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Question

Cheaper tablet for movies and online surfing

Jul 2, 2015 12:56PM PDT

I just need a tablet to do some basic emails/online surfing (news, etc.), occasionally some very basic data entry on excel or google docs, and most of all, watching movies (on the plane, in particular). An iPad would be nice but don't have the budget for it at the moment, so I'm searching for cheaper alternatives. Don't need anything fancy... just something that does the job.

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amazon fire
Jul 2, 2015 1:01PM PDT

amazon fire or kindle fire is cheap and will do everything you want.

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Easy to upload?
Jul 3, 2015 7:11AM PDT

Thanks. Is it easy to upload video clips to it in different formats? Or is it like an iPad, and I have to go around the system, jailbreak it, or whatever, just so I can upload something to it?

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Same as Apple.
Jul 3, 2015 8:19AM PDT

There are tomes on the web about playing other than Amazon content. Maybe you should be looking at one of those 200 buck laptops?

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yes you can without jailbreak
Jul 3, 2015 3:23PM PDT

it does not have a microsd card so your space will be limited. As mentioned there are others that will run around the same price. maybe consider the galaxy tab since it does have a microsd card slot so you can add a lot of your own media.

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Acer Iconica W3-810
Jul 3, 2015 10:15PM PDT

Acer Iconia W3-810, is one of them that provide you an amazing experience of watching movies or online is surfing. It is a full windows experience tablet available at affordable prices. Talking about its features and specification, then it has 2GB RAM, 32GB internal storage, 8.1-inch display, and a long lasting battery, those all features you enjoy only price worth of Rs. 7,990.

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Tablet
Jul 16, 2015 12:33AM PDT

there are so many tablets according to your budget you can choose. go to google and search cheap tablet then u get lot of tablets, choose it.