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[MrMagic]

Hello, Anyone with the slightest knowledge of tablets please take the time to give your opinion.

Im buying a tablet to use around the house, listen to music, surf the web, emails and All-in-one remote for the Cinema (app on Android and IOS)

Im not to interested in an I-Pad as i have an iphone at the moment and honestly there isnt much you can do, I hear from some members that Android is much better allowing you to edit word documents and such which would be very handy for me.

I know near to nothing about tablets but im after something that can load multiple apps without delay, but not to sure which tablets have better processors.

3G is not required although it could be handy for future use.
16gb is plenty big enough but bigger is always better  
$650-750 is max ill be spending

These are some Tablets ive been looking at: feel free to post some others and please also vote

1. ALDI tablet $499: http://aldi.medion.com/lifetab/au/?refPage=aldi also has 3G and 32gb
Just not two sure if the processor is any good?
I cant say ive ever had any problem with the brand "Medion" i play BF3 off one of their computers and also have brought a medion Laptop.

2. SAMSUNG GALAXY: $578 - without 3G $728 with 3G Both 16gb
http://www.samsung.com/au/consumer/detail/detail.do?group=mobile-phone&type=mobile-phone&subtype=tablet&model_cd=GT-P7500FKDVAU&pid=au_home_image1_GALAXY_Tab_20111201

3. ASUS transformer tablet: $479 without 3G 16gb
http://www.asus.com.au/Eee/Eee_Pad/Eee_Pad_Transformer_TF101/
I do like the idea of having the keyboard, easy to type documents and print them.


Thanks guys

[MrMagic]

P.S i know money could be saved for a new PC but i just cant help myself

[Psych0Kyller]

i personally would choose the asus one because a mate of mine from tafe has one and it is very good as far as tablets go

[DirtyHarry]

Do not buy ANY electronics from ALDI. Ever.

My ALDI GPS had a 10 minute battery life and had no signal 99% of the time (yes I had it in direct sky-view/wasnt in the middle of nowhere etc)
I have many stories about how ALDI products have tried to kill/seriously injure myself and members of my family, but suffice to say that if you buy that ALDI tablet, you will be bitterly disappointed.

With that said, I'd go the Samsung. 

[Paradox]

I've got the Samsung Galaxy II phone and it's great, I think Samsung is a great company but I wouldn't know much about tablets.

[cowcar]

i would get the galaxy tab 10.1. Runs Android (has a fast processor (and dual core), and with a tablet this is important, is quite light.
I currently have a HP TouchPad (got it for 99 bucks .. thank you leo apotheker).. and i would recommend getting one of them too...but i dont think you can anymore (they actually had another sale yestereday on them at that price.. but they sold out very quickly).
but go the samsung.. the screen on it is better than the asus for a start, has a better processor, and is lighter...

[CordlezToaster]

personally i wouldnt bother, its just another gizmo that will have a novelty factor at the start

[DonutKing]

personally i wouldnt bother, its just another gizmo that will have a novelty factor at the start

everyone I know with a tablet just shows it off as a status symbol for a couple of weeks then once that novelty wears off it lays dormant.

[MrMagic]

i would get the galaxy tab 10.1. Runs Android (has a fast processor (and dual core)

correct me if im wrong but dont both the Asus and the SAMSUNG AND the AlDI tablets all run on a Invidia Tegra, 2 dual core processor?

[cowcar]

unless it is an updated model (havent looked for a while), i think the Asus orginally shipped with a single core.. could be wrong on that. But the Screen on the Samsung is much better. Dont know about the aldi one.. as i wouldnt even consider it.
With regards to tablets being gimicks... i tend to agree. I paid 99 bucks for mine,which i would have to say would be the most i would pay for one (hmm.. maybe 200). I do use it quite a bit but purely as a web surfer when sitting on the couch in front of the tv. So it is  something i could easily live without , (for example i  used to use my phone for that).

[MrMagic]

new ASUS transformer comming out in the next few weeks, It might be worth waiting for that, no idea on the price though but it has a 3 Quad core processor
http://www.asus.com.au/Eee/Eee_Pad/Eee_Pad_Transformer_Prime_TF201/

[Virgil83]

personally i wouldnt bother, its just another gizmo that will have a novelty factor at the start

everyone I know with a tablet just shows it off as a status symbol for a couple of weeks then once that novelty wears off it lays dormant.

Oh I dunno...

I must admit when I first got my iPad it was a bit of a novelty and I didn't really have much use for it, so it was hardly used for the first three months, but then once I had Telstra configure the SIM card in it to give me access to the custom APN for work, and got my hands on the iPad VNC and iTap RDP client, I started to find it very, very useful for work... as a field IT support tool (albeit with the cavaets I just described), it's excellent...

But, I am willing to admit that is a pretty narrow point of view... I'm the only person I know who uses an iPad for anything legitimate work-wise, most of the Directors, Senior Managers, Teachers etc I deal with on a daily basis only check their email and play games... though with the iPad 2 Teachers ARE starting to use them for presentations etc in place of laptops...

Now, on the subject of Android, I say... Android Blows.  That is all   It perhaps blows slightly less now than when I tried the HTC Desire, and the Samsung 7" Galaxy Tablet... but it is still right up there with Norton the Horny Goat in blowing-ness, even based on the newest incarnations, in my opinon...