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Old 16-11-2012, 22:59
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Am I the only one who thinks that five and six year olds are a little young to have a tablet.Shouldn't they be playing with a doll or something instead.
If you live in the past, then yes Computers in all forms are part of modern life now and kids are interested in them at a young age...saying that I've had a computer since I was 3 years old and I am 33 now...I still played with traditional toys as well...and even now build model cars so you can have both.
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Old 17-11-2012, 18:01
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so we bought the Samsung galaxy tab 2 7inch for my 6 year old daughter.

I am very happy with it and got a great deal in John Lewis. £150 with £30 cash back. In comparison to other tabs this is great.

Are there any apps that child proof it, so we can lock down what she does on it, and any apps you can recommend for reading books for her age. Kindle for Android dont have any free books, not does the stock readers hub. Or any other kidy apps that are good and free from Google play you can suggest?

Thanks
You have wasted your money, should have gone for the following for your 6 year old


http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...pf_rd_i=468294

http://www.amazon.co.uk/A1CS-RAPID5%...cp_computers_2
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Old 17-11-2012, 18:23
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You have wasted your money, should have gone for the following for your 6 year old


http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...pf_rd_i=468294

http://www.amazon.co.uk/A1CS-RAPID5%...cp_computers_2
Hardly a waste of money when it was only £120. Samsung build quality, reliability and a 2 year warranty makes it a far safer bet than a cheap Chinese tablet (which often need custom roms to sort out issues).
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Old 17-11-2012, 22:13
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Hardly a waste of money when it was only £120. Samsung build quality, reliability and a 2 year warranty makes it a far safer bet than a cheap Chinese tablet (which often need custom roms to sort out issues).
Agree with this. The price difference is so small that you might as well get a big brand device
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Old 17-11-2012, 22:23
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You have wasted your money, should have gone for the following for your 6 year old


http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...pf_rd_i=468294

http://www.amazon.co.uk/A1CS-RAPID5%...cp_computers_2
The Samsung will probably be better built though - and hardly a waste of money.

Have you used either of those two to know what they are really like?
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Old 18-11-2012, 12:21
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If you want a cheap android for a child I just bought one of these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-7-ANDR...item460a0e1da3

I made an offer of £40 and we settled on £45 plus £5 postage.

It comes with Google play already installed.

It seems to do what we want and will be my 6 year old daughter's christmas present. We are busy downloading some games and educational software to prepare it for her.

It has confirmed my opinion of tablets, that they are toys, not serious computers. It does what it's intended but is no substitute for a proper computer with a proper screen, keyboard and mouse for serious stuff.

One complaint. By default it was set up with a "power panel" on the home page, that had an icon to turn the screen off. How STUPID is that. ONE press and it's turned your screen off, and if you don't have the hdmi cable to connect it to another monitor, no way to turn the screen back on. We quickly removed that, otherwise an inquisitive child would have effectively bricked it in no time.

Another "complaint" is the touch screen only works with fingers, which is a problem when you have big fingers like me. It won't recognise the use of a stylus, which would be so much more logical for accurate "pressing" Is this true of all tablets or just a feature of a cheap one?

We settled for the cheapest we could possibly find, on the basis it's going to get dropped and abused, so better to wreck something cheap, than something expensive.
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Old 18-11-2012, 13:01
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Does seem a bit unfair to make out tablets are just toys based on a tablet that is low specced and most likely not close to how a decent tablet for perform.

Why is it stupid to have an icon to turn the screen off? My Playbook has one and not found it a problem and you can't expect all tablets to be designed for 6 year olds.

If you have a decent tablet having large fingers is not usually a problem as the screen is sensitive enough to cope - when I have used a cheap tablet like this I had the same problem.
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Old 18-11-2012, 13:04
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If you want a cheap android for a child I just bought one of these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-7-ANDR...item460a0e1da3

I made an offer of £40 and we settled on £45 plus £5 postage.

It comes with Google play already installed.

It seems to do what we want and will be my 6 year old daughter's christmas present. We are busy downloading some games and educational software to prepare it for her.

It has confirmed my opinion of tablets, that they are toys, not serious computers. It does what it's intended but is no substitute for a proper computer with a proper screen, keyboard and mouse for serious stuff.

One complaint. By default it was set up with a "power panel" on the home page, that had an icon to turn the screen off. How STUPID is that. ONE press and it's turned your screen off, and if you don't have the hdmi cable to connect it to another monitor, no way to turn the screen back on. We quickly removed that, otherwise an inquisitive child would have effectively bricked it in no time.

Another "complaint" is the touch screen only works with fingers, which is a problem when you have big fingers like me. It won't recognise the use of a stylus, which would be so much more logical for accurate "pressing" Is this true of all tablets or just a feature of a cheap one?

We settled for the cheapest we could possibly find, on the basis it's going to get dropped and abused, so better to wreck something cheap, than something expensive.
My galaxy tab works fine with a stylus. Maybe it depends on the type of screen/stylus.

I don't understand about the screen off button. I use these types of screen off icons on my tablet and phone. Once the screen is off I only have to use the power/wake button to wake the screen up again.
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Old 18-11-2012, 13:45
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I bought a cheap tablet last xmas for my then 6 year old. It was slow, clunky, couldn't get alot of games like angry birds (despite being android) and ste battery like nobodies business. I t was dropped (by me ironically) and I decided to go for a more expensive tablet to replace it, that old saying of 'buy cheap buy twice' applys here! I got the htc flyer 7 - much better, faster, more responsive and has been used every single day by my son. He loves it.

the only complaint I have is the charger is a little flimsy and he broke the pin on one, so now I charge it for him. But that was a minor complant really.
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Old 18-11-2012, 16:48
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I went down the cheap tablet route for my son last Christmas. I spent a lot of time hacking it to have access to everything he needed whilst still being locked down and child safe. Also set up lots of educational apps. In the end a lot of games and apps simply didn't work and it kept dropping wifi which prevented him from using even child safe web sites. So12 months down the line I have gone for a child friendly tablet from the off. After much research I have settled on a Nabi 2. It is £150 but in my opinion the software it comes with is well worth it. It is also a very well specified machine being based on a tegra 3 cpu. Recently available from aegis when they were doing their spend £100 and get a free £10 voucher scheme.
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Old 18-11-2012, 18:06
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Again some great advice and useful POV.
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