Tablet Computer

[spider]

I don't want a iPad because I don't want to pay out more than two hundred quid if I can get away with it.

I also want something to support flash and I have decided on a 7 inch on the basis I want to use it when travelling and I don't want to tote 12 inches around with me !wink!

That rules out an iPad.

I don't have strong views one way or the other about Apple products, although I don't like they lock down all their software. The counter to that I suppose is that there's a very low instance of virus on Apples.

I think I've settled now on a Nexus 7 now.

It looks like buying a Nexus though is going to be like buying an Apple in that there's no competitive market place and wherever I look a Nexus is going to cost me ? 199.00 for the 16 GB version.

I'd like to know how Apple and Google can get away with this fixed pricing. I thought fixing the market was against EU legislation. Why haven't they had the backsides sued off them?

I shop at Waitrose by the way. I'm sure the basic Waitrose is as cheap as Tesco. The problem with Waitrose shopping is that they sell such good stuff I always spend too much pigging-out. Suppose if you want the quality you have to pay.

[Twingo]

[quote]I also want something to support flash[/quote]

Just to let you know that Flash is not supported on any Android Jellybean device and you will not be able to download flash player from the market.

You can of course get it elsewhere such as xda developers etc.

[Sam Slater]

The Nexus 7 costs around $184 to make (around ?120). The profit margins aren't that high really and if you buy from Google directly they give you ?15 to spend in the Google Play Store so you're getting the device for ?184. Not bad considering a medium-grade smartphone these days costs around that price.

Compare this with the 16gb iPad, which costs an estimated $316 (?202) to make and they are sold for ?399. Nearly 100% profit margin there.

[Peter]

spider wrote:


> I'd like to know how Apple and Google can get away with this
> fixed pricing. I thought fixing the market was against EU
> legislation. Why haven't they had the backsides sued off them?

Hardly price fixing, Apple created the market and established their prices, then everyone else joined in and set their own terms. 70% of the worlds tablets are iPads, no-one else gets near.

There may be a 7" iPad announced on 12th Sept if you feel like waiting to see what that offers you?

[spider]

What I was getting at regarding price fixing, is that with most products if you shop around you can find a range of prices.

With Apple products there's not that range of prices.

Is as if Apple say "if you want to sell our products you will sell them at this price. If you don't want to sell them at this price we will not supply you".

That's uncompetitive to me.