Inexpensive Tablet With Wireless?

[olds]

SIL is looking for something for her kids (6-8 y.o.) to play games like Angry Birds on. I think she is tired of them playing on her phone. Her idea was to buy two iphones without phone service. That seems expensive and how would you get the games on them?
Any ideas?

 

[Ravynmagi]

Nexus 7 is a great tablet for games and is only $200. I think the 7 inch size is also really good, light enough to play games on a while without much fatigue and big enough to interact with the games.

 

[olds]

That's along the lines I was thinking of but I was thinking cheaper.

 

[ImDonly1]

That's along the lines I was thinking of but I was thinking cheaper.

How cheap?
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2312075
Not sure how much people like 1saleaday.com though? I never used them.

Newegg and staples also had the Nexus 7 at a discount. You could probably get one for a good price on craigslist too.

Or wait until May for google i/o and we may possibly get updated tablets causing the older ones to drop in price.

Maybe a kindle fire/hd? Not sure on the performance on them.

 

[olds]

Since the kids are young (destructive), the cheaper, the better.
Something like the kindle fire would be good. But I paid 200 for mine.

 

[olds]

Mixed bag

 

[Rottie]

Without phone service? I am thinking about used iPod Touch…It is much like an iPhone..Kids can't tell the difference and iPod Touch is cheaper.

 

[Rottie]

Without phone service? I am thinking about used iPod Touch…It is much like an iPhone..Kids can't tell the difference and iPod Touch is cheaper.

 

[olds]

Ya, no phone service

 

[Munky]

Why not just get a used tablet then? Kindle Fire or a B&N Nook Tablet. Or even a Nook Color with CM7 on it.

 

[Bateluer]

Asus's MeMoPad? 160 new, but crappy single core Via CPU.
Or one of the Chinese tablets . . . quality varies widely.

 

[Silenus]

Asus's MeMoPad? 160 new, but crappy single core Via CPU.
Or one of the Chinese tablets . . . quality varies widely.

This is just what I was thinking. The new Asus MeMo. It is very basic on specs...but that might be ok. I'm sure it's plenty for Angry Birds.

 

[RossMAN]

Call your local Big Lots and ask if this is in stock? Give them the SKU 810093471, if it's not in stock ask if it's in stock anywhere else or near your SIL's zip code?

http://www.biglots.com/p/c/tablets-tvs/d2-pad-android-41-7-tablet

 

[Ravynmagi]

Something to consider about going cheaper... The Nexus 7 is by far the best value you will find. Those cheaper tablets are a huge step backwards in performance and quality. Those cheaper tablets have displays with poor viewing angles and resolutions, they use really low end processors, they may skimp on memory, they may have older slower versions of Android that will never be updated.

 

[RossMAN]

Something to consider about going cheaper... The Nexus 7 is by far the best value you will find. Those cheaper tablets are a huge step backwards in performance and quality. Those cheaper tablets have displays with poor viewing angles and resolutions, they use really low end processors, they may skimp on memory, they may have older slower versions of Android that will never be updated.

Agreed.

Olds - If you're willing to take a chance, here's a good deal. Read the fine print and remember to cancel the subscription after activation.

 

[jaqie]

I recently bought an IBM X41 tablet PC for $20 without HDD, but you can find the likes of this for $100-200 in perfect working order. Not sure if itll work for angry birds, but I do know angry birds came out for PC not long ago, so you may want to check this out.

The x41 is a pentium mobile 1.5ghz usually with 1gb ram, I have 2gb in mine and am ordering an SSD for it. You can get a 1.8" 44 pin to mSATA adapter for them and they perform quite nice with that even with win7 on them, they come with xp tablet 2005.

 

[QueBert]

Something to consider about going cheaper... The Nexus 7 is by far the best value you will find. Those cheaper tablets are a huge step backwards in performance and quality. Those cheaper tablets have displays with poor viewing angles and resolutions, they use really low end processors, they may skimp on memory, they may have older slower versions of Android that will never be updated.

It has one of the worst speakers I've ever heard on a mobile device, I wouldn't want to game on a Nexus 7. Imho half of the gaming experience is the sound.

 

[pauldun170]

I put CM 10 on our Nook Color for the same purpose.
Not sure what the current market prices are for em.

Worked out great.
A little too great...little buggers need to go play outside.

 

[Ravynmagi]

It has one of the worst speakers I've ever heard on a mobile device, I wouldn't want to game on a Nexus 7. Imho half of the gaming experience is the sound.

Yeah, the speaker sucks. And it's going to suck on the cheaper tablets too. Very few tablets use acceptable speakers.

Kindle Fire HD is really awesome if you need good speakers. Though you'll have to make other sacrifices for it (slower processor, no Google Play without rooting).

Though for gaming I don't really care much about the speaker quality, it's mostly when watching videos that the piss poor speakers on most tablets make me cry.

 

[lopri]

If you are willing to deal with Tigerdirect's rebates and whatnot, they have the 8 GB N7 for $100 a pop.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...u=M975-70201TD

 

[Ravynmagi]

If you are willing to deal with Tigerdirect's rebates and whatnot, they have the 8 GB N7 for $100 a pop.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...u=M975-70201TD

An Android tablet bundled with Windows antivirus software. That's an odd combination.

 

[olds]

Thanks for the recommendations, I'll check them out.

 

[lothar]

If you are willing to deal with Tigerdirect's rebates and whatnot, they have the 8 GB N7 for $100 a pop.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...u=M975-70201TD

To get that $100 advertised price, you have to subscribe to some shit Internet Security program.

NOTICE: A subscription must be activated at time of rebate redemption.
Your credit card will be automatically charged $79.99 annually for the life of your subscription to allow for continuous protection. You are free to cancel your subscription at any time.

Read the fine prints.

 

[GregMal]

Instead of IPhones, how about inexpensive Android phones? $60. Kyocera Event at VirginMobile website. Free shipping. Pretty sure no sales tax. Don't activate. Turn on WiFi and you're set....................

 

[thecapsaicinkid]

Since the kids are young (destructive), the cheaper, the better.
Something like the kindle fire would be good. But I paid 200 for mine.

A Nexus 7 has a high chance of breaking in a single drop and the repair cost is almost as much as a new device. They're very fragile.

Make of that what you will.