Tablet's which one?

[BajaJames83]

So I am looking to get my girl a tablet, I know there are so many different ones out there. She will mainly be using it for internet browsing, shopping, games, and probably a little work (she works for a bank).
what would you guys suggest. It would be nice if it had a USB or SD card slot. so the Ipad is pretty much out of the picture.

Good, bad, ugly....

[2shotjoe]

Nexus 7 is good.

[ptroxx]

WIndows surface ...

[JamesY]

I love my Nexus 7. No SD card slot though.

[todd2968]

I bought the cheaper version of the nexus 7 the Asus memo pad. Both made by ASUS. Nexus $300 ASuS $149 I bought it for my 6 year old and he loves it Internet apps , netflix, blue tooth,
Not sure what the difference is between them battery lasts about 10 hours expandable to 32G micro SD.

http://www.asus.com/Tablets_Mobile/ASUS_MeMO_Pad_HD_7/#specifications

Looks like Nexus is android 4.3 2 G ram avail with 2,3,&4 G
And the asus memo 4.22. 1 G ram, wifi only, With 10 hr battery and micro sd
I had to update the android system when I bought it to play netflix many sights say Asus will not play netflix

[ptusa]

ASUS MeMO Pad HD 7

$129 bucks...no need to spend more.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230981&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-All+Tablets-_-N82E16834230981&gclid=COWDyZfeoboCFdJZ7AodfTMACA

[pitbull30]

What are apps like on these devices compared to ipad? Do they have their own App store etc?

[gawker]

it use google playstore for apps and games. i.e. you create a google/gmail account for the device

[acegunnr]

What are apps like on these devices compared to ipad? Do they have their own App store etc?

It is called the Google Play Store. I like the fact that I can share apps (buy once) on my tablet and phone.

https://play.google.com/store

I should add that I have the Nexus 7 and just upgraded to the Nexus 7 2013 when my kid dropped the the first one and cracked the screen. Great tablet.

[dchang0]

Another vote for the Nexus 7, although I would recommend you buy the best model you can afford (32GB, LTE) so that it will last you longer. I've already outgrown the 16GB model I have (doesn't hold enough movies for a >3 day trip or >6hr flight).

32GB is supposedly a sweet spot for nearly all users; 64GB is supposedly overkill. I'm not sure why that is, but I have noticed that for years, 80GB seems to be the dividing line between people who are always running out of space on their computers and those who have enough, so I believe that there is a sweet spot for tablets/phones too.

[sl0re10]

So I am looking to get my girl a tablet, I know there are so many different ones out there. She will mainly be using it for internet browsing, shopping, games, and probably a little work (she works for a bank).
what would you guys suggest. It would be nice if it had a USB or SD card slot. so the Ipad is pretty much out of the picture.

Good, bad, ugly....

I've had good luck with samsung android pads.

[todd2968]

ASUS MeMO Pad HD 7

$129 bucks...no need to spend more.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...FdJZ7AodfTMACA

Not the same on only one camera. I don't even see wifi
$149 on has dual cameras 1&5 MP
The Op system is 4.1 & not 4.2.2

[wattspd]

Samsung Note 8.0

[Peter.Steele]

I've actually been thinking about getting an Android tablet again.

I sort of need a tablet. I'm an iOS fan, but the only software that I know of that does what I need is on Android. I need a sheet music program that can read .BWW / .BMW files, and I don't know of one for iOS that does that. I've got a BUNCH of store credit at a place that sells the Nexus 7 ... but I just haven't been able to bring myself to get one.

I've had two Android tablets in the past. One was a 10" Visiontek, the other was a Barnes & Noble Nook Color running Honeycomb and (later) Jellybean. I never really liked them, though. Android just feels ... clumsy, I guess, and nothing is reliable, and so predictably functional, as it is with iOS.

[ptusa]

Not the same on only one camera. I don't even see wifi
$149 on has dual cameras 1&5 MP
The Op system is 4.1 & not 4.2.2

What do you need 2 cameras for? Tony Wiener is that you?

And of course it has wifi...