I bet it won't have all the functionality of a media centre PC, which you can get for free.

I reckon a Bluetooth controller would make it even better. I think the ps3 controller syncs up pretty easily

Yes, but for many the PS3 controller will be 'free'. Just like my 360 controller being 'free'.

Ah, some do, some don't. There's an app to find out: https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... cker&hl=en

I am now the proud owner of a Hudl2. Cost me £45 once I had used my ClubCard boost.

It's a bit chunky compared to the Mrs' iPad Mini but the screen is sharp and the interface (I use Nova Launcher) at least as responsive as my S5.

Battery seems to be a bit demanding but so far for £45 it's an absolute steal.

Heh. You should have Shaken To Send Feedback; that generates a much better bug report than I can after the fact.

Google Maps was convinced we were actually driving the Saatchi Gallery up the M3.

You can turn that off (if its what i think it is) in chrome settings > merge tabs and apps >off.

Yeah, it's a Lollipop feature and a fucking terrible idea but easily switched back to normal behaviour.

I've never made the jump myself having always been an Android guy but the days where there were massive difference between the two platforms are long gone I'd say. For your general use case (install and running apps, surfing the internet, taking pictures/video, etc) I can't imagine there's any real difference. The only 'complications' I can really see is that there's much more choice in terms of the handset you go for--and an attendant range of quality to go with it--so you obviously need to be more careful when choosing a handset. On that score, as you've said you don't want a 'big' phone, the Sony Z3 Compact is probably your best bet as it's one of the few Android handsets around that's a proper 'flagship' spec just in a smaller form factor. Most other Android phones are either larger sized or an over-priced shit heap phone trading on the reputation of it's bigger brother. Which is to say: avoid anything Samsung with the word 'mini' in it's name as they're shite. And HTC aren't much better.

I wouldn't worry too much about the various manufacturer skins as these days you can just install Google's vanilla Android launcher and get 90% of the pure Android experience right there. After that you just need to deal with the weird rearrangement of the Settings menu that some of them do; with Samsung being the fucking worst offender there as always.

Obviously there will be a bit of a learning curve as you'll always get when moving from one platform to another (I get stuck on really weird things on the few occasions I need to use iOS) but as long as you're not one of those people that freaks out at having to learn a few new things I'm sure you'd be fine.

You could argue that you pay 'most of the price' for not 'most of the specs' but I'm of the opinion that specs on phones are already getting a bit daft.

That's a properly bonkers way to look at it. Whether anyone needs the specs of the full-size handset or not is neither here not there; if you're paying not-much-less and getting a-lot-less then they're over-priced. That's just the reality of the situation. With HTC and Samsung, compared to their bigger brothers, they're always plasticy underpowered cheap feeling little things which, I personally feel, are just exploiting consumers who want a decent phone but don't want a large sized screen.

Ahem! Come on old chap the S3/4/5 were seriously plasticy, so in that regard the Mini versions weren't really much different.

And the HTC One Mini actually had the same finish of its big brother.

'Underpowered' is a loaded word too, 'less powerful' would be more accurate, as in terms of performance they were just fine. (And this is from someone who's used both the S4 Mini and the HTC One Mini - albeit not as my own phone.)

Underpowered is exactly the term I mean because I'm gauging it in comparison to price. You can't say the performance is 'fine' unless you're gauging it compared to something and price is the best yardstick. It wouldn't be 'fine' if they were trying to charge £800 for them but, equally, it would 'awesome' if they only cost 50p.

Having insufficient power for its operation.

It's good to see that with the success of the PS4 Sony still haven't lost the ability to punch themselves in the balls for no reason. They've got a new Android tablet out shortly, the Xperia Z4, which I was eyeing up; and certainly the reviews reckon it's a very nice piece of kit indeed. However, Engadget have confirmed that it'll only be available to buy in the UK bundled with it's keyboard dock, which pushes the price up to £500 and means they can basically fuck off. Offer a separate keyboard by all means, but bundling it in is going to kill the sales of the thing stone dead. Well, aside from the few people who genuinely want to use their tablet as a full laptop replacement. It just seems insane to force it on people, the twats.

What's the business user view on it? Is it a good idea from that point of view?