Tablet Gift Dilemma.
I have got myself out of my depth. My sister thought my father was thinking about a tablet for my mother for Xmas or her birthday which is a couple of weeks off. He is not, but muggins here suggested we consider getting one from the three of us. So, my father, who is even less techy than yours truly, decided I should make a comparison with tangible, objective tech specs for him to look at, assuming money is no object.
Thing is, I've started making a comparison chart, and I don't think it'll help him much. Also, whilst I agree with his instinct that you should be able to just look at a spec sheet, many don't buy that way (if they did, that Samaung with a rear camera and expandable memory would outsell the Nexus - even I went for the latter).
So far I have listed: Kindle Fire HD (they have an old Kindle); iPad, iPad Mini, Nexus 7 (I won't forget the new ones to be announced); Asus Transformer and the Samsung Galaxy 2.
To try and speed things up, I'm listing the best specs only, as I can explain the rest verbally, and find any other information needed later.
Not sure what I'm asking really, just any thoughts to see if I can develop a bit more clarity.
Cheers Paul I'll take a look.
Asprin, paracetamol. so many tblets to choose from.
I bought my Mum an iPad 2 last year for Xmas, don't ask how it came about all I would say is I lost my flipping mind 
because I don't normally spend any where near that by myself. Any way she loves it and has never used a laptop before, but she knows how to work it and is quite happy. iPad mini could be a good choice or the iPad 2 if you want something bigger. My sister bought my niece a Blackberry tablet yesterday from Currys for £129 down from £250, and got a case thrown in too. She has a Blackberry phone so I imagine she will be quite happy. Just thought I would share that.
And I'm glad you did, gel.
She will use it mainly for e-reading and net surfing. They have a laptop (spec unknown) for heavier duties, and I think they already know that few tablets are good for, say, tping on for any length of time (Dad writes the odd article...). She likes her photograhphy a bit and has a decent camera or two (I know nothing about them though, nor do i know the implications of a tablet for photography...).
Asprin, paracetamol. so many tblets to choose from.
I may need one of each shortly.
She likes her photograhphy a bit and has a decent camera or two (I know nothing about them though, nor do i know the implications of a tablet for photography...).
I'd think that might be a useful purpose of the tablet i.e. to be able to upload photos to it to carry around and show the photos off - my Dad uses his iPad for exactly that.
Do you know what software they use to store photos in?
I would look at the following units personally ; Kindle Fire HD 16Gb, iPad Mini 16Gb. Also worth looking out for is anybody doing deals on what is now the old "new iPad" most retailers will want shot quickly when the new new iPad stock arrives!!
Thanks Winch. I'll get back to you Prof.
She puts them on an external HDD, but is considering Flickr.
Do you listen to Mark Kermode's film review? I've never heard of anyone else spelling 'dilemma' the way you have.
Hahaaa! Yes I do, and I must tell him why he's wrong on that. And TDKR. And Skyfall.
Well, OK, he's right. But not about the films.
Really? Do a search for "dilemna" on the forum, it's VERY common here.
Some claim to remember being taught that spelling.
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Its hard to compare tablet processors directly, but I would use something like Geek bench and a Java benchmark like Sunspider to figure out which will be quickest in real world terms.
Paul's BR/805 system thread
(where the photos live) Paul's Flickr page