Tesco Connect Windows tablets
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I hadn't seen this until recently: Tesco do an 8 and 10 inch Windows 10 tablet, starting at £99.
http://www.tesco.com/direct/connect-8-tablet-32gb-wifi-with-windows-10-black/712-4494.prd?pageLevel=&skuId=712-4494
Given the quality of the Hudl, and the good customer service from Tesco, I wondered if anyone else had one. The reviews from the 8 inch version look OK so far.
http://www.tesco.com/direct/connect-8-tablet-32gb-wifi-with-windows-10-black/712-4494.prd?pageLevel=&skuId=712-4494
Given the quality of the Hudl, and the good customer service from Tesco, I wondered if anyone else had one. The reviews from the 8 inch version look OK so far.
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The Linx 810 same price has 2.0 MP / 2.0 MP combo, available on Amazon.
The Linx tablets also have a good (unofficial) support forum (having been around for a couple of years or so). They have proved to be reliable.
However, as you say the HUDLs have been a reliable device, and I am sure Tesco will have done their homework. Also, Tesco's return policy is as good as it gets.
The camera issue is minor anyway. Nobody buys a tablet to be a camera - mobile phones are far superior in that respect.
I think this will make a good Xmas present.
One thing to check is if these new 8" tablets have desktop mode.
For those who upgraded from 8.1, they do have desktop mode, but I believe MS's intent was for new tablets 9" or under would only have tablet mode. If they cannot run desktop apps in tablet mode, that could be a significant limitation.
It would have been a good idea for the Tesco one to be dual boot too, them thus continuing from the Hudl.
There was a Windows 8 version that came with Office 365. I think this just has the free apps that have limited functionality.
You probably can't expect miracles from the mobile apps, but under 10" you can edit the files, too, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote. I had Office 2013 on 8" tablet for free and it's quite fiddly.
A great program (free) is touchmousepointer which allows the tablet screen to be used as a giant mouse trackpad (like on a laptop).
Makes precision selection much easier instead of "fat finger" issues.
The free office 2013 (for one year) has now finished, but I doubt I would pay the renewal fee now, just to get some extra features (over the mobile versions) that I rarely use.
On the Linx forums, a guy shows how to make a Linx tablet dual boot Windows/Android.
Quite how transferable the approach is I could not say.
I tried it, not for me though, it works as you say as a trackpad and I want to use the tablet as a touch device not as a one with a mouse.
Personal choice, but it toggles on and off.
Ergonomically, I find it is less strain because you can move mouse around with very little arm movement. I just hold pc with right hand and just move cursor with my thumb ie a one handed operation.