Right. Let's set the scene. I have a cheapish laptop (Pentium T3400, Vista, 2GB memory, 160GB storage, and chosen mainly because of its 17" screen) which is adequate for everything I need to do. General browsing, a bit of on line buying, emails, DS Forums (
), filing photos etc. All pretty low grade stuff. No power hungry games or file downloading etc.
We sometimes have demand exceeding supply, with Mrs Sundae and Miss Sundae also wanting to use it (Mrs Sundae for Facebook, and Miss Sundae for CBBC games, KS1 & 2 workbooks etc). In the house, we also have a little Asus Eeee (with 7" screen), which I sometimes use. (Also a Kindle and Nokia 5800 for if I absolutely need to get on line when the other computers are not available).
I have seen lots of different Google Android 2.2 Tablets with 7" screens for sale on Amazon - all around the £60 to £70 mark. I appreciate you get what you pay for, but can anyone advise if any particular model is better than the others (or not as bad as the others)? I neither need nor want to pay the price for a top of the range 10" Tablet. All I want is a touch screen device for occasional browsing and forums. I sometimes browse using the Asus Eee in bed - I think a touch screen would be easier than the Eee's little keyboard when pointing and clicking, dragging etc. I happen to be very short sighted, and so can happily read a small screen just a few inches in front of my nose (so I don't need to spend on a big screen). However, I would like a good quality screen with good resolution - this is probably the most important feature. (Oh, and the ability to play Angry Birds, to keep my daughter happy). It would always be mains operated, so battery life is not an issue.
I am not au fait with the screen qualities of different machines. Are some better than others, if so, which? Any particular recommendations? Failing that, are there any particular features in the specifications that I should be looking for? Also, if anyone has one of the many available machines and is also familiar with the Asus Eee, can they advise how the tablet screen compares to the Eee (both 7"), to give me an idea what I might expect?
Thanks in advance.
), filing photos etc. All pretty low grade stuff. No power hungry games or file downloading etc.We sometimes have demand exceeding supply, with Mrs Sundae and Miss Sundae also wanting to use it (Mrs Sundae for Facebook, and Miss Sundae for CBBC games, KS1 & 2 workbooks etc). In the house, we also have a little Asus Eeee (with 7" screen), which I sometimes use. (Also a Kindle and Nokia 5800 for if I absolutely need to get on line when the other computers are not available).
I have seen lots of different Google Android 2.2 Tablets with 7" screens for sale on Amazon - all around the £60 to £70 mark. I appreciate you get what you pay for, but can anyone advise if any particular model is better than the others (or not as bad as the others)? I neither need nor want to pay the price for a top of the range 10" Tablet. All I want is a touch screen device for occasional browsing and forums. I sometimes browse using the Asus Eee in bed - I think a touch screen would be easier than the Eee's little keyboard when pointing and clicking, dragging etc. I happen to be very short sighted, and so can happily read a small screen just a few inches in front of my nose (so I don't need to spend on a big screen). However, I would like a good quality screen with good resolution - this is probably the most important feature. (Oh, and the ability to play Angry Birds, to keep my daughter happy). It would always be mains operated, so battery life is not an issue.
I am not au fait with the screen qualities of different machines. Are some better than others, if so, which? Any particular recommendations? Failing that, are there any particular features in the specifications that I should be looking for? Also, if anyone has one of the many available machines and is also familiar with the Asus Eee, can they advise how the tablet screen compares to the Eee (both 7"), to give me an idea what I might expect?
Thanks in advance.