Tablet Help!

Been discussing tablets/iPads for christmas. Need to know what to get.

I know a few on here have iPads, what are the pros and cons? And are they worth the money?
As for other tablets, anyone have any others for a decent price? Plus what can you do on them?

Personally I'd like to use one for gaming/movies.

Cheers

Anyone?

Also does anyone know anything about the Google Nexus 7?

iv got the samsung tab 2, good peice of tech and much rather pay £300 for it than over £400 for an iPad... if you got an iphone go for an android tab, got an android get an ipad, just so its not the same as what you got!


btw £50 cashback on the tab 2 when you put your receipt details on the samsung website offer!

What is music like on Android tabs? The good thing about the iPad is iTunes, I've still got a huge music collection from my deceased iPod touch

get i pad mini

Anyone?

Also does anyone know anything about the Google Nexus 7?

I've got the Google Nexus 7 and I love it!

The sound quality of the music is every bit as good as my ipod and iphone, without the restrictions of having to connect to itunes every time!

There was an initial problem with the Nexus 7, in that you couldn't view transferred videos in landscape mode, without purchasing an app to solve it, but Google have now released a software update which resolves the issue!

There was also an issue with being able to play content from an external source, such as a memory stick for example, but there is now a cheap app available, which allows you to connect to a memory stick via a cheap lead!

In choosing the Nexus 7, I took into account some excellent reviews on many a review site, one of which you can view here:-

http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac ... 040/review

I chose the Nexus 7 mainly because of the reviews and because I couldn't justify spending more than £400 for the ipad!

My one main gripe with my Nexus 7, is that I am unable to watch Sky on it at the moment, which you would be able to do with an ipad or an ipad mini and you'd also be able to download Cardiff City programmes onto your ipad/ipad mini, which I am unable to do at present, on my Google Nexus 7!

Since I bought my Nexus 7 however, the ipad mini has become available, which is far more competetive in it's pricing than the larger ipad 3!

If you are able to connect an external source to it to allow you to be able to play content from a memory stick etc., then it would definitely be worth considering, as it would allow you to be able to buy a cheaper model with less memory, as you could play content from a memory stick, which is far cheaper to store your videos or music content, than paying the extra £80 - £100 for an extra 16gb of memory on the ipad/ipad mini!

Incidentally, I bought the 16gb Nexus 7 version, which eats up 2gb of the supposed 16gb of storage. I'd imagine you'd lose about the same with an ipad or ipad mini!

Cheers OTM.

I'm leaning towards the iPad mini 32gb at the moment. Mainly because it's a decent price in £350, you can't get a 32gb Nexus, and I have all my iTunes library ready to put on there. Plus as you said I can download match programmes.

How do you get music onto a Nexus 7? I have an Android phone and I have no clue on how to get music on there other than using apps from the Google Play store, but I've got plenty of albums that i'd like to put on there.

Cheers OTM.

I'm leaning towards the iPad mini 32gb at the moment. Mainly because it's a decent price in £350, you can't get a 32gb Nexus, and I have all my iTunes library ready to put on there. Plus as you said I can download match programmes.

How do you get music onto a Nexus 7? I have an Android phone and I have no clue on how to get music on there other than using apps from the Google Play store, but I've got plenty of albums that i'd like to put on there.

Google are due to announce a 32gb Nexus within the next couple of days, reportedly today!

As I've said I've got the 16gb version, but an app cost me less than £2 and a lead around the same, which allows me to play any media from an external source, which is cheaper than paying around the £100 extra for a bigger memory ipad or ipad mini!

It's easy to transfer music & films to the Nexus, as you just connect it to your PC or laptop with the usb lead supplied with it, the same as with an iphone or ipod, but without having to connect it to itunes!

As I said in my earlier post though, if you can connect an external source to an ipad and you've made your mind up that it's an Apple product you want, then I'd just go for the smaller memory ipad mini, rather than spend the extra £100!

Here's a review comparison between the ipad mini, Nexus 7 & Kindle Fire HD, which should help you to decide:-

http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac ... 514/review

To reiterate though, the Nexus 7 allows you to cheaply use an external memory source, but I don't know whether the Ipad mini or Kindle do the same!

Whichever one you choose to go for, I'd advise you against paying for the extra memory, if the tablet you prefer, is able to connect to an external memory source!

Just checked and it's an extra £80 per extra 16gb of memory for the Ipad minis!

http://store.apple.com/uk/buy/home/shop ... /ipad_mini

You can pick up a 32gb memory stick for around £12 - £13!

music player is decent tbh, same quality as iphone, just missing 1 or 2 things that an ipad has like when you want to play your playlist you got to click on a song then shuffle, you cant just shuffle straight off, if you get me?