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Basic principles

The built-in speaker sounds a bit tinny, but the headphone output is loud enough if you want to listen to music or watch films on a train or plane. The eight-hour battery life is certainly more than adequate, even if it’s not a match for the 10-hour iPad. However, the Hannspad’s Flash support meant that I could watch films on-line with my LoveFilm account – something that I still can’t do with my far more expensive iPad.

Hannspree HannsPad

Decent spec, decent price too

Verdict

It lacks the polish of the iPad, but for just £250, the Hannspad is a very respectable entry-level tablet device. It may be missing frills such as a camera and 3G connectivity, but it gets all the basics right and is well worth considering if you don’t want to fork out £400 or more for an iPad, Xoom or Galaxy tablet. ®

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Hannspree HannsPad

Hannspree Hannspad 10.1in Android tablet

Budget Android 10.1in Wi-Fi tablet.

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9
1

It certainly seems a bit crap...

Not forgetting that the Vega also has a camera for obligatory videoskyping goodness, in fact the only reason I don't have a Vega is because I now have my dearly beloved'd cast off iPad v1, unfortunately this still leaves me without a camera for skyping but then again I could always just use my N900 if it skype didn't crap out all the time ;-)

I'm a bit confused also by the score that this gets when The Vega was slapped for a couple of areas that the hanspree is also deficient in...

3
0

Really?

I fought Cherman vaz like Enklish vif a few letters changed fur Komik effect.

3
0

"Spreken zie deutsch"?

What a car crash. If that's supposed to be German, it's a hat-trick -- three words, each wrong -- and as a bonus one has two errors in one. If it's supposed to be something else (Dutch?) it's even worse.

3
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How good is the screen?

Any better than that of the Vega?

Does it have Google Market or not? If not, how come it wasn't shouted at for not having it, like the Vega was?

Looks nice enough, though is £50 more than the Vega is currently priced at.

Don't forget the Vega scored a measly 65% - 80% would suggest that there are BIG improvements in this tab...

3
0

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