Nook Tablet or budget tablet?

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by ottdmk

If a larger tablet is your goal, Lenovo just released the Tab 3 10 Plus here in Canada. It's available in the US as well. Although the processor is a bit slower, the screen is the same as the Tab 2 A10-70: 1920x1200. I read a lot on my Tab 2; it's great. Price is only $250 CDN; $200 in the States. Definitely more expensive then the Nooks and budget Kindle Fires, but a really nice tablet for the price nonetheless.

Hey, thanks for that! I love my Tab2 and recommend it whenever anyone asks for suggestions on a cheap, nice tablet. I was wondering why it had disappeared.

The Tab3 Plus looks to be just like my Tab2, but with a newer version of Android.

[ottdmk]

The differences are as follows:

1) 1.3MHz quad-core processor compared to 1.5MHz on the Tab 2 A10-70.

2) Android 6 as opposed to Android 5.

3) Wi-fi supports ac (Tab 2 A10-70 only goes up to n.)

Note that Lenovo is still offering a Tab 2 A10, but it's the A10-30, not the A10-70. The screen on the A10-30 is only 1280x800. Serious step down from the A10-70 and lowers the ppi to a level I don't personally care for.

[the.Mtn.Man]

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

The Nook tablet has Google Play and isn't locked into anything. You can install whatever you want on it. (you can install whatever you want on a Fire too, including Google Play, but that's not quite the same thing)

I wasn't aware that Nook had Google Play by default. That definitely makes it a more viable option. I know you can install Google Play on a Kindle, but you have to jump through some hoops and try and stay one step ahead of Amazon who is constantly trying to close those hoops.

[barryem]

The Nook Tablet, if I recall, doesn't have Google Play. The Nook Hd and the Nook HD+ do have Google Play.

Barry

[AnemicOak]

Originally Posted by barryem

The Nook Tablet, if I recall, doesn't have Google Play. The Nook Hd and the Nook HD+ do have Google Play.

Barry

The original Nook Color and Nook Tablet from years ago didn't have Play. The HD, HD+, Samsung Nooks and current 7" Nook Tablet (which we've been discussing here) all do.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by the.Mtn.Man

I wasn't aware that Nook had Google Play by default. That definitely makes it a more viable option. I know you can install Google Play on a Kindle, but you have to jump through some hoops and try and stay one step ahead of Amazon who is constantly trying to close those hoops.

Barry, I think you're thinking of something older. The 'Nook Tablet' being discussed here is the new $50 cheapie they rolled out not to long ago.

As you can see by the picture on the B&N product page, it has Google Play from jump street.

[barryem]

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

The original Nook Color and Nook Tablet from years ago didn't have Play. The HD, HD+, Samsung Nooks and current 7" Nook Tablet (which we've been discussing here) all do.

Oops! I saw "Nook Tablet" and I thought that meant the old model with that name. I didn't realize the new ones used the same name.

I always knew if I lived long enough I'd someday make a mistake.

Barry

[Care]

Can anybody tell me if the nook tablet can put apps or store Netflix downloaded videos on the SD card? Something I hadn't thought of.

[barryem]

Now that I know which tablet you're talking about I can make a guess that it'll do both Netflix and downloaded videos. I don't really know anything about this tablet but I do know tablets in general and these are things that tablets do easily.

I'd like to suggest that if you want a tablet you pay a little more for a good one. You don't have to get an expensive one to get a good one but the very cheap ones tend to be poor. I've bought a couple of them and I've helped some of my neighbors with theirs and they can be very difficult. Quite a few people in my retirement home have given up the idea of tablets because their very cheap tablets were so poor and they assumed that was just the nature of tablets.

I have the cheap Kindle Fire and that's a pretty reliable device but it's not a very good device. I also have an Asus tablet that cost a bit over $100 about a year ago that's vastly superior.

If you can wait and save for a better tablet I'd suggest doing so. If you can't then the Kindle Fire is at least okay and probably so is the Nook tablet although I haven't actually seen one of those and i could easily be wrong.

Barry

[Care]

Originally Posted by barryem

Now that I know which tablet you're talking about I can make a guess that it'll do both Netflix and downloaded videos. I don't really know anything about this tablet but I do know tablets in general and these are things that tablets do easily.

I'd like to suggest that if you want a tablet you pay a little more for a good one. You don't have to get an expensive one to get a good one but the very cheap ones tend to be poor. I've bought a couple of them and I've helped some of my neighbors with theirs and they can be very difficult. Quite a few people in my retirement home have given up the idea of tablets because their very cheap tablets were so poor and they assumed that was just the nature of tablets.

I have the cheap Kindle Fire and that's a pretty reliable device but it's not a very good device. I also have an Asus tablet that cost a bit over $100 about a year ago that's vastly superior.

If you can wait and save for a better tablet I'd suggest doing so. If you can't then the Kindle Fire is at least okay and probably so is the Nook tablet although I haven't actually seen one of those and i could easily be wrong.

Barry

Thanks Barry. Since I probably won't be using it (I might rarely for some recipes if I can figure out how to strip my kobo cook books) I don't want to pay much. It's for my 4 year old to watch some videos and play some games while we go on long car rides and such. Someday if he can prove you take care of this I'll buy him a better tablet. Myself, I had a Nexus years ago and never used it. My son threw it down the stairs years ago and it just won't charge anymore (actually I think it's the power button, I tried to fix it and it worked the first time but now it won't turn on) plus has a cracked screen. I use my phone or my laptop for web stuff and my e-readers for my e-books. :-)

I know it can use Netflix, but since it doesn't have a ton of memory I didn't know if I could save the downloaded videos to the SD card. I'm sure there won't be much anyway but I thought I'd ask.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by Care

It's for my 4 year old to watch some videos and play some games while we go on long car rides and such. Someday if he can prove you take care of this I'll buy him a better tablet. Myself, I had a Nexus years ago and never used it. My son threw it down the stairs years ago and it just won't charge anymore...

In that case you should pay $99 bucks and get the Fire Kids Edition. If it gets wrecked Amazon will replace it for two years.

It doesn't have Google Play (you can install it, but to me at least it's not the same as regular Android) and in my very limited time using one, I didn't care for it at all. But as Amazon says: if they break it, return it and we'll replace it for free. No questions asked.

[Care]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

In that case you should pay $99 bucks and get the Fire Kids Edition. If it gets wrecked Amazon will replace it for two years.

It doesn't have Google Play (you can install it, but to me at least it's not the same as regular Android) and in my very limited time using one, I didn't care for it at all. But as Amazon says: if they break it, return it and we'll replace it for free. No questions asked.

Very interesting, thank you. Honestly I never looked at a Kindle because I've heard they have adds. The thing is all their freebies with books and such we can't get in Canada. So I think I'd rather get a better Android tablet or just get the nook tablet. I'm going to look into it more though because I'm not sure, maybe things have changed. He has this read me a story app on Google Play that I really want him to have on the tablet. He can with the nook or any Android.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by Care

Very interesting, thank you. Honestly I never looked at a Kindle because I've heard they have adds. The thing is all their freebies with books and such we can't get in Canada. So I think I'd rather get a better Android tablet or just get the nook tablet. I'm going to look into it more though because I'm not sure, maybe things have changed. He has this read me a story app on Google Play that I really want him to have on the tablet. He can with the nook or any Android.

They do have ads. And to me at least their Fire OS just comes of as a broken version of Android. For almost anyone I'd recommend the $50 Nook over the $50 Fire.

It's just the story of the stairs that made me think of the Fire.

[Care]

Ah yes lol. Well he was only one when he did that. But the nook is so cheap I'm not too worried.

I did check and we can't get most if any of the unlimited content of the play time thing. Oh well.

[issybird]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

They do have ads. And to me at least their Fire OS just comes of as a broken version of Android. For almost anyone I'd recommend the $50 Nook over the $50 Fire.

It's just the story of the stairs that made me think of the Fire.

Paying 100% of a device price for two years' insurance seems like a terrible deal to me. I'd put the money toward a better tablet, or as in this case, go with the cheap option and take my chances.

I agree with you about cheap Android over Fire OS, though. And while I did put the Google Play Store on my two Fire tablets, I ended up taking it off. Their performance nosedived and it wasn't worth it.