Android tablet for 2d games
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| Hello, Does this tablet look powerful enough to develop decent 2d games on? https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/sunday-8th-december/product-detail/ps/p/178cm7-tablet-pc-medion-lifetab-e7316-md-98282/ |
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| Yes, should be. But I'd rather go for a Kindle Fire HD ;) |
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| Trying to do it on the cheap, i have an ipad3 but lost my hackintosh when i upgraded to haswell cpu. Just checked and argos claim to be selling kindleHD for £100, reduced from normal £159...tempting, although i'm not sure Argos arn't trying to sell the old KindleHD hoping we'll all think it's the new one. |
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| tempting, although i'm not sure Argos arn't trying to sell the old KindleHD hoping we'll all think it's the new one. I'm sure they are, given that the new on is called Kindle Fire HDX. |
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| It's way more powerful than mine ;-) Seriously, a cheap and cheerful tablet is in many ways the best to develop on, unless you are going for really high-end games. If it works well on a low-end device, it will work well on anything. |
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| You can probably find a new Kindle Fire HD or a Nexus 7 1st gen for around £100, keep an eye on http://www.hotukdeals.com/computers/deals/hot - there is a Samsung Tab 3 7" going for £100 at Tesco http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/samsung-galaxy-tab-3-7inch-tablet-99-with-code-99-tesco-1736521 The main issue with non brand tablets is the specs are often good but the battery will be awful probably get 3-4 hours out of it but a branded tablet closer to 9-10 hours. |
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| although i'm not sure Argos arn't trying to sell the old KindleHD hoping we'll all think it's the new one. I'm sure they are, given that the new on is called Kindle Fire HDX. They aren't doing that at all. They are selling both - the HDX is £199. |
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| Ive got a single core 1ghz tablet and it works fine for 2d games |
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| used nook tablet? that's as cheap and mainstream as i can think. may have to buy an androidfornook card, though. |
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| Are all android tablets 'unlocked' and ready to develop on? or is there a fee payable to google? |
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| No fee to develop, one-time fee of $30 to publish and be granted access to the dev console. Tablets may be locked or unlocked, depending on mfr/make/model. Best bet is of course a dev device like Nexus 7 but saturday night specials will also work provided you can connect them via ADB (be sure to check if the device is running stock or requires specialized debug drivers!) |
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| Similar here. I picked up a Versus Touchtab for 35 quid (android 4.0, 1ghz). Its basically rubbish, but its fine for monkey dev! It can still run most 2d games, but the memory/cpu is too low for anything demanding. Didnt have to change anything to get it working via monkey. If I were spending close to 100 quid I'd probably look more carefully for something decent though, there are some good bargains around, e.g. see whats on http://www.hotukdeals.com/search?action=search&keywords=android+tablet |
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| That aldi tablet looks pretty decent for the money, screen res is a bit weak but other than that it looks ok. The weakest point seems to be 4 hour battery. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_QdoMjw6-Y As per usual i'm now sliding towards spending extra money i don't have on the nexus7. |
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| Ordered a Nexus7 2013 16gb from ASDA direct, £179. |
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| tis' a fine tablet, defo the best 7", my only complaint is the requirement of an expensive ~£25 slimport adaptor to output via HDMI, no standard micro HDMI for some reason? though slimport is supposed to be be the 'new' standard. |
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| They are horribly fragile - one benefit of a cheap one is that if you break it you can just buy another... |
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| Turns out i can use my lumia920 as a hotspot for the nexus, nice bonus. |
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