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2 new Honeycomb Tegra 2 10 inch tablets for $400~$450

Just read an article that pointed to Best Buy for a new Asus 10 inch android tablet with better specs than our beloved gTabs for $400. And... it's already got honeycomb.
Asus Eee Pad Transformer tablet
Acer Iconia A500
The Asus Transformer is delayed for a U.S. launch now until the end of this month due to supply shortages.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/13/asus-apologizes-for-eee-pad-transformer-delay-it-wont-detail-u/

I *really* hope they can release it at $400, the recent video preview (Via Slashgear) made it pretty attractive (to me at least).

This is one of the devices I was eyeing. Allegedly it has an IPS screen as well. Anyone who's read my posts long enough knows how badly I want an IPS screen.

Yep, the Eee Pad Transformer looks like a winner to me.
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I guess we'll have to wait for someone here to get one in their hands and do a proper review.
If it gets love from the creative folks at xda then I may sell off my second gTab and pick one of these up once it's released to the public.

and im now disappointed in my gtab before i even get it, thanks alot!

hopefully it cant be rooted =D

At this price I'm interested as well. I have a couple of friends who are interested in my Gtablet with the Vegan rom and accessories for around $300. If Honeycomb isn't available for the Gtab by the time this comes out I may make the switch.

Isn't it being released April 6th? 5 days?!?!

DroidHam said:
and im now disappointed in my gtab before i even get it, thanks alot!
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Don't be. It's $285 (assuming you are a Woot! user) and this ASUS device has NOT been released yet. It may not show up for a month, or longer.
The GTAB will be dated one day, but that's going to happen for all electronics, it's unavoidable.

That dock (that basically turns the tablet into a laptop) looks sweet! Even though the price for the dock hasn't been announced (at least not to my knowledge) I want it.
Also, the fact the tablet comes with an HDMI port on it rather than relying on the dock is also pretty cool.
It will be very interesting indeed to get the review when someone here can get their hands on it.

If I can confirm this will be available for $400 @ Best Buy next week, I will be putting my gtab on craigslist ASAP and coughing up the $115 extra for IPS screen with honeycomb!

DroidHam said:
and im now disappointed in my gtab before i even get it, thanks alot!
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Don't be, man. If you always want the latest and greatest, you will never buy anything at all. Ever. With the number of companies in the world and how fast they are moving in research and development, whatever you buy will always be outdated.
Personally, I think the gtab is good for me for at least a few years.

DroidHam said:
Isn't it being released April 6th? 5 days?!?!
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I'll believe it when I see it. But if this thing comes out in 5 days in my local BB, I will be getting one! This could replace my SmartQ R10.

DroidHam said:
If I can confirm this will be available for $400 @ Best Buy next week, I will be putting my gtab on craigslist ASAP and coughing up the $115 extra for IPS screen with honeycomb!
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Plus a built in HDMI port.

DroidHam said:
If I can confirm this will be available for $400 @ Best Buy next week, I will be putting my gtab on craigslist ASAP and coughing up the $115 extra for IPS screen with honeycomb!
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I would wait to see the reviews. The Motorola Xoom (honeycomb) out of the box wasn't as zippy as our gTabs.
And besides, you got a helluva deal on your gTAB purchase compared to early adopters like me that paid the $400 on them in November/December of last year. Who knows, if you get your gTab and put a custom ROM on it (I'm running VEGAn 5.1.1) you may decide to wait a while before you fork out that extra $115.

I have thirty days to return gtablet to Sears looks like I might do so and get Asus
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im scouring the web for a real price/release date now...

sjmoreno said:
I would wait to see the reviews. The Motorola Xoom (honeycomb) out of the box wasn't as zippy as our gTabs.
And besides, you got a helluva deal on your gTAB purchase compared to early adopters like me that paid the $400 on them in November/December of last year. Who knows, if you get your gTab and put a custom ROM on it (I'm running VEGAn 5.1.1) you may decide to wait a while before you fork out that extra $115.
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the only flaw for the gtab is the screen viewing, which im sure a IPS screen would resolve

ill be watching this closely. thanks for the heads up. and with roebeet on-board, the possibilities are endless.
no pressure.

Thinking about trading my A500 for a Xoom...

I walked into Best Buy last week with every intention of buying a Xoom Tablet, but while I was sitting there, I started playing with the Acer Iconia TAB A500 and ended up getting it because it was cheaper. I've been playing with it for the last week and have been somewhat disappointed in some of it's downfalls. The GPS is probably the worst I've ever seen, for some reason doesn't like to play half of my music, Acer support is, for the most part, non-existent, and I've yet to be able to find a very protective case for it, and as a Paramedic student, this thing is traveling all over with me.
So my question is as follows: Are there any ground breaking differences between the Xoom and the A500?
I've read just about every comparison article written, but I'd figure that I'd come here and ask the people that use the Xoom the most.
Edit: I'm talking about the wifi only versions.

Your comparing the two worst 3.1 tablets on the market. Go with Samsung 10.1 or better yet, Asus transformer.
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muzz3256 said:
I walked into Best Buy last week with every intention of buying a Xoom Tablet, but while I was sitting there, I started playing with the Acer Iconia TAB A500 and ended up getting it because it was cheaper. I've been playing with it for the last week and have been somewhat disappointed in some of it's downfalls. The GPS is probably the worst I've ever seen, for some reason doesn't like to play half of my music, Acer support is, for the most part, non-existent, and I've yet to be able to find a very protective case for it, and as a Paramedic student, this thing is traveling all over with me.
So my question is as follows: Are there any ground breaking differences between the Xoom and the A500?
I've read just about every comparison article written, but I'd figure that I'd come here and ask the people that use the Xoom the most.
Edit: I'm talking about the wifi only versions.
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The US Xoom is a Google Experience Device which means you're always going to get OS updates first. The Xoom is also the ONLY tablet that supports 802.11 a/b/g/n that means you can operate on 2.4ghz wifi or 5ghz wifi. The Xoom is built stronger in my opinion.
The samsung is very pretty but after reading about how users are able to just flex them in their hands with little to no effort and reading reports of the glass popping out of the tablet... yeah no thanks. To say that comparing the Acer and the Xoom is comparing the worst two units on the market is short sighted and ignorant at worst.
I'd definately want the Xoom over any other tablet released to date.

So how's the playback & GPS on the Xoom? I'm been having difficulty with a lot of my 1080p videos on the A500, and the gps can't get a lock to save it's own life. I've updated the A500 to 3.1 and while the 1080p video playback has improved (it's not as choppy), the GPS is a worse as ever!

The GPS works like a charm. I've used it as a giant Garmin a few times. As for the video. I haven't tried anything in HD, but flash video can be a little jumpy. Most videos below 1080p are butter, but like I said, you can get the occasional jumpiness in flash videos.

boglwe said:
Your comparing the two worst 3.1 tablets on the market. Go with Samsung 10.1 or better yet, Asus transformer.
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Your kidding right? The xoom is far better then the galaxy tab, its plastic low Res crappiness. If you don't like the xoom gtfo of our forum. You dumbasses who are just here to talk **** are getting annoying. I'm assuming you own all four tablets and have thouroughly tested their pros and cons right?
The xoom is a very solid, well spec'd well supported piece of hardware.
Oh by the way how are you liking 3.2 on your gtab? Its beautiful on my xoom. Wait Samsung hasn't pushed that update yet? Sorry
Timely updates are important too. Xoom wins again
Kiss mine dude.
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Well, I think that the GPS working just put the nail in the Acer's coffin. I think that a trip back to Best Buy is in my future tomorrow......

muzz3256 said:
Well, I think that the GPS working just put the nail in the Acer's coffin. I think that a trip back to Best Buy is in my future tomorrow......
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Yea. GPS status n tools works well enough to accurately read car speed on my xoom, accurately lol.
The xoom is also pure google, which means its like the nexus line of phones.... you get the latest updates faster, the now 2 year old nexus is still more up to date then most phones you can buy today. So, ice cream sandwich and beyond is all but promised for the xoom. People have different opinions, but I'm enjoying 3.2 right now, before any other tablet. Like the galaxy tab 10.1 for example.
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cwizardtx said:
The US Xoom is a Google Experience Device which means you're always going to get OS updates first
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Its just a PITFA if you're not in the US.

Your kidding right? The xoom is far better then the galaxy tab, its plastic low Res crappiness. If you don't like the xoom gtfo of our forum.
Kiss mine dude.
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There is no reason to answer like that. I have a galaxy tab and probably I will return it today for a xoom or a refund because of the newton rings problem on the display. But I can guarantee that the galaxy tab display is far superior to any other display actually on the market. Why you say low res? It has the same resolution of the xoom 1280x800. It uses an EPS display and it's much better on brightness and contrast than the xoom one. You shouldn't over react like that providing wrong information just because you like your xoom so much.
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i believe he reacted like that because there are a lot of guys coming into this forum to talk crap..... when all is said and done, all these tabs have pretty much the same specs. The 10.1 has no ports or SD but a nicer screen. The iconia is bigger and heavier, but cheaper and has a full sized USB. And the transformer has a nice screen but no USB without the dock. Its all about what's important to the person buying the device. I returned my iconia for the xoom and haven't looked back, and yes I tried the transformer for a few days too. It was nice but having to attach the dock to hook up USB devices was a pain in my opinion. I bought a tab so I didn't need a keyboard and mouse.

cheetah2k said:
Its just a PITFA if you're not in the US.
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Honestly if I lived outside the US and had wifi only I'd just flash the US images and be done with it.

I was actually suggesting the transformer over the gt any day..I was not trying to say don't get it but I just found it odd the compare was zoom vs Acer when two knew tabs are on the market. I own the ts and am seriously considering the zoom..the snapdragon is the killer for me for.
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Well I went and returned the Iconia today and picked up a Xoom. It feels like its better built and more solid, and the GPS receiver is rock solid, which was a deal breaker for me. The folks at best buy were shocked that I was returning it for the Xoom, as they all thought that the Acer was the better tab. I feel much happier with the Xoom, its doing everything that I need it to and more!
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muzz3256 said:
Well I went and returned the Iconia today and picked up a Xoom. It feels like its better built and more solid, and the GPS receiver is rock solid, which was a deal breaker for me. The folks at best buy were shocked that I was returning it for the Xoom, as they all thought that the Acer was the better tab. I feel much happier with the Xoom, its doing everything that I need it to and more!
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GPS is one of the biggest reasons I chose the Xoom. The wifi version has a TRUE GPS chip onboard.
It's not assisted (rofl) gps, nor cellular triangulation, but a real gps chip and you don't have to buy the 3G version (cough icrap cough) to get it either.

Daemon1978 said:
There is no reason to answer like that. I have a galaxy tab and probably I will return it today for a xoom or a refund because of the newton rings problem on the display. But I can guarantee that the galaxy tab display is far superior to any other display actually on the market. Why you say low res? It has the same resolution of the xoom 1280x800. It uses an EPS display and it's much better on brightness and contrast than the xoom one. You shouldn't over react like that providing wrong information just because you like your xoom so much.
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Its not that. Its like this, I'm a loyal HTC customer, and not a big fan of samsungs phones. But do I go post in the captivate forum talking crap about a product I don't own, when someone needs help with a valid question? No. That's rude and counterproductive
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I chose the xoom because I like the nice solid feel, I hate UI overlays and know how google beautifully supports devices they use to launch a new version of android. Also, I purchased mine before there was any competition, Ive played with a few other tabs, the galaxy felt flimsy, the transformer was about equal to my xoom IMO, and the Acer felt.... awkward I guess
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boglwe said:
Your comparing the two worst 3.1 tablets on the market. Go with Samsung 10.1 or better yet, Asus transformer.
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Asus Transformer? Are you kidding?
I am on my second TF. There are some major manufacturing issues with this device. The screen bleeds light from around the edges, the battery drain on their dock, speaker issues, Flash 10.3 at 6 frames/sec, etc. IMHO, the TF is not a good device at all. The 32GB TF was $499, the dock was $149. I had to return the device once and the new one, well, it is OK but no better. I think the Asus TF is sexy but overpriced. I got my Xoom for $499 and it just has a better feel and operates better. Once I get my 3.2 OTA update to have a MicroSD, the Xoom will probably be my favorite.

I did and I'm happy I did it.

I just got 3.2 last night. There's not really much use for the SD card. Or, I haven't figured it out, and ive spent alot of time trying, and the only way I can even see files on it was a file manager, but its already partitioned for my evo. So I think I may need to find a new one and try it.
3.2 is even faster and less battery draining, less force closes across all aps, and the portrait home/app screen is now lag free for me. The keyboard feels improved and auto correct and predict seem more intelligent. Zooming apps is nice. Browser is snappier along with most all data using apps. Maybe some updating on that end?
I'm very happy with my xoom after 3.2
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Asus Eee Pad or Touchpad

Just wondering if you have to choose between Asus Eee Pad or HP touchpad? I have just bought touchpad as an impulse purchase, and it does email and browsing pretty well, and that's it. Not a hugh app collection, and there are some intense effort to get Microsoft share working with overclock kernel upto 1.9 Ghz.
I have Viewsonic and HP Touchpad, and always wanted EE Pad, but using Viewsonic version of Honeycomb, touchpad's WebOS is so refined, but lack apps.
Any thoughts?

I think there is some dev groups that work on a honeycomb version for the touch pad so maybe u should wait
And about the eee pad, overall great tablet (and i didnt did root yet)
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i9apps said:
I think there is some dev groups that work on a honeycomb version for the touch pad so maybe u should wait
And about the eee pad, overall great tablet (and i didnt did root yet)
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Thanks. I do have working Honeycomb on my Viewsonic Gtablet, and It works great, but still don't have optimized kernel. I have just started using the touchpad, and I am in love with card system in OS. So ahead of everybody including Apple and Google OS in my opinion.

rob_z11 said:
Just wondering if you have to choose between Asus Eee Pad or HP touchpad? I have just bought touchpad as an impulse purchase, and it does email and browsing pretty well, and that's it. Not a hugh app collection, and there are some intense effort to get Microsoft share working with overclock kernel upto 1.9 Ghz.
I have Viewsonic and HP Touchpad, and always wanted EE Pad, but using Viewsonic version of Honeycomb, touchpad's WebOS is so refined, but lack apps.
Any thoughts?
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I have a Touchpad and can relate to your comparison with the Viewsonic. The TF 101 is a great first tablet while the Touchpad is small, light and limited. I am glad to have both, but favor the TF101 for all it's capabiities.

Meltn said:
I have a Touchpad and can relate to your comparison with the Viewsonic. The TF 101 is a great first tablet while the Touchpad is small, light and limited. I am glad to have both, but favor the TF101 for all it's capabiities.
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My biggest issue with the Android in Honeycomb/Viewsonic is that email client for Exchange is slow and downright pitiful. I wonder if Exchange clinet is smooth as Touchpad on TF101?

The Touchpad owns it in build quality, sound quality, and OS especially at $99 or $149. I had a Transformer and dock for 2 months and used the crap out of it but sold it because the web browsing was frustrating among other things. Got lucky too and got $539 out of it on Ebay so hardly lost anything. Then ended up getting 5 touchpad at the firesale prices and sold 2 on Ebay for $290 and $250 then another at cost and kept 2 so I basically got 2 free TouchPads.

It's all about the apps, really. Sure, webOS is a nice mobile OS, and I used a launch day Pre for about 18 months before giving up on ever seeing legitimate app support on the platform. The TouchPad is a decent enough device for $99, but you can't really compare it to the Transformer--one's a dead platform, another is just starting out.
I can do much, much more on Android than on webOS. So while the TouchPad makes for a cheap (at the fire sale price) browsing and email machine, I'd not plan on doing much more with it.

My touchpad will be arriving next week. I seriously doubt it will replace my Transformer, but probably my iPad 2 (which I can then dedicate exclusively to games). We will see...

Touchpad vs Transformer
I bought a TP in the 'firesale' and have been very impressed by what it can do. But, and its a big but, I do see Android and my TF as the way to go. The HP machine is sitting in my livingroom. It is really handy just to be able to pick it up, read an email or browse to the news then put it down again. It also is a very good photo frame (logged on to my Flickr account). Not bad for £90.
But if I want to do something useful, like access Facebook, Google Maps, have a look at my schedule, or whatever, then I reach for the TF. With access to the android market and all the apps it has, it is so much more useful.
So,, they can happily live together in my world.

chandalf said:
I bought a TP in the 'firesale' and have been very impressed by what it can do. But, and its a big but, I do see Android and my TF as the way to go. The HP machine is sitting in my livingroom. It is really handy just to be able to pick it up, read an email or browse to the news then put it down again. It also is a very good photo frame (logged on to my Flickr account). Not bad for £90.
But if I want to do something useful, like access Facebook, Google Maps, have a look at my schedule, or whatever, then I reach for the TF. With access to the android market and all the apps it has, it is so much more useful.
So,, they can happily live together in my world.
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I think the future will be full of tablets in one household... one to replace paper note pads, one to replace your phone (I use facetime on my ipad more than the regular phone when talking with my parents), one to replace a tv guide and remote control, one to replace recipe books, etc... if they come down to the $50 - $100 with minimal hardware specs, they can fill just about any "small tasks". Of course, we will always have our "main" device, which does many tasks, but the idea of having multiple devices to do certain things is a great idea. When I work, I use my TF for office stuff and my ipad for written notes, calculator or a second screen - beats the hell out of paper.
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Thanks for everyone's input.. I think there is a place for HP Touchpad and Android Based Eee Pad in my living room. It is incredible OS in my opinion for browsing and email. I wish Android can adopt some of those card like features. incredibly smart.

rob_z11 said:
Thanks for everyone's input.. I think there is a place for HP Touchpad and Android Based Eee Pad in my living room. It is incredible OS in my opinion for browsing and email. I wish Android can adopt some of those card like features. incredibly smart.
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before buying the TF please take a look at these 2 vids
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPN3hHI9y-E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI-guAGGK3s
this should be out before too long (hopefully by end of year--october is what people are saying). TF2 will get this and the price of the original TF will go down while TF2 will come in at $399.

For the price, the Touchpad. Can't go wrong with a tablet that can run CM7 and be overclocked to almost 2GHz for $99. I wish I could find one, every Best Buy in NYC is sold out

SwiftLegend said:
For the price, the Touchpad. Can't go wrong with a tablet that can run CM7 and be overclocked to almost 2GHz for $99. I wish I could find one, every Best Buy in NYC is sold out
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they are making a 2nd wave of them from what i heard.

jblah said:
before buying the TF please take a look at these 2 vids
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPN3hHI9y-E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI-guAGGK3s
this should be out before too long (hopefully by end of year--october is what people are saying). TF2 will get this and the price of the original TF will go down while TF2 will come in at $399.
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Looks bhawss. Maybe I'll just hold on to that $99, sell my TF to my dad (lol) and buy a TF 2 when it's out XD

The TF2 is already being delayed. I wouldn't expect it before Q1 of 2012.

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The TF2 is already being delayed. I wouldn't expect it before Q1 of 2012.
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most reports are saying a "month or a bit more" as reported from August. It was suppose to come out Aug 31st but since the Tegra 3 got delayed they are also delayed. Hopefully it'll be out by October - November.

Past experience tells me to not hold my breathe

Unless the TF2 is $399 or less, ASUS would be making a mistake releasing it in the next 6 months. The Android tablet market is not doing well at all and it would benefit manufacturers to keep their products in the market longer, but at a lower price. Tablets are not phones, manufacturers do not have to make ten models a year...
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EP2008 said:
Unless the TF2 is $399 or less, ASUS would be making a mistake releasing it in the next 6 months. The Android tablet market is not doing well at all and it would benefit manufacturers to keep their products in the market longer, but at a lower price. Tablets are not phones, manufacturers do not have to make ten models a year...
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TF2 is suppose to be $399. TF did pretty well in terms of # of sales around 400,000 i believe. either way, TF2 is on the way!

Which Android tablet should I buy at of these?

Okay well I want to get a new tablet not really sure about if I want a 10inch or a 7inch. But currently right now I know the place were I will be buying the tablet. I can choose from any of these tablets here
Buy the best Chinese Android Tablet PC on Lightake.com
The reason I can only buy from there is that I could get a really good price for them(not the original prices that are shown, I can get good discounts since I am a pretty big customer) anyways which tablet do you think I should get. I was leaning against this one though
http://lightake.com/detail.do/sku.P...Core_ARM_Cortex_A9_WIFI_Tablet_PC_Black-46750
it seemed nice because it has Android 3.2, and a Nvidia Tegra2 processor. But maybe I am mistaken or something, and don't even know which of those tablets have the best processor/ram. Here is a OPAD P10 Tegra2 Tablet PC performance test : OPAD P10 benchmark of it. Is that supposed to be good? That benchmark was done on it when the tablet was on Android 2.2 though it says.
Anyways which one out of all should I get. Please don't like me to other websites. If I had to choose one from those websites which should I get?
If this is in the wrong section please move it.

it's only 512 RAM
everything else is pretty decent

You choose which u want its almost same
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I wouldn't buy a Tegra 2 tablet right now. I've got an Asus Transformer and it's not as smooth as you'd expect from a dual-core even overclocked, the browser crashes when it runs out of memory which it does too often and Tegra 2 brings its own problems with video playback.
I'd wait a while.

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I wouldn't buy a Tegra 2 tablet right now. I've got an Asus Transformer and it's not as smooth as you'd expect from a dual-core even overclocked, the browser crashes when it runs out of memory which it does too often and Tegra 2 brings its own problems with video playback.
I'd wait a while.
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I have one transformer too. No video playback problem, with stock speed.
Tegra 2 is awesome.

RAM is less, else it's fine.

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I wouldn't buy a Tegra 2 tablet right now. I've got an Asus Transformer and it's not as smooth as you'd expect from a dual-core even overclocked, the browser crashes when it runs out of memory which it does too often and Tegra 2 brings its own problems with video playback.
I'd wait a while.
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what he said.
Biggest let down with the 10.1 was the lack of highdef video playback capability.

So should I buy that tablet? What about the one right next to which is also 10 inch but has Froyo. I bet I can upgrade that to Honeycomb though. But how do the specs compare?

do not buy the tab from the link, its a version of the advent vega. this tablet was put out with 2.2, but a coulple of devs from tabletroms ported hc 3.2 to the vega and clones. you can buy this tablet for about 200$ and the easely put hc 3.2 on it yourself. have a look at the forums on here for thr advent vega, you will see for your self..Dont buy from the link its a ripoff price.
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acer w500 looks good ^^

rozza21 said:
do not buy the tab from the link, its a version of the advent vega. this tablet was put out with 2.2, but a coulple of devs from tabletroms ported hc 3.2 to the vega and clones. you can buy this tablet for about 200$ and the easely put hc 3.2 on it yourself. have a look at the forums on here for thr advent vega, you will see for your self..Dont buy from the link its a ripoff price.
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Yeah but should the 3.2 run fine on it? I can get the tab for a really cheap price... Or are there any other tabs on that website that I should get instead of that one? Or that is the best one.

it will be the best one. But are u sure you can get it for less than 180$? check google, look up all the different versions of the vega, and then look on ebay if your really cant get it cheaper...just really dont want you get screwed over...Also because a lot of chinese websites try to profit from the hard work of all the devs over at tabletroms...
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There is only one ANDROID tablet in the world that I can call a good investment - EEE Pad Transformer.
You can't get cheap and good wine at the same time - cheap one will make you headache and it will be a complete waste of money.

well in my oppinon theres only one good one; the ipad 2. now dont start flaming me, but honeycomb just isnt ready yet, apps dont work together, apps dont work at all, stuff crashes, stupid memory management, crashes the lot. ive had android tabs, but now an ipad 2, and love it, it may be a lil dull, but everything just works
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the cheapest one a viewsonic gtablet (a direct clone of the vega) is 210 including shipping on ebay here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/ViewSonic-g...40622142181?pt=US_Tablets&hash=item20bdbb9ae5
a guy selling one here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1305300
another one here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1281425
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i almost forgot to mention.
Blackberry playbooks are for sale $199
it's a dual core processor and it can run android apps
heck, it can even be hacked to run android like the hp touchpads
if you want to spend $130-ish on some medium quality tablets, might as well spend just a little bit more to get a quality one.
or see if you can still get hold to one of those $99 hp touchpads and install android on it

99$ touchpads now go for 200-250$.. Playbook is a good one, nice solid device but does not run full android, only android apps...and thats only leaked, not official, still awaiting official release..
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rozza21 said:
well in my oppinon theres only one good one; the ipad 2. now dont start flaming me, but honeycomb just isnt ready yet, apps dont work together, apps dont work at all, stuff crashes, stupid memory management, crashes the lot. ive had android tabs, but now an ipad 2, and love it, it may be a lil dull, but everything just works
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I totally agree with you.

So I assume that tablet is the best on their website right? How about this http://lightake.com/detail.do/sku.C...ex_A9_WIFI_3G_Tablet_PC_4GB_Black_White-46557
Is that one better then the other one?
By the way my cousin has the acer iconia tablet with Android 3.2. And I like it so I guess I would like that clone as well, would there be any difference?

the first isnt better, cause it only has 2.2 Please keep in mind the honeycomb on the tab in second link is only a beta, so far more buggy than your cousins tablet...
considered an used ipad 1? An acer iconia a100?
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[Q] Should I get a Tablet?

Ok. So I have the Epic 4G Touch. I'm thinking about picking up an Asus Transformer for $250 at Best Buy this Black Friday. I pointed out the phone so that I don't get a tablet that is weaker than my phone. I'm expecting it to be on par, or better.
Will a tablet really be worth it? Or should I just stick with using my phone. The Asus is a dual tegra device, so I'm expecting something good there. I really don't want to spend no $500+ for a tablet when I can get a laptop with WAY better standards.
I'm kinda feeling the tablet thing. Take it to school and use it to do my online work, play Android games and ROMS, type up papers. That's all I'm really doing with my laptop. When I need to do my programming work, then of course I'll use my laptop.
So I'm guessing I should join the tablet family? eL oh eL!! Any tablets that people would recommend? I'm liking the Asus since it's dual Tegra and I can try out those Tegra apps.

Better wait for transformer with tegra 3 chipset.. tegra 2 got some problems like hd video playback in browser and I recommend to wait for TEGRA 3.. if. U r in hurry, u can get one however...
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rpankaj said:
Better wait for transformer with tegra 3 chipset.. tegra 2 got some problems like hd video playback in browser and I recommend to wait for TEGRA 3.. if. U r in hurry, u can get one however...
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I don't really plan on HD Video watching. Though I'll look at some of the problems that seem to be surfacing about the dual Tegra chipset, to see if the Pros way out the Cons.
And I'm sure the Tegra 3 tablet coming out this Christmas will run at least $500 Wifi only, and I don't really plan on paying that much. I could just sell my phone, get a mid-range Android phone, and then get a Data enabled Tablet. I MIGHT do that if I want a tablet that powerful. No need for walking around with 2 Hydrogen Bombs. eL oh eL!!

Well 250 is a good price. If I had the extra time to wait in lines and the extra cash I would pick one up.

Poimandres said:
Well 250 is a good price. If I had the extra time to wait in lines and the extra cash I would pick one up.
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I just got it now. Getting ready to use it now.