Linx 7 Windows 8.1 Tablet - €44 from Meteor (with CeX trade-in)

seanin4711

no discount now
119.98

Sundance_Kid

Will be going into CEX tomorrow to sell the phone, so from what I read they are going to tell me there is no headphones with it and offer me €5 euro less.

Is that correct?

Kat1170

Seems to depend on where you go. Newbridge gave me the €46 this morning no problem.

Fresh Pots

Kat1170 wrote: »

Seems to depend on where you go. Newbridge gave me the €46 this morning no problem.

Same with tallaght yesterday.

Kristopherus

Beer Baron wrote: »

Too late anyhow. Box is landfill now. Ah well. I feel I've done well from the overall from the deal. As I said the meteor store manager next door agreed. I know him so called in and gave him the sim card. Haha. That's where he showed me the tablet for over €100.

I've put office pro and McAfee enterprise onto it. The only small issue I have is the screen size and I can't seem to pinch and Zoom. Maybe I'm not supposed to be able to but my fat fingers find it hard to press small icons.

Why are you putting McAfee on it? Widows 8 and higher have a built-in Defender included. Its an upgraded version of Microsoft Security essentials. No other security app needed.

Berty

sweetie wrote: »

Westmoreland CEX tried the headphone trick on me too but stood my ground and said they had broken the seal so they must have the headphones. got the full value

I said the same to them. "You opened it so if they're not there then it's down to you" to when he said "oh they're not included with the 530s" when I then had a back n forth about how a cat A could exist in that case. I was fighting a losing battle.

I'm glad to hear another store tried the same thing so it shows it's an internal policy of theirs for head phones. Who would actually use somebody else's earbuds anyway. Yuck.

frash

Stillorgan gave me the €46 yesterday.
I'd left the box in with them sealed the day before to test.

davidom2513

Pablo1802 wrote: »

Might be good 7inch cover for this Linx tablet at argos for €1.99
http://www.argos.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10152&catalogId=14551&langId=111&productId=650094

Looks good. Would this fit the Linx 7?

neacy69

€69.99 now

dodzy

davidom2513 wrote: »

Looks good. Would this fit the Linx 7?

No hope, as its a molded shell specifically for the TAB 3 size.

Galaxy dimensions are:

209.8mm x 123.8mm x 7.4mm

Linx 7:

191mm x 109mm x 8.5mm

So there is quite a bit in it.

RobbingBandit

neacy69 wrote: »

€69.99 now

For just the tablet or for both phone and tablet?

neacy69

RobbingBandit wrote: »

For just the tablet or for both phone and tablet?

Tablet on its own....

will56

Is this tablet worth picking up for €69.99 in CPW ?
Will be mainly used for browsing, comics, and streaming from my PI NAS

Fresh Pots

Jhcx wrote: »

I've encountered this problem when switching to the desktop or using chrome so I've up'd the display layout from 120 to 150% making everythin slightly easier to touch

How does one do this? Couldn't find it anywhere this morning with my chubby fingers!

Fresh Pots

will56 wrote: »

Is this tablet worth picking up for €69.99 in CPW ?
Will be mainly used for browsing, comics, and streaming from my PI NAS

If your not in a hurry i'd wait for a deal on the 8" version. Finding the 7" a bit small for navigating sites/clicking on links.

joeKel73

Kristopherus wrote: »

Lidl have a wireless keyboard & mouse set on offer for €20 next Monday. Might do the job. http://www.lidl.ie/en/Offers.htm?action=showDetail&id=19937

You'll need to have the receiver plugged in on the USB OTG cable. Better off with a bluetooth set. Or a bluetooth keyboard/touchpad combo.

joeKel73

Fresh Pots wrote: »

How does one do this? Couldn't find it anywhere this morning with my chubby fingers!

Hold on desktop -> screen resolution -> make text and other items larger or smaller

Jhcx

Exactly what J O E said. You will have to go to custom size though as the screenot gives you warnings and only small size once that's done it will open the options for medium and large but set your own percentage. Anything bigger than 150 makes items a bit too large to display all information comfortably on screen without scrolling a lot. adjust it yourself to match

Mark Tapley

Is anybody having problems connecting to a TV? I have tried a couple of cables but get no display. I have tried duplicate, extend display nothing shows.

inel

There is also this program, called TouchMousePointer (check google, cannot post link), that might help a bit if you are facing difficulties with the small screen/size.

It helps by making part of the touch screen into a track-pad that controls a standard cursor.

SteM

will56 wrote: »

Is this tablet worth picking up for €69.99 in CPW ?
Will be mainly used for browsing, comics, and streaming from my PI NAS

I personally prefer a 9 or 10 inch tablet for comics tbh. It's fine for the everything else though.



Went up to Cex in Westmoreland Street at lunchtime - they said they had no money in store to buy products and offered me a voucher. Went to Liffey Street and they offered me the full €46.

dodzy

SteM wrote: »

I personally prefer a 9 or 10 inch tablet for comics tbh. It's fine for the everything else though.



Went up to Cex in Westmoreland Street at lunchtime - they said they had no money in store to buy products and offered me a voucher. Went to Liffey Street and they offered me the full €46.

I bet they had a sh*tload of Nokia 530's for sale though:D

SteM

dodzy wrote: »

I bet they had a sh*tload of Nokia 530's for sale though:D

The minute he saw the box in my hand he told me they had no money The lad in Liffey Street said 'ah I've seen a lot of these recently'. I just shrugged.

bars

Yesterday at lunch time was 7 available online, today 24 and moving up. :-)

Gran Hermano

Mine arrived just before noon. Meteor emails were buried under newsletters folder in email.

Have updated windows, 70 odd patches, and installed VLC and kodi 14.1.
Works much better than I expected playing back both local video files and streaming the usual kodi addons.
Well worth the price. Would make a better alternative to most android boxes if hooked up via HDMI to tv.

joeKel73

No problems trading phone for 46 in CeX in Galway. Took 1 hr to test.

GBX

Got €46 today in Tallaght. Delighted with the deal

blarney_army

davidom2513 wrote: »

Looks good. Would this fit the Linx 7?

No got one today and its too small

hollster2

Is the Lumia 530 any good need a new phone and was just wondering?

Fresh Pots

J o e wrote: »

Hold on desktop -> screen resolution -> make text and other items larger or smaller

Just done this now and it really makes a world of difference. Defo keeping this tablet now.

Mark Tapley

Has anybody managed to connect to a TV? My TV is recognised but no display. I exchanged my tablet as I thought that was the problem but the new one is the same. Any help/ideas would be appreciated.

Ghost Train

hollster2 wrote: »

Is the Lumia 530 any good need a new phone and was just wondering?

Played around with it a bit, seems okay, display seems kind of poor though, no front camera either, maybe okay for light use but might get annoying if using alot

i like the touched skin on kodi or is there a remote app that works for it?

SteM

Ghost Train wrote: »

i like the touched skin on kodi or is there a remote app that works for it?

I have been using the Yatse remote control on my android phone to control kodi on the windows tablet. Works really well, makes kodi very easy to use.

hollster2

ok thanks I ordered it a few minutes ago not a big phone person just for calls texts so hope it will be ok

Davy

hollster2 wrote: »

ok thanks I ordered it a few minutes ago not a big phone person just for calls texts so hope it will be ok

Its a basic lumia but it can handle a lot more than calls and texts. I have used one for about 2 months without any issue. Ask if you have any questions or the windows devices forum is HERE

hollster2

Davy wrote: »

Its a basic lumia but it can handle a lot more than calls and texts. I have used one for about 2 months without any issue. Ask if you have any questions or the windows devices forum is HERE

Cheers davy!

pah

I've found pressing the windows button and power button together gives you the lock screen, log out and shut down options.

dodzy

inel wrote: »

There is also this program, called TouchMousePointer (check google, cannot post link), that might help a bit if you are facing difficulties with the small screen/size.

It helps by making part of the touch screen into a track-pad that controls a standard cursor.

thought id like it but now i think ill just offload to adverts

joeKel73

unkel wrote: »

Any wizzard in here manage to run Windows 10 on their Linx 7 yet?
...

I'm going to wait for the consumer preview and put that on. Running the tech preview on my laptop, very impressed with it.

Simon_K

Is this bargain alert still an option?

Fresh Pots

Simon_K wrote: »

Is this bargain alert still an option?

No its over, phone is now €50 by itself and tablet €70 on its own.

remoteboy

Stupid question but do CeX need the sim or just the phone?

Fresh Pots

remoteboy wrote: »

Stupid question but do CeX need the sim or just the phone?

Just the phone.

Gran Hermano

I'm not finding the tablet great for browsing.
Resolution means sites like Boards looks bad and Chrome is much slower in this than Android.

For kodi I am more impressed than I expected as long as you're happy with the relatively low resolution.

Using explorer in desktop mode is a chore with small fonts. Stylus helps.

Nice that the included an USB OTG cable.

dan786

Sold 2 x Lumias in Tallaght earlier. Got the A price for both.

Jhcx

Gran Hermano wrote: »

I'm not finding the tablet great for browsing.
Resolution means sites like Boards looks bad and Chrome is much slower in this than Android.

For kodi I am more impressed than I expected as long as you're happy with the relatively low resolution.

Using explorer in desktop mode is a chore with small fonts. Stylus helps.

Nice that the included an USB OTG cable.

I set boards to the touch site only way on a tablet. Chrome launched in windows 8 mode

egphy7dsm93tk5

Gran Hermano wrote:

I'm not finding the tablet great for browsing. Resolution means sites like Boards looks bad and Chrome is much slower in this than Android.

You know there's an app in the windows store for chrome along with many more? As for the boards in the desktop version just use the zoom feature, may help

terryduff12

Traded phone in cex sligo, 20 minutes no problems €46 cash no mention about the headphones.

remoteboy

terryduff12 wrote: »

Traded phone in cex sligo, 20 minutes no problems €46 cash no mention about the headphones.

Got the same in Liffey Street Dublin. No mention of headphones.

racersedge

Happy with it so far. Has a nice feel to it and familiarity with the Windows OS helps. Although I am still a 7 user on my desktop and didn't think much of 8 on it when I did try it. Having tried it on the Linx, you can see why it is very much a tablet based OS.

Anyway, first impressions are grand, particularly for the money spent on it. Even if it is likely to be a bridge tablet till I find something I want to spend some proper money on it.

As for the phone, looks like I'm going to find a good home for it with my future mother-in-law. The fiancee has been saying she its time for her to move on to a touch phone so I'm going for extra brownie points and passing it on that way.