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I've never owned a tablet or even a laptop. I always figured that such devices were mostly for people who travel a lot. I have an Android phone and a Windows desktop PC.
I'm going to Florida to visit my 82-year-old father in January, and I'd like to be able to show him some photos and videos on a decent sized screen - probably at least 9" or 10". The sound quality of the videos isn't that important as he's almost deaf, anyway.
My budget is $400 or less. Any ideas? The choices seem overwhelming - Android? Apple? An Intel processor? Attachable keyboard? There's no doubt that this market has exploded in the past few years.
A list of maybe three or four top recommendations would be great. Thank you!
Econobox: used Insignia (Best Buy) 10.1" NS-14T004 16GB quad core Jelly Bean Android tablet on ebay, $44.99 OBO. They run nice and smooth. I bought one for my parents. It was like-new, long battery life. My Android 4.4.x KitKat tablets seen to be harder on batteries and have shorter runtime per charge than the ones that ran JellyBean.
Has Bluetooth. I picked up a $10 iHome Bluetooth keyboard at Ollie's discount store, and loaded Kingsoft WPS Office on mine. There are some things I still can't do on Android as easily or efficiently as on a Windows laptop. Print is one, because my printers are networked but not wifi.
I bought a new 8" Insignia quad core from Best Buy first, then got the secondhand 10.1" for my parents. But I kind of wish I didn't spend all that $80 on the new 8" now, lol. The 10" is heavy to hold for long times, though. A case like ebay 251679210384 would be good choice for it. The screen is long and narrow, but I find I adjust to that and it isn't annoying. The volume of the 8" is louder than the top volume of the 10". But you can use a Bluetooth external speaker (they are everywhere this Christmas for under $20.)
Last edited by SorryIMovedBack; 12-14-2014 at 05:52 AM..
Econobox: used Insignia (Best Buy) 10.1" NS-14T004 16GB quad core Jelly Bean Android tablet on ebay, $44.99 OBO. They run nice and smooth. I bought one for my parents. It was like-new, long battery life. My Android 4.4.x KitKat tablets seen to be harder on batteries and have shorter runtime per charge than the ones that ran JellyBean.
Has Bluetooth. I picked up a $10 iHome Bluetooth keyboard at Ollie's discount store, and loaded Kingsoft WPS Office on mine. There are some things I still can't do on Android as easily or efficiently as on a Windows laptop. Print is one, because my printers are networked but not wifi.
I bought a new 8" Insignia quad core from Best Buy first, then got the secondhand 10.1" for my parents. But I kind of wish I didn't spend all that $80 on the new 8" now, lol. The 10" is heavy to hold for long times, though. A case like ebay 251679210384 would be good choice for it. The screen is long and narrow, but I find I adjust to that and it isn't annoying. The volume of the 8" is louder than the top volume of the 10". But you can use a Bluetooth external speaker (they are everywhere this Christmas for under $20.)
Just checking here. You have no WiFi at all? I ask because my printer is cabled, but I have WiFi , and I can print to it from Android.
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