Jazz Android tablet

[ClaireJoanne]

Hi there

 

After purchasing 12 Fizzbooks which haven't lived up to expectations (too slow) - we are now looking for tablets for pupils to use - mainly Internet use (so we need Flash support).

 

I have priced up Blackberry Playbooks, which don't look bad but I just wondered if anyone had heard of the Jazz tablet? It only costs around £75 - but obviously I don't want us to get stuck with another set of duds!!

 

Anyone know anything about this product?

 

Ta

 

Claire

[X-13]

Are you talking about the Jazz C725?

 

I've never even heard of it... That model number is all I can find on google. No reviews or anything.

 

Plus, EVERY website that mentions it has the EXACT same image of it.

 

 

TBH, I'm starting to think it doesn't actually exists.

[ClaireJoanne]

Yes that's the one I mean. I know, I'm having trouble finding any info.

 

Maybe, Playbooks are a safer option!!

[crc-ict]

What about Google Nexus 7s? They are decently priced and meant to be very good.

[LosOjos]

What about Google Nexus 7s? They are decently priced and meant to be very good.

 

I can vouch for the Nexus 7, excellent piece of kit and great price.

 

If it's not an urgent purchase though, you may want to wait until Christmas and see if the rumoured £99 Nexus tablet actually gets released... Asus have publicly denied it but you never know.

 

EDIT: wanted to add, my recommendation is based on personal use, couldn't comment on school use.

[arwen]

Another vote for spending the extra on a Nexus. Nothing come close to it for value for money.

[sted]

hasnt flash been removed from android for anything other than old devices to reinstall

[glennda]

hasnt flash been removed from android for anything other than old devices to reinstall

 

Yes it has been removed its still an awesome piece of kit though and I havn't found much I can't play on it but then i havn't tried educational websites - BBC is now all HTML5 AFAIK

[ClaireJoanne]

We decided against iPads when looking about a year ago as they didn't support Flash and we couldn't use Education City. Anyone know which tablets can now access this?

[3s-gtech]

Isn't Flash back in the Play store now? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adobe.flashplayer&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5hZG9iZS5mbGFzaHBsYXllciJd - no Jelly Bean though.

[glennda]

Isn't Flash back in the Play store now? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adobe.flashplayer&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5hZG9iZS5mbGFzaHBsYXllciJd - no Jelly Bean though.

 

which is what the Nexus 7 runs.

 

Although i did manage to side load it on but the browser doesnt support it

[sted]

Isn't Flash back in the Play store now? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adobe.flashplayer&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5hZG9iZS5mbGFzaHBsYXllciJd - no Jelly Bean though.

 

iirc its legacy/reinstall only and wont work on jellybean

[3s-gtech]

Huge number of tablets out there stuck on Honeycomb and ICS though, might be useful in those cases.

[Arthur]

iirc it's legacy/reinstall only and won't work on jellybean

Flash does work on Jelly Bean tablets if you side-load the Flash Player APK and use a different browser (Dolphin Browser HD v8.5.1).

 

That's what I use on my Nexus 7 when I am forced to use Flash.

[Arthur]

you may want to wait until Christmas and see if the rumoured £99 Nexus tablet actually gets released...

The other rumour seems more credible - a 32GB Nexus 7 for £199/$250.

[Arthur]

@ClaireJoanne. The Acer Iconia A110 tablet might be worth considering too, although it's not as good as the Nexus 7. eBuyer are selling the 8GB model for £124.98 (ex. VAT and after cashback).

 

Maybe, Playbooks are a safer option!!

PlayBook's would be a terrible idea IMO.

 

The PlayBook OS is also a little finicky. While the hardware bump from 1GHz to 1.5GHz seems to have helped the PlayBook manage some of its more processor-intensive applications—Flash videos, for example, load and play more smoothly than before as long as the Wi-Fi signal is strong—the browser still crashed on us several times when there were too many scripts running simultaneously on a site. There were times when the operating system would stutter while responding to simple tasks like pushing a button or selecting an area to input text.

 

Power management also seems to be an issue. We left the fully charged PlayBook running all night while transferring files to a computer; by the next morning, the battery was completely drained and the device required immediate charging. There are several options in the settings for stretching battery life, including lowering the screen's brightness, turning off Bluetooth, and pausing background applications. Though dimming the screen and nixing Bluetooth sound like they should help, toggling the "Application Behavior" setting to pause background apps was the only thing that had any significant impact.

 

Lastly, the most glaring issue with the PlayBook is the BlackBerry App World. It pales in comparison to the iOS App Store, Google Play, and even the Windows Marketplace. The BlackBerry's shrinking market share and perceived indifference to third-party integration means there isn't much of a rush for developers to even consider coding for it.

 

[...]

 

The BlackBerry App World is a huge disappointment for a service which has been around for almost as long as Google Play. It's understandable why developers aren't investing in the platform, but this catch 22 is exactly the kind of thing that's keeping the PlayBook down. (Source)