So what would be the bare minimum to spend on one of these? They seem much more practical to carry around than laptops and i'd just be needing one for the occasional college assignment so i'm wondering if it would be worth it.
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So what would be the bare minimum to spend on one of these? They seem much more practical to carry around than laptops and i'd just be needing one for the occasional college assignment so i'm wondering if it would be worth it.
Well, I guess you did not know about the HP Touchpad bargain a few weeks ago.
Next one could be the less interresting HTC Flyer.
I know that there's a $35 tablet that will enter the Indian market soon.
But cheap ass tablet market is a bit hard to explore, as you have so many options but never really know what you get.
Most of the time, specs aren't in line with what you get for user space, ram or even cpu...
You mainly get an android 2.x tablet, that will never be upgradable and have to pray it isn't full of bugs.
I did search for a while, there are fora for such devices, but since you have so many tablets, you never really get lots of testimonies per device. So you can't really tell the difference between someone trying to fool some potential buyers or real users talking about their experience with the product.
Hope it helps, even if it doesn't really answer your needs.
If you get more info about cheap ass tablets, feel free to share.
Edit:
I guess a second hand Ipad first gen would still be too expensive, or even a refurbished one.
A second hand Galaxy Tab would be a good idea, but it's too recent to have a bargain.
These are $6 per tablet, but you have to buy them in a 2 pack:
http://www.officemax.com/catalog/ima.../24776p_01.jpg
6$?
even for two of them, it's expensive.
as for the electronic tablets... I think that 2nd hand is your best chance. find some early adapter that has an Ipad and another kind of tablet.
Either find an HP WebOS tablet for cheap or one of the many Android-based tablets and root it to run Android OS.
Keep an eye on the Kindle Fire, $199. Though I don't know if Portugal will have them.
I was thinking more like 100 euros, tops
You'll either get quality, or get crap. And quite truthfully just about everything below the $400 (and some above) price range are plain and simply crap, not worth spending the money on. So, if your getting a tablet, shell out the money for the expensive out the ass ones, or go for the Kindle Fire, being shipped this November 15th, which I've also pre-ordered.
By the way, the only reason to purchase one of these things, is for the ability to read (main reason I got the fire) books on them....(they're just smartphones with bigger screens)
If you already own a smartphone/laptop, getting one of these things is totally redundant.
I like the idea behind the fire though, where storage is all done on the cloud. Seems very useful, and with an 8 hour battery life, carrying all my books around on this thing as opposed to the massive textbooks I lug around now sounds like a godsend.
If your not interested in that, go get yourself a tiny Lenovo business laptop or something.
I just want one for reports and shit and my big manly hands don't go well with pussy netbooks
Well, those hands sure will be happy to meet a cheap ass tablet...Quote:
Originally Posted by Archangel
If you plan on typing reports, my idea is that a tablet isn't the best option.
I'm 99% sure a net connection eats many times more battery than an SDHC card. Considering the official specs, I'm sure that eight hours was measured without using the net connection (and thus the cloud) at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lucifus
Yes, this is true. You can transfer from the cloud whatever you want to your device (admittedly limited 8 GB, but hey, its 200!) and kill the wifi for up to 8 hours of continuous reading. That's a win in my book.
I will remain skeptical of how much use I'll be putting into it, but for the price, this seems like a solid device.
Nevermind, been sold.
Ok, new deal
Especificações
Processador VIA© WM8650 at 1gHz
Sistema Operativo Google© Android™ 2.3 com ROM modificada para melhor performance
Ecrã 7" multi toque LCD; 800 x 480 pixels; 16:9
Multitouch de 2-pontos para Zoom In / Out
RAM 512MB DDR2
Memória 4GB memória embutida Cartão SD 2GB
Extensível até 34GB por cartão MicroSD
Câmera Webcam 2 megapixel
Rede WiFi 802.11 b/g
Entrada rede RJ45 LAN
Audio Colunas Stereo e microfone embutidos
Interface I/O Jack para headphone x 1
2 Porta USB 2.0
Sensor Gravidade Embutido - 4 direcções
Bateria 2600 mAh Li-iron (2:30h - 3:00h de utilização reais / cerca de 2h de utilização de internet por WiFi)
Adaptador corrente 110 ~ 240V input / 9V output.
Língua Multi-Língua suportado pelo Android™, incluído Português
Dimensões 199 x 128 x 8~14mm
Peso 370 gramas
85 euros, sorry for the portuguese details but you should get the gist of it. I'm simply looking for something to stuff my school books and print in, so a good readable screen is a must.
With that in mind my only issue is probably how small the screen is, but from 7 to 10 inches there's a pretty steep price up. I'm also not sure if resolution could be an issue? I just want to be able to read text clearly.
Reminds me of the cheapass Chinese tablet I've tried at work. You won't likely have the Android Market app on it, but I'm sure a pro-pirate such as yourself will hack it in in no time. Because it'd be a huge bother not to have access to it. I've only wasted a few hours on the tablet as it is, but I learned that much soon. Consequently I also learned I will never buy those brandless, cheap Chinese things for my own use. It's impressive how cheap they are, but in the end you will soon learn why they are so cheap.
Ok, i have a good feeling about this one
Launch date : February 2011
Hardware
Dimensions: 269.91mm*170.45mm*14.89mm
Weight: 720 g
CPU: Infortm X220 presneted as an ARM11 at 1Ghz
Memory ROM: 4 Gb Nand Flash (3,74 Gb available for storage)
Memory RAM: 512 MB DDR2
Memory slot: 1x microSD / T-flash up to 32Gb
Webcam: Yes, 1.3 MP (Photo: 1200×1600 & video MP4 640×480, 7fps, sound mono)
Color display: 10.1” TFT LCD resistive single touch screen
Resolution: 1024 x 600 pixels
Battery: Rechargeable battery, 3800mAh
Power adaptor: 9V
USB: Yes, 2x USB
Speaker: Yes, mono
G sensor: Yes, 4 axes
GPS: Yes, supplied external GPS
I/O ports: 2x USB 2.0, mini HDMI, 3.5 mm audio jack, built-in microphone
Ethernet: Yes, RJ45
Wireless interface: Wifi 802.11b/g
3G: Option with 3G USB dongle
Software
Operating system: Android 2.2
Multilingual: Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Spanish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Chinese
Browser / email / Chat: Google Chrome browser, MSN, email (Exchange, POP3, IMAP4, Google, Hotmail, Yahoo…)
Video: AVI, MKV(XVID/px/H.264), MOV, TS, M2TS, RM/RMVB, FLV, 3GP, MPEG, DAT, MP4 up to 1080p
Music: MP3,WMA,APE,FLAC,OGG,WAV,Frequency response: 20Hz to 20000Hz
Recording: WAV, WMA
Photo: JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF…
eBook Reader: Yes (to be installed from Android Market)
Applications: My Pad, Navigateur, e-mail, Music player, Video player, Galerie, Agenda, Calculatrice (RealCalc), magnétophone, appareil photo (webcam), horloge, contacts, Android Market, Gmail, Ethernet settings, Sytem Update, Paramètres, Wifi setings.
140€, seems to have fairly positive reviews for a chinese tablet and the speccs are great. Did i mention i have a good feeling about this one?
Do yourself a favor and get a Blackberry Playbook. Hands down it is the best hardware you can get for the price. It's portable (i take mine EVERYWHERE) has a beautiful screen, great for multitasking, the Print2Go feature is very useful for school, and its cheap. $199 for the 16 GB if i recall correctly.
I wouldnt recommend a cheap Chinese tablet, cuz you'll probably regret it at the end of the day. besides for 140 euros, you mite as well for the the playbook (i dunno what the euro conversion is, but its probably not far off)
When you're looking at cheaper tablets, you really only have a few choices...Playbook, Kindle Fire, HP TouchPad (good luck finding that) or a few other comparable Android tabs. I dont think there are many that are in the lower price bracket, and i can say for sure the PB beats out any tablet in its price range in terms of hardware specs. Plus if you're using a blackberry, you can bridge your data plan, so you have internet anywhere you go (you can also hotspot, but some carriers charge for that while bridging is always free)
My tablet just arrived, i went with the ZENITHINK C91 ZT-280 at around 200 euros. My only previous experience was with the Eee Pad Transformer TF101 which is around twice as much and i gotta tell yah, i'm not disappointed at all.
You guys might want to review your opinions on chinese tablets, there are bargains to be found if you look hard enough.