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Question about buying a tablet and possibility of flashing custom honeycomb roms

Hey everyone
So my situation, I was fortunate to earn a free ipad wifi/3g 16gb from a sales contest at work, well Ive played with the thing for a few weeks and I have to say apple blows. Anyways gunna sell it on ebay, looking like I can get about $450 for it.
I then want to take the money and buy an android tablet, i really want a honeycomb one, but I know they are very expensive as they are just coming out.
So I thought to myself why couldn't I just buy a tablet that comes with Froyo, and then root it, and flash a custom honeycomb rom once a developer ports it over to my device..? It would save me alot of cash/waiting
So a few questions about that
1. Any hardware concerns or min specs that I should look for to make sure it can run honeycomb?
2. Is there alot of developers out there making custom roms for tablets? I havent seen much on here..? Is there another site that is tablet specific?
3. If the I can get those questions answered what tablet would you recomend?
I only need wifi, dont need 3g, I would like something a little smaller than the ipad, price range is $450 or less, and the use will just be for web browsing, playing games, etc...
Thanks!!!

A question for the community: I'm in the market for a tablet, and have taken my sweet time for the last 3 months looking for the best one to buy. I've done my fair share of research and now i'm asking you: Should I buy the ASUS Transformer Prime with the dock, od should i wait for samsung/htc/moto/lenovo/acer... next-gen tablet? My fear is you see, that I'll buy The Prime, and that it won't be supported by some software develeopers, and left out in the cold with some apps, or not on par with the next-gen 2012 tablets. I want the best hardware specs, possible future windows 8 compatibility, preferably tegra device, and don't mind waiting for a few more months since this would be my first tablet. NO IOS/IPad talk please. Any reasonable advice is more than welcome, and thank you all in advance!

[Q] Opinions, best $100 7" tablet?

Those that have bought one of the latest capacitive touch 7" tablets. As a basic wifi, android mobile internet device, which ones are good, and why?
I'm considering the allwinner A10 or one of the others in that catagory. I am selling my X5A-G and want to move up. Considering the operating voltage as a primary factor for battery life. Am I wrong?

I honestly think that beyond the PB at $199 and the Kindle Fire there are no good, cheap tablets. And when I mean good I mean reliable with good battery life.
But hopefully I am wrong.

Well I just bought a Fire. Given that Amazon is slightly subsidizing the cost of it, I didn't think it could really get much better than that since other manufacturers are selling theirs for a profit... It seems to be just fine so far.

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nicksti said:
I honestly think that beyond the PB at $199 and the Kindle Fire there are no good, cheap tablets. And when I mean good I mean reliable with good battery life.
But hopefully I am wrong.
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Just because there aren't any good ones doesn't mean there can't be a best one

Playbook worth $50?

Hey guys,
My friend will sell me his playbook for ~$50.
Is there any sense in me buying it? I already have the touchpad (CM7).
Also, for those of you who have it: how do you like it?

Get it and sell it for a profit, you could probably sell it on Craigslist or Ebay for at least $100-ish.
Since you already have a TP, that'd be my course of action.

Yes. As far as I know you can plug it to your TV and watch movies. The interface is similar to webOS which I love.

asb123 said:
Hey guys,
My friend will sell me his playbook for ~
Is there any sense in me buying it? I already have the touchpad (CM7).
Also, for those of you who have it: how do you like it?
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I got a PlayBook for free through the Android developer 'port' promotion, and I really like the device. It feels great to hold, is a nice size, and has a good screen! I'd buy one for that price. The only thing that lets it down is the apps, there aren't anywhere near as many as on iOS and Android (though there are some), but as a web browser alone it's worth it in my opinion.

For $50 definitely!
I've got one, I'm not really one for playing games etc on it but for work related things its really handy and great for email if you own a blackberry to sync with it.

stuartrace said:
I got a PlayBook for free through the Android developer 'port' promotion, and I really like the device. It feels great to hold, is a nice size, and has a good screen! I'd buy one for that price. The only thing that lets it down is the apps, there aren't anywhere near as many as on iOS and Android (though there are some), but as a web browser alone it's worth it in my opinion.
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Same here. Well worth it for fifty though, if you get it and you like gaming you get black pegasus and also asphalt 6 for free, both great fun (in asphalt the tablet becomes your steering wheel).
You can put android apps on if they are repackaged, I forget the sites exact name (think it was mybarapps.com) but there is a site where thousands of popular android apps have been packaged to run on playbook.
Also playbook will be getting the new os bb10 which should make it even better but spec wise its got a dual core cpu and the same ram as the new ipad so its quick and very responsive.
Downside is not lots of apps (good games though inc. Deadspace) but can sideload any android app if you have the apk to repackage which helps, and its been poorly advertised so its not selling well.
But if you don't like it the guys at crackberry should have android ported to it soon so you could install that on it when its available (though to be fair playbook os2 is really good already anyway).
Edit: the site is www.playbookbars.com
Dave
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Thanks for the replies. I think I will pick it up
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My work gave me one to use and it honestly sits on my computer desk at home and is never charged or used. My wife tried to use it one time to read kindle books but it doesn't have a kindle app and it failed to open the books in the kindle cloud reader.
I honestly can't say much that's good about this device other than the size and the multitasking. But the apps in the market are limited and the device itself doesn't do much.
I spend most my time on my Xoom instead. I guess for 50 bucks it would be worth it. I paid nothing for mine and would have rather gotten 50 bucks from work lol.

For 50 bucks...
For 50$ I would buy any tablet, especially when I love the concept of a tablet but haven't bought one yet

Same here... for 50 bucks I'd definitely take it! Decide what to do with it later.

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[Q] iPad 3rd Gen or Android Tablet?

Hey XDA-Developers!
Today I decided to sell my iPad 2 to my mother (who needs one) for $200 and buy the 3rd generation tablet. After deducting the iPad 3rd gen from my taxes this year, it will come to about $200 to upgrade (which is worth it, IMO).
Anyways, I was looking at places to purchase an iPad 3rd generation when it hit me: "Why don't I get an Android tablet?"
I'm a big fan of Android on phones. However, due to the limited App category Android Tablets has, I've been leaning towards the 3rd generation iPad.
I love the customization and openness of Android - but I also love the huge variety and selection of Apps on the iPad.
I'm open to any suggestions, comments, advice, etc on this matter. I'd love to hear from someone who went from an iPad to an an Android tablet - or the other way around.
Thanks!
P.S: If I do decide to get an Android Tablet, I will most likely get the ASUS Transformer Prime.

iPad does not, and has never seemed like a tablet OS to me. Even though the, "improvements" on the third Gen seem minute to me and not worth the update, it's the better option.

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I think - and hope - that the tablet optimized app section will grow.
I LOVE Android on my Galaxy Tab 10.1 and I would never switch to iPad.
But in the end YOU have to know if there are apps on iPad that you really need...
I think you should search in the Market Play Store if you find all what you need. If you do, there is no reason why not to try an Android Tablet.

i think it depends..
im on mac os and id choose the ipad because its just easier and more comfortable to sync and stuff..
if id be on windows id choose the galaxy tab.
i think both have pros and contras
maybe you can lend at a shop and try both

Advise for a tablet {GAMING MOST}

I have seen a couple post, and no answers so I will like to know if I can get some advise for a good tablet for gaming hard core, surfing, movies, and of course that control future now I see on phones and some tablets, aim looking at Sony z 10.1 tablet.. that will be android. aim also looking at that new surface but aim confuse on the gaming...and how it works...
Apple I really don't care I had it and to be hones in my own opinion to much the same...
so please users can get me some feed back...:cyclops:

xxboraxx said:
I have seen a couple post, and no answers so I will like to know if I can get some advise for a good tablet for gaming hard core, surfing, movies, and of course that control future now I see on phones and some tablets, aim looking at Sony z 10.1 tablet.. that will be android. aim also looking at that new surface but aim confuse on the gaming...and how it works...
Apple I really don't care I had it and to be hones in my own opinion to much the same...
so please users can get me some feed back...:cyclops:
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Go for the NEXUS 7 2013 Edition
Its the best tablet in the market:good::good: