See if this app is on the Kindle Fire models. I have no qualms recommending those.
How about something new like a 6 inch phone? The office picked up this Blu HD 6.0 Studio for 150ish and I like it. You don't have to slip in a GSM card. You can use it like a 6 inch tablet. I did slip in a 32GB memory card.
Besides that I've made calls and text messsages with Ring.to and calls with Google Hangouts, Of course folk drop such things then write badly about repair but check it out.
Bob
I am personally not a big tablet fan and don't want to spend much money on one. My GF wants to play the game Ingress as she works at the newspaper and the local tourism bureau is pushing this game. I want to get something good enough to play this game, browse the web, and watch the news. I read lots of reviews on cheap tablets from like Wal-Mart and such that say "This tablet worked great until it decided to quit working days or weeks after we bought it." You usually get what you pay for. Are there any cheapos that seem to hold up decent but don't have lots of RAM or CPU? How about models that are good used?
I am personally going to try out the Bluestacks emulator on a netbook I have but don't know if the GPS feature will be passed through correctly before getting a tablet.
I am not a fan of tablets when coming from using full-power Core i5 and i7 laptops which have plenty of power so just would want a basic one that works for pretty much this one purpose.

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