[*Lena*]

My mum may be (I am researching) going to get the boys an ipod touch or tablet for christmas. I am hoping this will keep them off my samsung galaxy s2 phone playing games. Which is better? I went the galazy phone as I don't like the iphone or apple really. They will only really be playing games on it so is spending the less money buying a tablet rather then the ipod touch fine?

[RunawayPrincess]

I'd go the cheapest option.

[~Perplexity~]

We have been looking at this as well and i think we will be going the tablet. I like the touch but i really think they will get more out of a tablet ie they can listen to music, play educational games and watch movies on long car trips.

[knottygirl]

id go the tablet. i dont really care for apple either, i think they are control freaks who treat their workers terribly.

[Princess.cranky....]

We brought an ipod touch for Miss 7. She loves it. Lots of great free apps and free games to play. Plenty of educational stuff available if you want that. DD has loads of music on it too. We are very happy with it.

This post has been edited by Princess.cranky.pants: 11/11/2012, 10:50 PM

[-Emissary-]

They're personally the same in terms of functions, availability of apps etc. However, the only android tablet that is worth the money at the moment is the Nexus.

For a child, I would probably get an iPod touch instead of a tablet. An iPod touch is smaller and easier to carry around.

Price wise, you could also get an 8 gig iPod touch for around $120-$150 depending on sales etc. The only android tablet I would get is the Nexus and that's about $250. Anything below $200 isn't worth it and will probably be laggy and crap. I have yet to hear good things about an android tablet under that amount.

This post has been edited by -Emissary-: 12/11/2012, 12:00 AM

[~maryanne~]

Android tablets seem a bit hit and miss. We have one (cost $300 a few years ago) that is so slow and laggy a lot of games just can't be played.

The touches are GREAT. I find i-tunes easier to use than the android market.

I like the touch but i really think they will get more out of a tablet ie they can listen to music, play educational games and watch movies on long car trips.

You can do all of that on an i-pod.

This post has been edited by ~maryanne~: 12/11/2012, 05:35 AM

[FiveAus]

With an Apple product, you are guaranteed to get quality. Some of the cheaper Android tablets are about the same quality as an Etch-a-Sketch.

[~TSC~]

Obviously it depends on budget but there is also iPad mini

[cward]

Price wise, you could also get an 8 gig iPod touch for around $120-$150 depending on sales etc

I went to Big W yesterday to get an 8gb touch for my DD2 for christmas (it was on sale for $178) they were sold out and she said not stockign them anymore but they now have a 16Gb for $198 which I ended up getting.