Amazon deal or summat else..please help a techno dinosaur

[anklebitersmum]

Have looked at this one which is coming up on deals today.

Want two, one for DS one for DSS and I'm not loaded-hence checking deals.

Can someone tell me whether this would be good for homework and general 13yr old boy stuff please and if there's better out there for similar prices link me (and tell me why it's better)?

If I head to Currys hubby will do his man-thing and we'll end up spending more than we can really afford.

Thank you in advance

I wouldnt buy the one you linked too,it has no acess to the Google play store and therefore your choice of apps will be limited,if you cant stretch to a Google nexus or samsung tab,then have a look at the ones here,have heard good things about this seller and her 7 inch tablet will acess the play store.I,m afraid to say with tablets you get what you pay for,buy the best you can afford.
You ask about homework apart from researching on the web,I dont think your son will be able to do much homework on a tablet,best off with a netbook if thats what you want it for.

cheers will shufty. May look at kindle fire as alternative as he wants it for 'looking up' not typing out.

re Google Play - might be worth explaining where you've looked at reviews etc to identify that aspect, 1sassylassy, because then someone looking around and finding other tablets will be guided as to how to check.

I'd probably look for magazine website reviews, but am not sure whether all would be that thorough... Certainly I'd assume a fair chance of easy access to Google Play for most tablets.

While some may hate Wal*Mart in N America, I just found the Hipstreet Titan tablet for about 62 quid on their site... Just wondering why Asda isn't selling it too... so rang them!

0800 952 3003

OOoops - forgot I'd put their number in the message as I had no scraps of paper to hand!

NetworkGuy ,I only look in the Tech spec of the tablet,most that are registered to the google play store say so,I know the seller that I linked to does.The one the op linked to mentioned Get Jar marketplace and I assumed, rigjtly in this case,that there was no access to the Play store.You would be surprised how many of the cheapy tablets do not get access to the Google play store and the last thing I would want is someone to buy something withour realising its limited capability.
I know there is a work round but did not want to confuse the issue.