Other inexpensive tablets

[starwatcher]

Hi - not sure if I'm in the right slot but . . . I got a Excel for my 60th and I'm very happy with it (and with the support available on this forum) I thought I might buy another for my wife to use when we travel Europe later this year (motorhome, not backpack!) but decided to have a look round at others first. I came across the Arnova 7c G2 from carphone warehouse specs at http://androidadvices.com/devices/351-7c-g2.html

I know the processor is slower but it seems to have a lot of goodies for £80 including 3G, Bluetooth and GPS. I played around with one on demo and the screen seems just as fast and responsive as the one on the scroll - any comments?
Barry

[mancity]

Find the video to the Channel 5 'Gadget Show' review of the Scroll Excel. they also have a look at the Arnova and it gets a very bad review.

Resistive touch, slow processor and an overall inferior option to the Excel.

[starwatcher]

I thought that was an Archos? Certainly the one (Arnova 7c G2) I played with in carphone warehouse had a capacitive screen (as per the specs) and was very responsive and quick.

[Mitre]

on the link it says capacitive screen? however the armv6 processor may let you down as it will be a lot slower you could end up fighting over who gets to use the excell but then bluetooth and GPS could be a good addition (horses for courses)
dont think you can get flash video on the armv6

[starwatcher]

Good point about the processor - do I need (or even want) bluetooth/GPS ? Do I want a tab that is 'fast' and responsive - oh yes! You can where this is going . . .