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Where to buy an ePad?

  • 19-11-2011 12:01am
    #1
    monaghanmissus
    Registered Users Posts: 420 ✭✭


    Hi all,

    Am looking into buying the Google ePad as a Christmas present and am quite wary about buying it online as I can't seem to find any legitimate sites selling it!

    Anybody know of any stores selling them? PC World, Argos etc?


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  • #2
    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    Please... Don't.

    Chinese "ePads" are rubbish. A complete waste of money.

    If you can stretch your budget a tiny bit further, I heard HMV were selling an Archos 101 Android tablet a while ago for €150. That would be a much better buy than an "ePad".


  • #3
    monaghanmissus
    Registered Users Posts: 420 ✭✭monaghanmissus


    That bad, ehh?

    I'm not looking for anything spectacular, really just something to surf internet/check email etc.


  • #4
    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    monaghanmissus wrote: »
    That bad, ehh?

    I'm not looking for anything spectacular, really just something to surf internet/check email etc.
    They're absolutely horrible. Most have old resistive touchscreens and 1 hour battery lives. The whole point of a tablet is portability and 1 hour battery life and portability don't go hand in hand.

    If you can get the Archos 101 for €150 from HMV you'd be much better off imo.


  • #5
    Newtown90
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,607 ✭✭✭Newtown90


    partyatmygaff wrote: »
    They're absolutely horrible. Most have old resistive touchscreens and 1 hour battery lives. The whole point of a tablet is portability and 1 hour battery life and portability don't go hand in hand.

    If you can get the Archos 101 for €150 from HMV you'd be much better off imo.

    Got mine from the Uk a bit back

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110721693056&category=171485&_trksid=p5197.c0.m619#ht_3037wt_1037

    Happy out with it.. Like yourself its handy for checking the emails and web browsing..

    Use it for watching a movie on a 2 hour bus journey every week..

    Battery time is like 2.5 hours for me..

    Resistive screen impressed me, much better than the resistive screened phones i used have..

    Its nothing special and if you want to use it every day of every hour go spend big bucks.. but if its just for a few hours a week it does the job!


  • #6
    monaghanmissus
    Registered Users Posts: 420 ✭✭monaghanmissus


    Thanks a million for your replies!

    I still think I'll try to get a reasonably priced one in a store, simply for the returns guarantee.


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  • #7
    eamonnq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,011 ✭✭✭eamonnq


    If I was you, I would buy this one!!!

    http://www.adverts.ie/other-computers/7in-capacitive-screen-android-2-2-tablet/1099236

    Highly recommended by me!! (the seller)


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