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Interesting. However I'm not sure about the following comment:
£129.99 is a throw away price? I really can't see that (especially given the current financial climate).......is also launching the Amico. This 7in model will only set you back £129.99, but expect more than just the screen to have shrunk....
Even the OS has been downgraded to Android 2.1. However, at an almost throw-away price, the Amico will surely tempt some users looking for their first tablet, especially in the run up to Christmas.
Maybe not throw away, but near it. Me and the missus a sat night on the beer is now £60!!!
Old puter - still good enuff till I save some pennies!
Sod Dixons.
Clothing store Next is selling Android tablets: http://www.next.co.uk/shopping/electric/carryover/10/13
In case anyone is interested, HEXUS will be getting one of these to review - most likely the Vega - sometime in the near future.
Haha, this is a good one!Originally Posted by directhex
Next are doing well selling tablets next to t-shirts...
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And what's a netbook cost?
Or a kindle?
Things start to shift in big numbers when they reach a threshold where their 'worth' appeals to the majority. And, more in context, look at the RRP of an iPad next to this - I think it's not really that big a leap by comparison to make such a statement.
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Kindles are £109 / £149 - is this something you consider a throw away cost? In which case maybe it's just me that considers £100 an investment of sorts that should produce a tangible asset!
In a word Yep. But really it's not about 'me' it's about 'everybody else' and my point was that if they can shift a buttload of kindles at the same price, a buttload of netbooks at near enough three times the price, and a similarly obscene amount of iPads at nearly five times the price then maybe (just maybe) saying it's throwaway money wasn't a big stretchAdmittedly it's not the cost of a mars bar but at least consider it in context.
But, again reiterating, it's subjective to worth - the comparisons really are there to illustrate the reality of price points in the marketplace. Personally, I think pricing isn't the issue - it's more about capability and with Google officially saying 'don't use froyo' for tablets I'm not entirely sure how it'll feel in the flesh. I'll certainly give it a go and I'm certainly 'in the market' for a tablet (but consider the iPad too restrictive/heavy/expensive) myself. I'm not going to justify that BTW
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I'm interested in any tablet that is DLNA/UPnP compatible so I can stream the TV recordings straight from my MythTV server.
As far as I know, no Apple product will do this so you have a family of information consumption devices that ignore one of the most widely used standards for information consumption. I understand why Apple do it, they want control over all aspects of consumption, but it does mean that I'm very reticent about paying (over the odds) for any of their products.
I am considering it in context but I think we're talking about different concerns. You're talking about the price of this item compared to other similar pieces of equipment (of which I fully understand it's a very reasonable cost and not a vast amount of money). I'm speaking on more general terms about the throw away mentality that seems to be the norm.In a word Yep. But really it's not about 'me' it's about 'everybody else' and my point was that if they can shift a buttload of kindles at the same price, a buttload of netbooks at near enough three times the price, and a similarly obscene amount of iPads at nearly five times the price then maybe (just maybe) saying it's throwaway money wasn't a big stretch
In my opinion we are too quick these days to mark something as a throw away item (i.e. cheap). Take, for example, Lexmark printers where cartridges almost cost more than the original printer! I just don't like the idea of people seeing items I would expect to last several years as 'throw away'.
morgan computers doing a 7 inch tablet for £85 if anyone's interested.
Wouldn't bet against it running like a dog though.
http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/sho...ProductID=6381
You may want to look at the MediaStick of HSTi in Canada for seamless media streaming through Wifi. They were named the top Android accessory for tablets and wireless media streaming at CES 2011 in Las Vegas. I understand that efforts are made to have DSGI Business to carry the product in the UK. I tested it with a number of devices including my TV and my stereo and it works a charm....
That's close but it's aimed mainly at those devices that don't have inherent WiFi and/or that can't access SAMBA shares on a network.
I did actually end up buying an Advent Vega and there are UPnP/DLNA apps around (Skifta and UPnPlay are the two that I've tried). They can see the MythTV server but the actual playing of the recordings themselves is done in an external player and none of the ones I've tried have worked with the .ts files.
Rockplayer can stream certain other video file types using the UPnP/DLNA apps above. So if there are recordings I want to watch I can transcode them to dvix/xvid (for instance) and use Rockplayer. This does, however, mean adding an extra level of complexity over a proper UPnP/DLNA compliant media player (for instance, a PS3) which can directly access the recordings as they are found on the MythTV server.
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