Originally Posted by Philip Wales:
“The trouble is with these cheap tablets is that people buy them, get all upset when it won't do what they want it to do, IMHO people will do more than they think with a tablet after actually getting it. They then form a negative opinion on the use of tablets, and go around saying that they've tried a tablet and felt it didn't offer the experience they were after.
The gadget show did a tablet review the other day and Alex Polosi (sp) downgraded the Kindle Fire as it didn't have as many apps as the Nexus. I think that was unfair as anyone who knows about tablets, will know that the Kindle has it's own store and Google play store can be side loaded. If they don't know, they probably aren't going to miss the Play store anyway.”
In fairness, as someone who likes to buy things and use them out of the box, rather than learning about side loading and rooting ect, I thought her review was fair. If the choice is between 2 very similar devices but one only has one camera, requires you to learn to side load basic apps and makes you pay extra to not be swamped with adverts then I wouldn't pick that one. Shops and websites don't always highlight the negative points of their items so honest reviews like that can be very useful.