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DD is nearly 18 and I am entirely stuck as to what to get her for Christmas (and she is no help whatsoever).

So I am thinking about a Kindle Fire. She reads sporadically - sometimes a lot and sometimes nothing; and uses the internet a great deal.

She has a laptop but wondered if this would be useful so that she could download books during her reading spells, rather than have them cluttering up her bedroom, and also if she goes to college next September it could be a space saver. Although she accesses the internet on her phone (PAYG) and laptop, I thought the tablet might have advantages being larger than a phone but smaller than a laptop, and able to make use of any available wifi.

However, I'm not very techie. Any thoughts on the above? Has anybody got any comments specifically on the Kindle Fire, and are any other tablets better? I don't have huge amounts of money!

Thanks for your thoughts.

Thanks for your comments Ali, I would rather buy something recognised even if it costs a little more, and preferably from a shop so that I can go back and scream my head off if it doesn't work!

I didn't realise you could get a Kindle app, thought you could only download Amazon books onto Kindles. Bit naive on the techie front.

Will have a look at the Nexus 7

my DD is 20 and also a pain to buy for. She also has a phone with internet plus a lappy as she's at Uni.

But she did ask for an e reader, we went for the kindle fire as it is primarily a reader but she can browse the web when she wants as well and it will save her getting her laptop out to check emails.

I did look at the nexus but was jsut out of my budget, esp as I managed to get a kindle fire for £99 on amazon during black friday.

But like I said the difference was she asked for a reader, so that helped with our choices.

Quote: Originally posted by shelldean on 16/12/2012

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But like I said the difference was she asked for a reader, so that helped with our choices.

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LOL dont you just love kids when they have moments like that Rose.

I would've probably gone for the nexus but with four kids stretching the budget to the nexus was a stretch too far ( OH been made redudant and finishes fri)

She was happy with a plain kindle, I could just stretch t the fire, but seeing at £99 made my mind up!!!

I have just bought a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 from John Lewis and got a free two year gaurantee with it, as well as £50 Cashback offer from Samsung, making the actual price £268, and im very pleased with it.

Theres plenty of apps available from Samsung and the Google store, including many free ones, and you can use it just the same as a Kindle for downloading books. The memory can also be expanded by using a micro card, and add a small usb cable to the power socket and you then have the chance to run it on a dongle if needed.

Not all tablets have the facility to do this.

Julia