General Chat

Well ...I love my iPad. Having seen other tablets I know that for me this is the best.....had it almost 3 years and use it every day.I call it my friend as I have lived on my own since my OH died and it keeps me in touch with family,keep my music,photos,videos,in fact a portable encyclopaedia.
I put it on charge at night and always have it with me.Love doing FaceTime with family in Oz....and it seems more reliable than Skype.
Don't play many games on it,but did play Sudoku a lot when in Oz ..and on long plane journeys.
As my friend says....a good bit of kit.....!

The main things to consider are that iPads are horrendously overpriced and you are locked into iOS.
With Android devices you have a far greater choice and they are mostly cheaper but as good as and even, in some cases, better than iPads.

I too love my iPad you can do just about everything on it and there are hundreds of free and/or inexpensive apps to download. Probably the iPad is the most expensive but I think its worth it. I use it in the evenings while watching television at the same time. Before the iPad I was confined to the office to use the PC. I use it as a television (the free Filmon app)tp watch english television and I downloaded a free word processing app and load,s loads more

Nearly everywhere you go has free wifi connection so you can use it when you are out and about if you want to. It also takes great photos and its easy to seend them on to other people via email or message.

My friend bought a Samsung as she has the mobile but she now wishes she had bought the iPad. its easy to link up with family and friends who have an iPad, iPhone, or iPod.

I think that you would get a lot of use out of it too AnnMarie, if you can get it too yourself that is.

OH and I both have IPads which we especially like for taking away with us. We also have a key board which we can use with them if we want to. I find it easy for 'typing' although annoying for its use of prescriptive text. I do tend to use my desk top when home but that is personal choice. The Ipad is great for taking photos and playing games, the screen is very good. My Ipad cover is wearing now from being carted around and I have just bought a cover for it from Amazon for £3.99 including postage. And it arrived within two days from ordering. :-) :-)

Am like Shirley, I love my iPad.
Using it at the moment as I do everyday.
I and my OH have various games on ours
and he has plenty of Apps on his for sport
and things that interest him.

Emma :-)

Well l have a samsung tablet (android..whatever that is) and l don't like it. l used g/daughters ipad yesterday and its great, so easy to use :-)

The samsung...l had probs with battery charging, it would say 100% charged then run out in 5 mins, that is better now though l must admit, but tapping icons and threads etc l want to look at can sometimes take for ever. The key pad is small and l always tap the wrong letter... on g/daughters ipad l had no probs at all. l would have got one but thought they were alot more expensive....but they are not :-)...extravagant l know but l will get one and be less stressed!!!! ;-) ;-)

jude

I have an I pad and I love it

Am on it now replying to your thread

Prefer Facebook set up on the I pad to going into it on the main PC

You can download lots of free apps for games as well as accessing your emails and other sites you would usually use

Hi all, has anyone got any views on tablets v I pads.

Hubby wants one but not sure which is best for his use.

He wants to play games, catch up on face book and take photos. Hes not very 'internet wise' bless him so wants something not too complicated.

Just wondered if any of you great peeps out there have any views or experience on this subject.

Thanks in anticipation.
Ann. :-)