Jesus, how can that be ageist. It makes a great cheap way for older people to have contact with friends and family.

Great for the kids and grandparents at that price.

as one of the more senior hukd members you do realise comment comes across as being very ageist?
Maybe you should justify or apologies......

I found this comment useful as I want to buy a tablet for my Nanna. Bit harsh to criticise but each to there own. Voted HOT.

Great for the kids and grandparents at that price.

Sound fot this price even to be used only as a sat nav in car. Heat added.

Great price thanks, heat added :smiley:

I bought the kids two Acer Iconia's but the 10" versions last year. One was new for 120 the second Argos refurb for £80 which was like new.

They are fantastic tablets and pretty robust, my daughter has dropped hers a couple of times and it's perfectly fine.

There are only two downsides which depend entirely on what you use them for. Firstly, Acer bundles a fair bit of software with these which take up a bit of space, slightly annoying that you can't remove without rooting. Secondly is the 1GB memory which would be better if it was at least 2GB. Having said that my son has only experienced one game so far which won't install as it needs 1.5GB.

Excellent tablets overall though and at this price I'm going to get one for casting to Chrome.

Edit:- These new tablets are actually cheaper than Argos refurb ones on Ebay.

Borderline good price. At 45 quid, its hot-ish, around £55 it`s nipple-erect-cold ( :smile: ). Lukewarm being Acer.

I found this comment useful as I want to buy a tablet for my Nanna. Bit harsh to criticise but each to there own. Voted HOT.

yes maybe hot but why isn't it suitable for all age groups?

Jesus, how can that be ageist. It makes a great cheap way for older people to have contact with friends and family.

Too low spec for serious tablet users.

​it actually says something similar on the argos page itself, I think it's a useful comment

I'm one of a number of unfortunate Acer Iconia owners who suffer from the widespread issue of wifi connections being "forgotten" on a regular basis (i.e. requiring re-entry of the wifi credentials to restore it). A major pain in the neck, and Acer support have not been terribly helpful with it. Look on the Acer forums if anyone wants any more info.

Bought one of these for the wilf last year, no problems at all with it.
It does all she wants!
Just remember its NOT a PC its less than £50 fair entry level as far as I can see!
As someone has already said for the old and the young! and the ones in between that want a basic tablet!

I bought one of these, it broke after 6 weeks and no longer charged. The shop wouldn't exchange it because it was bought online so it was sent back to the manufacturer who said it was our fault and refused to repair or replace it. The usb charger point was wobbly and had not been mistreated. Have since bought a kindle fire which also developed a fault and this was exchanged no questions asked. I would NOT recommend this or any other Acer product after this experience.

​i bought it from Curry's online :disappointed:

This is still a nice present but the comment about it being suitable for grandparents is such a sweeping and rather patronising statement that it's usefulness is pretty negligible. Suffice to say that this would be a good present for anyone as a first tablet or for light users who don't need the latest spec tablet. If that includes your Nanna, then I'm sure she will love it but it does need stating on this forum that not all grandparents are technophobes with little understanding or interest in new technology.

Good find op

This or Amazon Fire Tablet 7? (If both 16gb).

Good deal!

Ah, now that brings us to the second rule of electronics purchasing.

I'm after an 8", purely in the tablet sense !! Any recommendations ?

Typical old person getting offended about anything and everything!

This is a decent price for this tablet, thanks for sharing :-)

heat

​what criteria does one have to meet to be a serious tablet user?

Must be the opposite of a lighthearted user.

A serious tablet user is one that doesn't watch porn on the tablet :stuck_out_tongue:

Is there any such thing as a serious tablet user?

All the tablet users I know are either small kids playing simple video games or people who use them to keep up with Facebook etc while they watch the X Factor, Strictly Come Dancing or other such TV tosh.

Christ, another politically correct member. Nothing personal :stuck_out_tongue:
Just wait for the backlash from a teenager or high-tech grandparent if you buy them this. :confused:

How do you know Thermal Rider is actually Jesus - and that he's touchy about his age?

Have to think about that one. :neutral_face:
Maybe a Flame Deer will give me inspiration. Yeehaa just got 2.

Didn't you just call Thermal Rider the Christ?

Maybe the Anticommentchrist. :laughing:

Steve Coogan and Ricky Gervais must love you, you provide them with so much inspiration. :smiley: Nothing personal. :smiley:

Hear hear!

Ha ha I guess that can be taken to be a tad patronising. My dad who's in his late 60s installs CM on every Android device he buys and is dabbling in Python scripts to do interesting things with his Arduino kits and an old Raspberry pi. For Christmas he's dropping me hints about an Alexa so he can hack it.

Good price but it's Acer

Good on the old man :wink:

You can get away with an Echo Dot, then. It's the same as the Echo, but minus the (not all that good) speaker.

I don't see how you hack it, as all the good stuff is on Amazon's servers. The Echo is just an internet-connected microphone with an audio output added.

Can someone please let me know which 7 inch tablet is better this one or lenovo 7 inch also the same price at argos? Thanks.

Thanks, that's a good suggesion. I think Amazon has opened up the Alexa API to 3rd part developers, there's already a large community of hackers out there, e.g.:

https://www.hackster.io/amazon-alexa/products/echo-dot?sort=trending

Yes, they have opened up the opportunity to programme new "Skills" for Alexa. There are hundreds on the store now. Almost all are glorified "Hello World" apps with no useful content whatsoever. I wouldn't class that as hacking, but I see what you mean now.

Yeah I agree, though some of the extreme stuff out there is pretty neat, like this guy who had programmed Alexa to open his garage door and get his Tesla to move out:
http://hothardware.com/news/amazon-echo-hack-alexa-tesla-model-s-valet

This Acer or the Lenovo Tab 3 7" Essential also at Argos for £50?

Lenovo has slightly better reviews 4.5/5 compared with 4.4/5 for the Acer.

I know the Acer has 8 Gb more storage but then I'm only using the tablet for browsing so that makes no difference.

So, storage aside which one is the better?

The Acer B1-780 has a better (1280x720) res screen than this and is £10 more at Curry's if anyone's interested.

Brilliant idea , get old people online and off the high street :stuck_out_tongue:

as geeky as that is, that is pretty fecking cool!

Cold - black and white aren't colours :smirk:

Hot -
My Fire HD screen just cracked so was thinking to get the same but saw this one going to give it a go.
Ordered from Argos

Thank you OP

Mad dash to Argos and just picked one up before closing
Heat added

Anyone looking for a better spec for close to this price, check out the other thread for the Lenovo Tab 3 8 inch with 2GB ram that was posted today = £72 from Argos ebay.

Does it have built in GPS module ?

Quite surprised still showing stock in some areas

it's £47.49 in tescos and has been for ages.....

if they have it in store

And tescos have been oos for ages as well and not going on a tesco goose chase
Argos price now back up at £69.99

Pathetic comment. People like you need to get a grip. Personally, it provides me with entertainment when the likes of you who get offended, or pick up other people for potentially offending others.

Maybe you should apologise to us for your patronising comment?