Thanks James,
The lady from Halifax that resides with me has her birthday later this month and had been making subtle comments about how nice it would be to receive such a tablet; so it has been reduced in price just at the right time.
I got the 32GB version a couple of months ago (recommended in the review I read) after having an older version for a few years. I am impressed with it although, to date, the 16GB would have had more memory than I will require.
It isn't an iPad but it isn't near the price of one and does all the things that I require. Notably, the camera is meant more as a webcam and is not meant as a general camera.
I did find that there were minor problems with my Microsoft-based email account but have since changed to gmail which is fully compatible. I had the same problem with my Samsung phone and Microsoft. Apparently "hotmail"-based addresses (including "live") won't talk civilly to Google-based units.