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dave2812 says...
also I need to it run outlook express for my email as thats what I use on my desktop etcWhy do you need to run that? I mean why would you on earth want to run it in the first place when there are so many better free alternatives around (try Thunderbird) beats me.

Microsoft may well have a decent tablet OS on the way in Windows 8, but they don't have one now. You are far better off with an Android device in that price bracket.


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Ok Cheers, but could I still check my emails that I run on outlook express on my desktop?

yeah  all you need is a pop email client,  & whilst i havnt specificaly checked, i'm certain there will be an android mail app that can handle it..

also, look for

capacative screen (actually check the specs, most of the cheap tabs use resistive screens, but hide it in the small print)

check the cpu speed, & Double check it in customer reviews, a lot of the chinese cheapies lie, or embelish the clock speed (ie, it may have a 600mhz cpu, & a 300mhz gpu, but they will try & say it's a 1ghz cpu in the bumf)

if it's a 10" tab your looking for then i think the advent vega is still the best bang for buck, & if you keep an eye on HDUK they quite often apear around the £150 mark, the negatives being, the screen is generally considered sub par (compared to the more expensive tabs) & the stock rom is generally considered a hinderence, but from what i've read, it's extremely easy to install one of the custom roms, which apparently improve it immensely

the positives..

dual core tegra cpu
very cheap for a well speced 10" tab.
capacative multitouch screen

another option is the dell streak, but that depends on if you think a 5" screen is big enough,  tbh, i have one & i easily manage to do all my browsing/video/ etc, & the screen is of very high quality & it has a 3g modem as well as wifi (& if you don't mind looking strange,  it also works as a fully fledged phone ) dell have discontinued the 5" streak, & it can be picked up for under £200 brand new on pay & go.. (tesco where selling it for £199 but i doubt they still have stock )

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MADTheOgster says...
dell have discontinued the 5" streak, & it can be picked up for under £200 brand new on pay & go.. (tesco where selling it for £199 but i doubt they still have stockI couldn't find one when I went looking, went back to the store I saw it in, all gone.
Instead on the 5" dell I ended up buying a 4" Sony for less than the dell.

Anyway back to the original posters question.
If you can live with a 7" screen, the Samsung Galaxy Tab keeps on popping up as a refub on ebay for between £150 & £200, I've looked at it at least 4 times in the last few weeks.
You can set ebay search to e-mail you with new listings.

Re the email: why don't you just read it on-line?
I haven't opened outlook express in years. My email accounts are available to my mobile so I just read most of them on my phone.


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MADTheOgster says...
dell have discontinued the 5" streakIt's still available from Dell for £379

Morgan Computers have a refub 5" streak for £199 + £6.99 delivery.
What put me off that was that its only got a 90 day warranty.

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pat-w says...
Re the email: why don't you just read it on-line?You aren't one of those people that use a mail to web gateway are you?

(IMAP and TLS or SSL is the only way to go!)


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Great Thanks! Very helpfull mate.

What about Archos? They do a tab 10" for around 200 quid.

DON'T BUY THE ARCHOS 101!!!!
It had the worst screen I have ever seen on a 10" tablet, utter rubbish.
I will never buy anything made by Archos again, it was really poor.

Can't comment on any other size Archos as I've not seen the smaller models or the new range.

Dave, I know you said your budget was £200, but if you could up that by an extra £50, Dabs have a Acer Iconia A500 16gb Android 3.0 Honeycomb on offer, £100 off the normal price.
Details here

I'm not recommending that tablet as I don't know that much about it, but worth a look 

Yea I seen that one pat, and I was also looking at the archos, phew I also read not good things about archos as well

The advent vega looks ok-ish but its pc worlds own brand which kinda puts me off