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I just want a no-frills tablet mainly so I can work through my downloaded collection of WW2 aircraft, ships and AFVs (sad, I know) in bed.  I won't be watching movies or doing much on the internet.  Is the Tesco Hudl 2 OK?  I've heard of problems with the screen cracking but it gets very good reviews.



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I use the Linx 10 windows tablet, £130 at Sainsburys last time I checked, its absolutely brilliant for the price. Not that you'd use it but it will upgrade to Windows 10 and you get 1 year free subscription to Office 365 (Word, Excel etc) and 1000Gb of online storage

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Cheers, I'll check it out.  I have an online account with Sainsbury's and a couple of £10 vouchers to use up.



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Kempo, please read my "sleepers and stalkers" post.  You qualify on both. Love to Malawi.biggrin On a more serious note I tried to follow your share tipping advice but may have got long confused with short.  Will this make a difference?



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I use the Linx 10 windows tablet, £130 at Sainsburys last time I checked, its absolutely brilliant for the price. Not that you'd use it but it will upgrade to Windows 10 and you get 1 year free subscription to Office 365 (Word, Excel etc) and 1000Gb of online storage

 Thanks for the advice, Exeter.  However, I went for the Hudl 2 in part because I had a stack of Tesco Clubpoints to use up.



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Good little Android device for the pennies, make good use of Google Drive which gives you free online storage, to back up your photo collection

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The other thing was at 10" in bed I might have needed both hands.  With the Hudl I can hold it in one hand and keep the other free for cups of tea etc.  I shall follow your advice regarding the Google online storage.



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Women are odd creatures.  I told the wife that I thought the 8.3" would be easier to handle in bed than the 10" and she said either would be a big improvement and burst out laughing.



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Kempo, please read my "sleepers and stalkers" post.  You qualify on both. Love to Malawi.biggrin On a more serious note I tried to follow your share tipping advice but may have got long confused with short.  Will this make a difference?

 If you check your emails and find that you have numerous margin calls.....then yes..it made a difference!



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Heman wrote:

Giggidy

 That's the word that comes to mind every time Kempo posts.  I showed my wife that photo of the hunk with his y-fronts over his head and she went, "Giggidy, giggidy, giggidy." She is though a very strange lass.hmm



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Picked up the Hudl at the local Tesco.  Looks nice but as par for the course these date no user manual.  Just ordered one off ebay for £3.



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Just a quick update on this which might help someone considering a tablet.  The screen on the Hudl is fantastic; sharp, bright, brilliant.  The downsides (which aren't that significant given a price tag of around £90) are imo:

Battery life.  Not a problem for me but might be if you're a heavy user away from a power point.

Bloatware and apps.  Too frigging many but there's a blog that guides you through getting rid of superfluous ones if you need it.

Memory.  Again, I just bought a 32 gig micro SD for £10 which slots in no problem.

Cameras.  Two of the f*ckers.  Waste of space.  It's too big a piece of kit to use as a camera anyway.  Daft idea.

All in all I reckon it's a great buy at the price.



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One thing that narks me is camera, if you're what 25 - 60 you're unlikely to use it ever!

Speakers on the back also gets my goat

If you're a Millers Player subscriber try FLi Player it's really good for Android version of Player

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Agreed, Exeter.  Forgot to say in cons that the Hudl doesn't have a File Manager.  Not a problem as there are loads of free downloads and mine works perfectly but what the heck were Tesco thinking not to incorporate one?  Two cameras and no File Manager.



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Very odd. Maybe to keep cost down they conceded that customers would download their own. ES File Explorer is my fave but there are many good ones

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ditto Ridgeway i mainly use mine at night
my sleep patterns are dire so i read at night epub pdf mags
my app of choice is FBReader. tried a few cant get on with some moon reader etc.

i use fotmobpro for all world football live scores.
left it running last night ffs i had notifications waking me up at 3am for friendlies around the world.

glad apps are out there with ads removed disabled they do annoy me.

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ditto Ridgeway i mainly use mine at night
my sleep patterns are dire so i read at night epub pdf mags
my app of choice is FBReader. tried a few cant get on with some moon reader etc.

i use fotmobpro for all world football live scores.
left it running last night ffs i had notifications waking me up at 3am for friendlies around the world.

glad apps are out there with ads removed disabled they do annoy me.

 So far I only use mine for browsing pics but I will have to start to explore its full potential.  I used to have to get up for work at 5AM and even though I'm now retired I get up every day at the same time.  Knackered by 9PM!



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