g, no sd slot...but its GOOD and its CHEAP...

The Asus Tranformer is WAY out of his budget.....nice bit of kit though...

All the best Brett  

That's not true. You can get an Asus Transformer for 500 bucks.

Hi  

Mine plays AVI`s fine....never tried others...

All the best Brett  

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SPAM REPORTED....

All the best Brett  

Hi  

In the UK ..they are over £500 ..thats OVER $800

Dont forget this is an International site...we all have different prices.....including the OP...

All the best Brett  

yea it is $499 on amazon for US. i was just wanting some opinions from ppl that already have talbets. this will be my first one.

http://www.dealigg.com/story-Lenovo-IdeaPad-A1-Tablet


lenovo is having a really good sale right now

last day is today $189

http://www.dealigg.com/story-Asus-TF101-A1-Eee-Pad-10-1...

another that just came in, $250 10.1 in asus

I wouldn't call that a good tablet. It runs an Android version mean for phones, not tablets, plus 7" doesn't cut it for me.



That's a 2nd hand one.



The Asus Transformer is good, the Samsung Galaxy Tab is good, the Motorola Xoom 2 is good. Look for the tablets with the Nvidia Tegra 3 chips. The Tegra 2 is less fast, but fast enough still.

yeah, the OP used the word expensive twice, so i just went to the deal sites and looked for something low budget

i am going between the Kindle fire or the Asus transform prime. and i do not buy used computers/tablets.

The kindle fire is a good device, but it's really limited compared to the Asus. You'll only unleach its full potential if you buy your books, movies and movies through Amazon. It is cheaper though.

i will see what i have left after my TDY and see if i can make the choice then.

Here is the TF-101 (original) Transformer (Tegra 2) refurbished for $250

http://slickdeals.net/f/4173596-eBay-Daily-Deal-ASUS-Ee...

Here is a Toshiba Thrive (refurb) (also Tegra 2) for $250

http://slickdeals.net/f/4173806-16GB-Toshiba-Thrive-10-...

Both of these are good deals.

Especially with ICS now, these things totally rock.

and make sure you enable windows update, so msft knows you care

does the store on the kindle fire have free apps.

Hi  

Yes if you are in the US...in the UK you get them other ways as its says location invalid...as officially its not released in the UK...

All the best Brett  

how good is there manga section i m looking for naruto specific but cant find it on the webpage.

Hi  

No idea, sorry...

All the best Brett  

i went with the kindle fire.

thanks for all the input and suggestions guys it helped a lot. i may not even have to sideload the one site i was worried about works with it as is but that might change down the line.

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