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zero129 said:
Soleron said:
If you buy cheap, the spec may not be bad but it will be frustrating to use and unsupported after a few months.

Go for the Nexus.

Why is that?, would it be cos of the OS? i thought the OS on Andriod devices could be updated?, sorry i really dont know much about tablets :-/

Assume it can't be.

It can only be upgraded if:

- The manufacturer supports it, which they won't for an obscure, cheap, probably EOL tablet. Even Samsung took months to upgrade the most popular Android device, the Galaxy S2, to 4.0 and still isn't supporting 4.1. And there are many more Samsung devices that will never get an upgrade to 4.0 OR 4.1. Most manufacturers are worse, especially on low end devices.

OR - You root (jailbreak) it, voiding the warranty, and install an unsupported custom ROM from the internet. These tend not to even be available for the cheaper devices, because the people who make the ROMs tend to own Galaxy Tabs and very little else. 

And you won't even know before you buy whether the device will ever be upgradeable by either method there. Sony's even set release dates and had beta versions of 4.0 out for Xperia Play and then eventually decided it would never be updated.