What happened to the Tesco HUDL?

What happened to the Tesco HUDL?

The Hudl runs the Android Jelly Bean operating system and was manufactured by Wistron. In April 2014, it was announced that Tesco had sold 500,000 Hudl tablets since launch, and a new model was planned. The second generation Hudl 2 was announced in October 2014. However, in October 2015 the brand was discontinued.

Does a Tesco HUDL 2 have GPS?

Like previously, the Hudl 2 has dual-band Wi-Fi, GPS a micro-HDMI port and Tesco says that it will offer eight hours of battery life which is one hour less than the Hudl 1 but this is likely down to the new screen.

Why did Tesco discontinue Hudl?

Like the Fire tablets and Amazon’s various side-projects, the Hudl effectively acted as a portal to Tesco’s own digital services, including its streaming services and e-book store, all of which have been closed down. Manufacturing Hudls was probably no longer cost-effective, so Amazon decided to pull the plug.

Do Hudls still work?

For readers who may not know, the Hudl was a hardy little tablet Tesco sold between 2013 and 2015, before it was sadly discontinued. However, Hudls should still work just fine, albeit more slowly than they used to.

What size is a Tesco HUDL 2?

Tesco Hudl 2

How good is the Tesco Hudl display?

paper, the Tesco Hudl display makes very good reading. It features a 1,400 x 900 HD resolution screen offering 242 ppi (pixels per inch). 1,920 x 1,200 of the Nexus 7 2. It also has a small edge over the similarly priced Asus MeMO Pad HD 7, which has a 1,280 x 800 resolution screen.

How does the Tesco Hudl compare to Google’s Nexus 7?

At a cost of just £119, the Tesco Hudl is a good £80 cheaper than the second generation Nexus 7. What’s more, with a 1.5GHz quad-core processor, a 7-inch HD display and near-as-damnit stock Android Jelly Bean, it would appear to be a close match for Google’s pace-setting compact tablet.

Will Tesco’s Hudl tablet undermine all other Android tablets?

It took a while for Android tablets to really take off, but the combination of a solid OS and capable-yet-cheap hardware has led to success for the Google Nexus 7, the Amazon Kindle Fire HD and others. Now this Tesco tablet, the Hudl, has arrived with its very own budget Android 4.2.2 OS, and it’s threatening to undermine them all.

How good is the Hudl’s screen resolution?

But it still comes in at a respectable 1440 x 900 resolution, which is a good bit sharper than the likes of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, and is even ahead of last year’s Google Nexus 7. The Hudl produces a solid 242ppi, which isn’t far short of the full-sized iPad 4 in terms of pure pixel density.