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[robw]

Hi guys

Does any BM know if these are available in Tukcom?

Cheers.

[Robi_slo]

I bought Chinese Android tablet (Superpad III) , 1 gHz, GPS, UTP connector... as die-hard android fan I thought it will be a real iPad killer but it is .... crapppppppppppp.

Android is so-so as OS but Chinese tablets without capacitive touch screen ain't worth plastic they are made of. Did I mention no navigation software works (not even Sygic, hangs after a minute or two), and screen... you need mallet to type and forget any speed 10 finger typing... more like 1 or 2 words per minute... Angry birds hangs every time... And Superpad III got good scoreson forum, what do cheap shit Chinese pads look like I don't even want to speculate.

I wouldn't buy it ever again. Never..... Sure....

BR

[robw]

Thanks Robi,I don't think I'll bother getting one.

Cheers

[69billy]

well..i'm thinking to get this one..just to use it on holidays...don't like taking my laptop..
Tabtech A816 / A820 now with added Bluetooth - 8" 2.3 Gingerbread - Powerful Android Tablet PC 1.2GHz - Samsung S5PV210 - Compatable with Flash 11.0 - SKYPE free voice calls - BBC iPlayer - Youtube - HDMI output

Edited by 69billy, 31 October 2011 - 01:32 AM.

[Albert Steptoe]

forget it, best Pad is Ipad2 by a long way, better resolution on the screen, build quality, back up, my mate has a Galaxy would say only slight advantage is it can play a larger range of video formats but that is easy solved by downloading a $3 video app and spending time doing a bit of data transfer with the laptop.
Only my opinion as I am now sold on Apple a year ago wouldnt have bothered but now wouldnt be without.

[roscoe]

It's funny, since all of the tablets are made in China, but the Chinese tablets, as Robw asserts, are CRAP ... they take a fast processor and slow it down, with open source software (how can you do this). The screens are all resistive, and failure rate is astronomical.

iPad2 is great, but $500 and often the same apps are cheaper or free on Android. $200 gets you a Kindle Fire, or one of the discounted Playbooks, HPs or other major makers. All are dual core with solid reliable wrappers on their native Android / Linux. Best to buy them in the States, though pricing is normalizing now throughout the world.

[deepthroat]

I hope you don't buy cars the same way you buy iPads if lowest price is your main determinant....

[Teppis]

deepthroat, on 02 November 2011 - 04:47 AM, said:

I hope you don't buy cars the same way you buy iPads if lowest price is your main determinant....

Well said mate 555

[roscoe]

deepthroat, on 02 November 2011 - 04:47 AM, said:

I hope you don't buy cars the same way you buy iPads if lowest price is your main determinant....

Hey .... you talkin' ta mee? (does a Fonzie)

I've ordered a Kindle ... the thing that most attracts me is Silk, their browser ... this loads a lot of work into EC2, including some really nice predictive loading built into A9 ... it should speed up Internet search many times in an organic way, and I bet would especially be noticeable in places like Thailand where the Internet is dodgy

[Albert Steptoe]

roscoe, on 02 November 2011 - 01:26 AM, said:

It's funny, since all of the tablets are made in China, but the Chinese tablets, as Robw asserts, are CRAP ... they take a fast processor and slow it down, with open source software (how can you do this). The screens are all resistive, and failure rate is astronomical.

iPad2 is great, but $500 and often the same apps are cheaper or free on Android. $200 gets you a Kindle Fire, or one of the discounted Playbooks, HPs or other major makers. All are dual core with solid reliable wrappers on their native Android / Linux. Best to buy them in the States, though pricing is normalizing now throughout the world.

Pricing is not normalised for Apple products especially in the UK, buying in US is at least 20% cheaper mainly due to VAT,so if you are soon to visit say New York for a weekend break from UK and want Apple products buy there, Tax free as a tourist then remove from box and bring back to UK in hand luggage,i will be doing this in January when I get my Mac Air £1399 in UK, $1300 in US,saving around £350.
If you wanna be a real cheapskate buy a kindle they do absolutely squat,no WP capability,no decent gaming.

[Albert Steptoe]

deepthroat, on 02 November 2011 - 04:47 AM, said:

I hope you don't buy cars the same way you buy iPads if lowest price is your main determinant....

well said,

[kathoeyfan]

Anyone using an android tablet and happy with it? Played around with the Samsung galaxy and seemed to be a piece of sh*t compared to the iPad. The last iPad I messed with was the 2. Anyone have feedback on the 3?

[Ringspun]

kathoeyfan, on 18 April 2012 - 11:55 PM, said:

Anyone using an android tablet and happy with it? Played around with the Samsung galaxy and seemed to be a piece of sh*t compared to the iPad. The last iPad I messed with was the 2. Anyone have feedback on the 3?

Got ipad 2, seen 3 its a little faster and better resolution, but I think the ipad 2 is excellent as is, a sheer rise from the ipad 1.

It runs faultlessly like the iphone and never crashes, I bought android one for parents before, it got my mother in a right mess and crashed and hassle, got her an ipad 1 now as she slow and old anyways and it works a dream.

So if you can afford go for ipad 3 if not ipad 2 is more than adequate, its a fantastic travel tool and the apps are pretty cheap too

[hastings]

kathoeyfan, on 18 April 2012 - 11:55 PM, said:

Anyone using an android tablet and happy with it? Played around with the Samsung galaxy and seemed to be a piece of sh*t compared to the iPad. The last iPad I messed with was the 2. Anyone have feedback on the 3?

Should have asked me about the Ipad 3. I have had all generations of he Ipad including the 3 which I brought with me on this trip. The 3 does have a slightly better resolution but it is not noticable on many sites. I thought the Wifi connectivity was better on the 2 (apple is aware of the Wifi problem as here have been many complaints, and it is supposed to be fixed with the next software update). If purchasing, and you do not already have a 2 or 3, the 3 is well worth the US 500 -800 price tag (the 3 is now priced at the same cost as the 2 when it was released, and the 2 is about US 100 cheaper for each model). If you have a 2, I would wait for the next generation as the upgrades to the 3 are barely discernable (also maybe its just my 3 but the keyboard often skips input on the letter t when typing fast, just saying).

I agree that the Galaxy Pad cannot compare.