THE GOOGLE PLAY-ER: GEMINI JOYTAB 9.7

Packed in much the same chassis as the Disgo 9104 (right), and with a near-identical spec sheet, the JoyTab from tech giant — ahem — Gemini ramps up the goodness with Google Play working straight out of the box.

A superb budget slate, this is as cheap as it is splendid

With 16GB of onboard storage and the option to expand via microSD you'll have plenty of space for all your digital life nuggets and, if the 9.7-inch, 1024x768 screen isn't doing it for you, you can hook it up to your big screen TV using the HDMI port. For this price, it's very hard to find fault with the JoyTab, even if the 1GHz single-core is a bit last year.

£180,GEMINIDEVICES.COM