I currently have an ASUS Zenpad Z300M 10.1 inch tablet, and it is a nice little budget tablet that is great for watching shows and movies, reading books and comics, and surfing the web but it is increasingly looking like it is never going to get an Android 9 update. I have been looking at this Nvidia Shield tablet and I think it looks pretty good, I have a desktop PC with an ancient Nvidia graphics card that still gets updates and it's been good to me, and I'm wanting a tablet I can play some of the better Android games on - and since Nvidia is already so connected to gaming I'm thinking it might be good for a gaming tablet. I looked around Amazon for one of these and didn't find much. What would be a good place (online only) where I can buy one of these at a decent price?
Thanks in advance for any help you can give.
I found mine on fb marketplace for $200, used like new condition. I've seen similar deals on there before I finally bought this one. Of course, trolling ebay and craigslist is always an option as well. Good luck in your search!
Hi there bloodredskies. I've seen several different models come and go, and my personal advice (in addition to that from GreeveDogg) is to set up saved searches on both eBay and Swappa.com.
I've seen a number of WiFi models as well as WiFi + LTE models go by because of that. With saved searches (or "subscriptions" as they're called at Swappa) you'll get emailed when a new listing is created.
From what I've seen eBay can be ok, however there's a lot less junk at Swappa.
Thank you both for the info! Haven't heard much about Swappa before, looks like I'll have to check it out.
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bought new last Christmas from Sears. I installed Vegan-tab immediately and liked it very much. but after the vacation i found it became less useful to me-- my daily life is either sitting at office or at home (or driving, of coz) and i have two desktops and two note books to use. It just sit there for nearly a month now. So I am considering selling it for some cash.
It'll come with original case and accessories, and a AmazonBasics bag I bought for it (AmazonBasics Netbook Bag with Handle, Fits 7- to 10-Inch Netbooks, iPad (Black) ). I'd sell it for $270 and you pay the shipping you choose. I'm in north DFW area and local pickup is also welcome. you can save the shipping cost.
I also sent out the rebate form for its dock and they cashed out my $10.5 check for "shipping and handling", but I do not know when they will ship it... If you buy my gtablet, I promise I will ship the dock to you for free (you still need to pay the shipping though) as soon as I receive it.
silly me. just noticed the subject and didn't notice the forum. had my hopes up for a good deal on a galaxy tablet/something w/ 3g data capabilities.
I see.. let me change the title to indicate it's a Viewsonic G tablet, not a Galaxy tab
Very interested...
Can you post up some pics and do you take Pay-Pal as form of payment?
i am interested, how much to sell to sydney, australia.
and could you post some piccies?
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bought new last Christmas from Sears. I installed Vegan-tab immediately and liked it very much. but after the vacation i found it became less useful to me-- my daily life is either sitting at office or at home (or driving, of coz) and i have two desktops and two note books to use. It just sit there for nearly a month now. So I am considering selling it for some cash.
It'll come with original case and accessories, and a AmazonBasics bag I bought for it (AmazonBasics Netbook Bag with Handle, Fits 7- to 10-Inch Netbooks, iPad (Black) ). I'd sell it for $270 and you pay the shipping you choose. I'm in north DFW area and local pickup is also welcome. you can save the shipping cost.
I also sent out the rebate form for its dock and they cashed out my $10.5 check for "shipping and handling", but I do not know when they will ship it... If you buy my gtablet, I promise I will ship the dock to you for free (you still need to pay the shipping though) as soon as I receive it.
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I too am in DFW and will take it if it's still available?
I'll take it.
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I'm seeing a few of these - is everyone jumping ship?
I'm keeping mine, no worries. If the GTAB forum eventually dissapears, the device will go to my wife. The old trickle down effect....
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I'm seeing a few of these - is everyone jumping ship?
I'm keeping mine, no worries. If the GTAB forum eventually dissapears, the device will go to my wife. The old trickle down effect....
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I think its more a case of everyone trying to get the most money for the Tab while its still hot. With all the new Tabs coming out soon they fear prices dropping and want max value. Thats my take anyway, I could be wrong.
Mine is going to my wife as well. I take it to work everyday and when I get home she runs to me to pry it out of my hands. I think she'd kill me if I ever sold it. And just to think, before I owned a Gtab she "didnt like touch screen devices". Go figure..........................
Yep, makes sense. It's actually why I sold my dev unit as I figured my original GTAB would eventually become the dev unit (which is exactly what happened).
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I'm seeing a few of these - is everyone jumping ship?
I'm keeping mine, no worries. If the GTAB forum eventually dissapears, the device will go to my wife. The old trickle down effect....
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Robeet,
Not everyone is jumping ship; I still have 2 of these and will keep them as long as possible. Based on the tablets I have seen that is scheduled to release I still think we have the best of the lot. It is not our fault that VS was damn short sighted in their approach to this tablet.
It annoys me greatly that they did not push the channel hard enough on this device and have the leadership needed to make this a true force in the Market. It further annoys me that they did not have accessories available nor did they have 3rd party accessory suppliers in the ready. This was poor market strategy at work; guess they missed that whole business 101 course while in college.
No... all of us are NOT jumping ship; this tablet honestly has the capabilities I was initially looking for in a Tablet. Once we have 3.0 on this thing personally I will be set no matter what other wiz-bang device comes out later!!!!
Just my 2 cents worth
I wouldn't say "I'm jumping ship". The hardware inside G-tablet is mostly in line with the mainstream of tablets this year, and now you know their prices... I think g-tablet still has very high performance/price ratio.
I'm selling it just because I found that a tablet is actually not so useful to me...when I got this tablet I was very excited, flashing custom Roms, trying all kinds of apps, etc. However after the vacation, I could not find much use of it... browsing web, watching video? I'd rather use my desktop with a 24" LCD and dedicated mouse/keyboard. Playing game? The casual games on tablet are not comparable with "real" games on my game PC and consoles IMHO. Reading novels? My kindle 3 is more comfortable with its E-ink display... I guess the real problem is I stay at home or office almost all the time. Tablet is more useful to an outdoor man.
Just my 2 cents
I'd still like to buy this.....
Have you sold it yet?
I'm still very interested. Let me know what you want to do to take care of the transaction...
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I'm seeing a few of these - is everyone jumping ship?
I'm keeping mine, no worries. If the GTAB forum eventually dissapears, the device will go to my wife. The old trickle down effect....
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I'm actually looking to buy 2 more for friends
My boss even introduced my GTab to our clients as " Superfast TnT-Lite OS" tablet!
It is understandable that there are many more tegra 2 tablets coming with better specs + screen. Most of them starting around $400.
Xoom wifi is only $539 at Sam Club (according to engagdet)
I guess that if we can find a screen replacement + honeycream soon, people would stick around for longer..
I have a chance to purchase either a Galaxy Tab 10.1 or the TF.I can get either one for 399.00. I have tried both and taken both back a week or so ago. I did like them but could not decide which one was the keeper although I leaned toward the TF. Until today the deciding factor was the 100.00 price difference (499vs 399) well today they are on equal terms. Any suggestions or input from those that have had both devices for a couple of weeks or more would be greatly appreciated. Also any other suggestions etc also warmly received.
I own two TFs and a Gtablet. The main reason I bought them is the support on forums such as xda. Personally I don't touch Samsung stuffs due to support (they just suck at FW/SW also the way they copy Apple --> no ports). Since you mentioned the deal @Staples, I would get the Acer for $299 (fool-around until tegra3 comes).
I have had bad experiences with Samsung in the past, not so much their products, but their support is the worst in the industry.
I purchased my TF 3 days ago and have been unable to put it down since. I Love it. amazing piece of equipment you would be hard pressed to find a better device imho
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This won't help you make your decision but Staples has a coupon floating around for $100 off ANY tablet
I just picked up a galaxy tab today from staples. So far i am really enjoying it. I also own a transformer, which i have been enjoying for a couple of months. If I only had on tablet and the choice was between the two, I would pick the transformer based soley on the fact that it has expandable memory and i could easily fill up 16 or 32 GB. With that being said if I didn't need the storage I would opt for the tab just because of its form and screen.
Now i am going to say something that I will probably get flamed for in this forum. I actually like the xoom better than the transformer and i plan to sell the TF on ebay then pick up a xoom from staples before the $100 off deal ends. I bought on over the weekend from staples because they had the $50 off deal last week and they had no tabs in stock, knowing that I was most likely going to return it. I really enjoyed it and miss it already.
The only downside compared that the TF was its weight, which didn't really bother me. For all of the talk about how much better the TF screen is than the xoom, I didn't really see it. I really tried too,playing the same videos on both side by side. Yes if you were looking at it from an odd angle it didn't look as good, but a tablet is almost always pointing right at you from a foot or so away. The xoom also comes with 32 GB internal memory for the price, and the build quality felt substantially better than the TF. If you really wanted the dock for the TF, then I could see that swaying somebodies decision, but I personally have no interest in it.
Anyway that is my opinion on things after having owned all three. I don't mean to make your decision any harder or start a flame war in here.
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This won't help you make your decision but Staples has a coupon floating around for $100 off ANY tablet
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I just bought both of them and will have a shwodown. Thanks for all of the replies
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I own two TFs and a Gtablet. The main reason I bought them is the support on forums such as xda. Personally I don't touch Samsung stuffs due to support (they just suck at FW/SW also the way they copy Apple --> no ports). Since you mentioned the deal @Staples, I would get the Acer for $299 (fool-around until tegra3 comes).
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Do you mean you have thegalaxy tab or g slate
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Looking for a powerful laptop within the £450 range. Any suggestions?
I think so...but
I think that you'd better take a look over several laptop brands such as ASUS or HP, from what i know those two are very reliable and I figure that for such a price you will get a good one of them. Try comparing prices over the net, you will see that for 400 you'd find a laptop worth buying.
Newegg
I usually get great deals (500$ and less) on laptop computers from Newegg but I don't know if they ship to UK.
In the UK, eBuyer, Overclockers UK, Dabs, KustomPCS, LinITX and MicroDirect seems to have pretty decent prices.
Refurbished laptop computers has always been a good investment for me... Never had any problem.
Just search on Google to get their URLs.
Hope it helps!
ASUS usually give the same specs but with the cheaper price than other brands......
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I usually get great deals (500$ and less) on laptop computers from Newegg but I don't know if they ship to UK.
In the UK, eBuyer, Overclockers UK, Dabs, KustomPCS, LinITX and MicroDirect seems to have pretty decent prices.
Refurbished laptop computers has always been a good investment for me... Never had any problem.
Just search on Google to get their URLs.
Hope it helps!
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Thanks will look into these. I just need something that I can really use day in day out really, and will be powerful for software programming/compiling etc.
ASUS I've noticed are actually cheaper with same specs - but is quality and power the same in ASUS laptops?
Hi,
I am sure you have had many of these questions asking if it is worth the upgrade and if I can get it for around $100 more somewhere then I would think it is worth the upgrade. But the problem is I live on that little pacific island of Australia where ASUS has decided that they will only bring the 64GB with dock model. I read it somewhere and not entirely sure if it is true but if it was I would not be buying from Australia. My question is where would I be able to easily import one which wouldn't cost too much. Amazon never seem to ship many electronics overseas other than there own and would it be a bit risky because of faults and not been able to take it to the store.
thanks,
Just saw that it will be the same price as the prime, $499 which means about $599 out here in Australia. This is requiring that I get a refund for my dodgy tablet and the rumor about the 64gb model been the only one to come to Australia.
From what I have heard, it has been slightly delayed in Australia and may get a price increase...
http://www.gforgames.com/gadgets/as...lease-date-pushed-back-in-some-markets-21932/
Yes, I have seen that too so it looks like my best option would be to go for an import. But who from the US preferably ships to Australia?
Well, since I'm in Holland I would not exactly be the local expert in grey imports for Australia but as far as the technical side is concerned, there'd probably be two main questions:
1) do you need the screen real estate, to watch movie perhaps, or other graphical files? If so, the Infinity would obviously be a definite upgrade.
2) Do you suffer from bad wifi reception? If so, ditto to above.
From the few playthroughs I've had with the Prime, it doesn't really lose out on anything compared to the Infinity in real-life use. It is about as snappy, and maybe even snappier, and it carries the same dock and has slightly better battery life. I wanted the bigger screen, and ASUS Netherlands doesn't exactly have a commendable reputation when it comes to RMAs (regarding wifi connectivity issues on the Prime), so I was too much of a coward to dive into the Prime at this point. Plus I really like the option of HD.
Off-topic: the videos I play for my kids at bedtime sometimes now come out at about the size of a postal stamp, LOL. Who needs an optometrist for testing kids' eyesight?
Well I am pretty happy with my prime but just the idea of having an awesome screen, better wifi, gps and the edges aren't as tapered so its better for the cheging connector and hdmi. I am just weighing up my options if I get the option for a refund on my Prime.
Also, where has everyone that already has their Infinity got their's from, I can't find a supplier anywhere at all.
I have a couple of phones, a Samsung S390G and a Kyocera Event, that I re-purposed. I use the Samsung as a music/video player when I'm on the bus and the Event serves as a WiFi phone.
Has anyone else re-purposed any androids lately? If so did you re-purpose a phone you already owned or do you know of a store or website where one can purchase an android that works well and isn't hot for a reasonable amount? I'm looking for a bigger screen model. Hopefully, after Xmas or New Years there will be good deals on 2014 contractless phones.
Yikes
Sewrizer said:
I repurposed a Note 2 as a development device and media player/casual game device when I purchased my Note 3 this spring.
You can buy used phones from the internet/relatives/newspaper ads. If you are willing to spend a little more, you can buy refurbished phones from retailers.
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Thanks for the info. I looked at the Note 2's prices on the web and I was like "Yikes"! I WANT to appear cheap because I am. Usually when I look for electronics I zero in on hardware that's unloved by the masses but loved by some hacker geek(s) who have turned a Chevette/Pinto of tech into a hot rod. That's were you get the most bang for the buck as the manufacturer is forced into a discount cascade on what they thought was a sure thing but turned out not to be "IT". I just haven't been able to find anything like that lately.