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BBC tablet
Stig
03-04-2016
An elderly friend of mine has told me she has bought a 'BBC tablet' for £99. I have no idea what she means.

She is going to bring it over for me to set it up tomorrow. Has anyone got any idea what it is? If it's a no-name Chinese Android thing I'm tempted to tell her to send it back.
gomezz
03-04-2016
Maybe they are fixated on their main use of it to be for BBC iPlayer?
swb1964
03-04-2016
Originally Posted by Stig:
“Has anyone got any idea what it is? If it's a no-name Chinese Android thing I'm tempted to tell her to send it back.”

I strongly suspect it will be Some of these are advertised in newspapers with the BBC Iplayer logo pretty prominent, but I've never seen one actually branded a 'BBC tablet'. I doubt that would be allowed.

She *may* have some rights under distance selling regulations- try the advice forum here on DS or Money Saving Expert.
mossy2103
03-04-2016
I too doubt very much that the BBC would be allowed to do this, and if they did then certain parts of DS and the media would have been up in arms about it.

It sounds like it is trading on the fact that it can be used for BBC iPlayer. I know of two people who refer to their tablet as an iPad, and they comment that they use "OK Google" as a voice command (which means that it's actually an Android tablet, not an iPad of course).
daveh75
03-04-2016
Originally Posted by mossy2103:
“and they comment that they use "OK Google" as a voice command (which means that it's actually an Android tablet, not an iPad of course).”

Not necessarily, you can use it on iOS (as you can Cortana for that matter), though obviously it's not as well integrated or fully featured as it is on Android.
mossy2103
04-04-2016
Originally Posted by daveh75:
“Not necessarily, you can use it on iOS (as you can Cortana for that matter), though obviously it's not as well integrated or fully featured as it is on Android.”

Point taken, although the two people to whom I referred definitely had an Android tablet
tealady
04-04-2016
Was it this ?
Stig
04-04-2016
Originally Posted by tealady:
“Was it this ?”

Funny. For a few seconds I even wondered if it was the BBC micro:bit. It's definitely a tablet. I will find out tonight.
Stig
04-04-2016
It was this one:
http://www.pressplayshopping.tv/shop...re-tablet.html

She's going to try and send it back. It was £140 with the keyboard accessory!
c00kiemonster72
04-04-2016
That was never worth £260, was it?
Stig
04-04-2016
Originally Posted by c00kiemonster72:
“That was never worth £260, was it? ”

They charged her £140 including a keyboard/case. It was advertised in the Daily Mail.
niceguy1966
16-04-2016
Originally Posted by c00kiemonster72:
“That was never worth £260, was it? ”

I think the ad has a typo. It says the "full price" was £260, but it also says the "full price" with case and keyboard was £139.90, which makes no sense.
neo_wales
21-04-2016
How about giving it a try and see if its any good?
Stig
21-04-2016
Originally Posted by neo_wales:
“How about giving it a try and see if its any good?”

It got sent back weeks ago. I would have to have been the one supporting a no-name Android tablet with a very low resolution screen until it finally broke.
Tassium
21-04-2016
That was an expensive no-name 10" tablet!
neo_wales
22-04-2016
Tesco are selling a W10 tablet for £99.
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