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I'm 62 in a few days and a bit of a Mr. Magoo at the best of times. I'm also crap at texting and hate it too, and still use a Nokia 6310i mobile.
I've put the above to show I don't want a mobile phone with int access.

So, I'm thinking I want something to occupy myself with while sat in my car or the cab office between fares. I am with BT internet and have joined their WIFI network, if I understand that correctly I can get int access in quite a few places without needing someone's password. I'm thinking something just a tad smaller than say a school excercise book, perhaps about the size of a journalists note book.

I need to be able to see the screen in the dark and be able to dim it if it's too bright for my photosensitive eyes.

Lastly, it needs to be a budget priced one because I'm a tight git and probably won't use it very much. I'll probably sit on it till January sales to get the price down further. I understand several budget ones have recently joined the market place. A sat nav app? would be useful.

Suggestions please gents.

Dave,
I guess you need one of dem tablet computers. Can't help you on which to buy, but +1 on the Nokia 6310i - best mobile phone ever made (and I also agree with you about texting - absolutely the worst form of communication ever invented)

Cheers

Bruce

Yup have a look at the tablets. Just steer clear of the iPad cos it is loads more expensive.

Dave
teaco have recently released a 7'' tablet called the Hudl or something like that, it gets very good reviews from which magazine..............may be worth a look, think its around the £100 mark

cheers john

tablets rule
i use mine all the time on here. theres nothing i cant do with it for forums and general browsing
i'm well overdue for an upgrade. but atm i use an original galaxy tab which i'v had for about three years

i don't know much about the current lower end models but as long as they have a decent screen and have/can run a good qwerty keyboard app. i imagine they would be more than good enough for general browsing, ebooks, sat navs...etc

co-pilot is a great sat nav app btw

Hi Dave i like Adam love my tablets i use an asus that can be used purely as a tab or you can attach the keyboard to make it a full computer,i think you will struggle to pick up wifi while out and about though most wifis are security locked mate.

You can buy tablets that take a sim card so you get internet access through the sim providers internet, some sim providers do a monthly rolling contact that is not over expensive,.

If you fancy trying one to see if you do get on with it i have a spare that you are more than welcome to lend mate,that way you don't have to spend money on something you aren't going to like,let me know mate and i will get it in the post to you

Geoff
ps I'm nearly 63 so your never to old to learn

Thanks all, and Geoff in particular for that above and beyond offer.

I live near Tesco's, Asda and Saainsbury's superstores and will nip in to lose some time between jobs after midnight ish, I finish about 4 now i know it's a definitely tablet that I'm looking at.

Silent Shooter wrote: your never to old to learn

you say that geoff but an android tab is so much easier to use than a pc. apart from the odd app that will cause it to lock up they are virtually hassle free. none of the software/hardware conflicts and messing about you get with desktops

have a look at the 7" tabs dave. i think they are the best balance between portability and screen size....i think i remember reading aboit that BT internet thing. iirc it lets you use other peoples BT access points not just hotspots

i know you said you didn't want to go down the internet phone route. but just FYI
i have a smart phone that can be a wifi hotspot for up to five devices. on the three network i get 300 minutes, 3000 texts and unlimited internet for 15 quid a month, works out pretty good for me.

Cheers Adam, yes the BT wifi thing: I 'donate' a small amount of my bandwidth to a sort of cooperative club type wifi thing is how I understand it. There might be 50 wifi members near me for example. dunno for sure.

So are all tablets androids?

Your so right Adam I've been using android tabs for about the same time the forum has been running and i think there bloody great,the great advantage i love is bluetooth were you can just swap things from phone to tab in seconds
Dave the offer was a serious one mate and your more than welcome to my spare,ill wipe it and even put the forum and a few programs on it for you,just drop me a pm if you do want it mate no rush at all to return it,

Geoff