IPad Wannabes??? Harumph!!!
So what is the buzz... aside from the XOOM, which one of these is crushworthy??? Which ones will make it to market???
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/01/27/one-year-later-101-ipad-wannabes/?iid=EL
Name Screen (in) OS
Acer iconia tab a500 10 Android
Acer Iconia W7 tablet 10.1 Windows
AOC Breeze 8 Android
Archos 101 10 Android
Asus Eee Slate EP121 12 Windows
Asus Eee Pad Slider 10 Android
Asus Eee Pad MeMo 7 Android
Asus Eee Pad Xformer 10 Android
Augen Doppio 10.1 Android
Augen Espresso 7 Android
Augen Latte 7 Android
Augen Latte Grand 7 Android
Azpen tablet 7 Android
Azpen tablet 7 Windows
BlackBerry PlayBook 7 QNX
Dell Streak 10 10 Android
Dell Streak 7 7 Android
eFun Nextbook Next4 10 Android
eFun Nextbook Next6 7 Android
Enspert Identity Tab E201 7 Android
Enspert Identity Tab E301 7 Android
Fujitsu Windows 7 tablet 7 Windows
Fujitsu Lifebook T901 13.1 Windows
Kno single screen 14 Linux
Kno dual-screen 14×2 Linux
Lenovo LePad 10 Android
Lenovo Windows7 slate 10 Windows
LG Optimus tablet 8.9 Android
LG T-mobile G-Slate 10 Android
Motion CL900 10 Windows
Motorola Xoom 10 Android
MSI WindPad 100A 10 Android
MSI WindPad 100W 10 Windows
MSI Kid Pad 10 Android
NEC Cloud Comm. LT-W 7 Android
Netbook Nav7 7 Windows
Netbook Nav9 8.9 Windows
Netbook Nav10i 10.1 Windows
Notion Ink Adam 10 Android
OpenPeak OpenTablet 10 Android
Panasonic VieraTablet 4 Android
Panasonic VieraTablet 7 Android
Panasonic VieraTablet 10 Android
Razer Switchblade 7 Windows
Rullingnet Vinci 7 Android
Samsung Galaxy Tab WiFi 7 Android
Samsung TX100 10 Windows
toshiba Toshiba Tablet 10 Android
Velocity Micro Cruz tablet 7 Android
Velocity Micro Cruz tablet 8 Android
Velocity Micro Cruz tablet 10 Android
Viewsonic ViewPad 10 10.1 Android/Windows
Viewsonic ViewPad 10s 10.1 Android
Viliv X10 10.2 Android
Vilix X7 7 Android
Vilix X70 7 Windows
Vizio Vizio (Via) Tablet 8 Android
Samsung Galaxy Tab 4G 7 Android
I just pee'd a little
There were even more devices... I didn't include the eReaders... I know Roebeet has hacked his Pandigital Novel and others are working on the Nook Color. The KNO devices are going to run Linux?
I love the GTab... this thing is GRRRRRRRRRRRRRREAT. I know the folks on here don't love the screen and are looking for a Tegra II device w/ an IPS screen. I'm more patient and won't look for another device until I see lots of DEV activity here on XDA for them.
It will be neat to see what shakes out and which of these tablets will become competitive in the marketplace.
We are SO gonna get abandoned
It took me a long time to sift through the tablet mess and find one that I thought had the most potential. I chose the G tablet, but how long before the well dries up and we see fewer and fewer updates for this tablet because there are so many more to choose from?
I don't have the funds to purchase a new tablet every 6 months.
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/01/01/the-island-of-misfit-tablets/
HAHA!!! Another link in the article points to the "island of misfit tablets" and apparently our beloved GTABLET is the posterchild!
doctorisin said:
HAHA!!! Another link in the article points to the "island of misfit tablets" and apparently our beloved GTABLET is the posterchild!
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LOL...
iPad wannabe's, so now Apple invented the tablet/slate eh?
He's kind of right though - rushing to market with 2.2 on these things is proof enough that Google never meant it for tablets. They exasperated it by not allowing the market to work, but can you blame them? Many games and apps aren't formatted for anything bigger than 4 to 7 inches so people would I think, have a real problem and complain to Google. They nipped that one in the bud. No native home/back/menu in the ui means it has to be included in a custom ui, lest we have to hunt in the dark and sustain much a frustration, since it's in the custom ui, it doesn't persist in certain apps, which means no matter what you'll have to suffer through this frustration at some point, with some app....maybe your favourite one. That or franken-fy the tablet with ghastly mods to find our non-lit capacitive keys....or stretch pretty far to get at them either way on this size device.
I don't think it would be 3/4 as bad if they just made the keys back-lit though. I honestly cannot understand why it wasn't made that way.
In the end, misfit toy? Maybe. But I sure do love mine
If I was ever entertaining the idea of getting another tablet this year, my first brand choice would be HTC, then Dell or LG. Not really looking forward to anything else. But that's only if my G Tablet falls extremely short of my needs and that's not the case right now.
Neoprimal said:
In the end, misfit toy? Maybe. But I sure do love mine
If I was ever entertaining the idea of getting another tablet this year, my first brand choice would be HTC, then Dell or LG. Not really looking forward to anything else. But that's only if my G Tablet falls extremely short of my needs and that's not the case right now.
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I am comfortable withe the future. My first phone was an MT3G and I and many others fel in love with this first wave Google device. TO THIS DAY devs that loved there time with that device are porting newer roms to work in the confines of its 90 MB of ram. That to me is the best part about xda. Taking what you have and making it better every day as a community. Progression and new tek are great but if you can't ever be happy with what you have now you wont be happy with the next thing either.
Speaking of the future though, if Nvidia and HTC turn the lights down low and get there Google on.... till then I fing love my gtablet.
I love my gTab as well but in the end it's another electronic device and I would not hesitate to buy another tab when this one begins to seem too slow and/or a bunch of really cool new apps and games are released but cannot be installed and/or ran on the gTab. When that day comes I'll be on the lookout for another tablet to drop that meets the spec/price/value/xda-dev-support sweet spot the gTab did when I first bought it.
I still have my old Commodore so it's not like I can't appreciate folks that have deep feelings about a device but I enjoy progress as well.
A lot of action waiting in the wings. But how come they missed the Elocity A10? I expect to receive mine in about 2 weeks, and it has everything my Gtab has, plus a gorgeous IPS screen, with the highest rez in the tablet market.
What other tablets?!?!?!
i dont care what ppl say paying only $400 for the best computer substitute i have ever had is not a problem. i looked at MANY tablets including the iPad (but lets face it the iTunes syncing in 5 hours because it has to rename my media and put it in random folders so that i cant mess with my own media fiasco headache is just not worth it) and i had a few basic requirements:
1. Capacitive touch screen only
2. 10" or bigger or its just a large phone
3. Dockable - preferred but not required
4. long lasting battery
5. rootable with custom roms
6. expandable memory
7. both CPU and GPU - at least 1GHz
8. has a reasonable price
the gTablet met all of those without any problems. and im very happy with it to the point that i only use my main computer now for media sync with my zune and programming.
projectzro said:
and i had a few basic requirements:
1. Capacitive touch screen only
2. 10" or bigger or its just a large phone
3. Dockable - preferred but not required
4. long lasting battery
5. rootable with custom roms
6. expandable memory
7. both CPU and GPU - at least 1GHz
8. has a reasonable price
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Exactly. (Not to say the mt3g is even close in spec, but for its time) This is why I jumped on the mt3g when it first came out. It just recently can't play some newer games but zenonia 2 works great and so do emulators and flash net surfing. I got a 4gb 10 series SD card just to give it a little boost with davlic partition cash. All I'm saying is these are the fun bits of squeezing every last drop out of our gear as possible that I'm waiting for with the gtablet. Being able to run new apps on my gtablet that someone thought they had to run out and spend 800$ to be able to use.
@OP
You're missing the Acer Iconia A100 (the 7" variant). That's the one I have my eyes upon.
Other than that, visit ARMdevices.net for some of the less-recognized tabs that will be coming. Gigabyte, MSI, Shuttle, are all showing tablets at CEBIT. And Samsung/Moto both said they'll have other models on tap this year. So, yes, it will be crowded, which is good news for the consumer. More choices, lower prices.
Lenovo Lepad
OS:
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capacitance touch screen
multitouch
resolution 1280 × 800
Internal storage:
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CPU:
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Graphic card;
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Ram:
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Front camera:
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Battery
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upto 6 Hrs playback of 720P
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3.5mm headphone socket
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Wireless connection
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SMS
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doctorisin said:
IPad Wannabes??? Harumph!!!
So what is the buzz... aside from the XOOM, which one of these is crushworthy??? Which ones will make it to market???
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/01/27/one-year-later-101-ipad-wannabes/?iid=EL
Name Screen (in) OS
Acer iconia tab a500 10 Android
Acer Iconia W7 tablet 10.1 Windows
AOC Breeze 8 Android
Archos 101 10 Android
Asus Eee Slate EP121 12 Windows
Asus Eee Pad Slider 10 Android
Asus Eee Pad MeMo 7 Android
Asus Eee Pad Xformer 10 Android
Augen Doppio 10.1 Android
Augen Espresso 7 Android
Augen Latte 7 Android
Augen Latte Grand 7 Android
Azpen tablet 7 Android
Azpen tablet 7 Windows
BlackBerry PlayBook 7 QNX
Dell Streak 10 10 Android
Dell Streak 7 7 Android
eFun Nextbook Next4 10 Android
eFun Nextbook Next6 7 Android
Enspert Identity Tab E201 7 Android
Enspert Identity Tab E301 7 Android
Fujitsu Windows 7 tablet 7 Windows
Fujitsu Lifebook T901 13.1 Windows
Kno single screen 14 Linux
Kno dual-screen 14×2 Linux
Lenovo LePad 10 Android
Lenovo Windows7 slate 10 Windows
LG Optimus tablet 8.9 Android
LG T-mobile G-Slate 10 Android
Motion CL900 10 Windows
Motorola Xoom 10 Android
MSI WindPad 100A 10 Android
MSI WindPad 100W 10 Windows
MSI Kid Pad 10 Android
NEC Cloud Comm. LT-W 7 Android
Netbook Nav7 7 Windows
Netbook Nav9 8.9 Windows
Netbook Nav10i 10.1 Windows
Notion Ink Adam 10 Android
OpenPeak OpenTablet 10 Android
Panasonic VieraTablet 4 Android
Panasonic VieraTablet 7 Android
Panasonic VieraTablet 10 Android
Razer Switchblade 7 Windows
Rullingnet Vinci 7 Android
Samsung Galaxy Tab WiFi 7 Android
Samsung TX100 10 Windows
toshiba Toshiba Tablet 10 Android
Velocity Micro Cruz tablet 7 Android
Velocity Micro Cruz tablet 8 Android
Velocity Micro Cruz tablet 10 Android
Viewsonic ViewPad 10 10.1 Android/Windows
Viewsonic ViewPad 10s 10.1 Android
Viliv X10 10.2 Android
Vilix X7 7 Android
Vilix X70 7 Windows
Vizio Vizio (Via) Tablet 8 Android
Samsung Galaxy Tab 4G 7 Android
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All of them why should they be compared to anything? They are stand alone products each with pluses and minuses of their own including crapple.
Nice, sweet, don't you just love choices? Asus Transformer released this month for $399 without keyboard.
The one that is going to dominate is the Asus Eee Slate ep121. Yeah, it is expensive, but is more like a desktop than any of the others. With windows 8 right around the corner, definitely looking better.
Hey guys, looking to get a really cheap ICS tablet - original wanted to get a Ainol Nova 7 paladin, but found out that because of it's CPU, it is not compatible with most apps.
Wondering if it would be worth getting this:
512MB 4GB 7" Android 4.0 Capacitive Touch Tablet MID 1GHZ WiFi/ 3G Camera HDMI
(stick that in google - I am not able to post links yet)
or
www(DOT)ebay(DOT)com/itm/512MB-4GB-7-Android-4-0-Capacitive-Touch-Tablet-MID-1GHZ-WiFi-3G-Camera-HDMI-/160762504214?pt=US_Tablets&hash=item256e312416#ht_5492wt_986
Or if these chinese tablets tend to give problems.
What do you think? Are there any other tablets out there like the Novo 7, but with the ARM architect?
Thanks.
Depends on your price range, I guess, but there are usually HP Touchpads for sale all over eBay and you can easily run CyanogenMod9 on them.
tim.biscuits said:
Hey guys, looking to get a really cheap ICS tablet - original wanted to get a Ainol Nova 7 paladin, but found out that because of it's CPU, it is not compatible with most apps.
Wondering if it would be worth getting this:
512MB 4GB 7" Android 4.0 Capacitive Touch Tablet MID 1GHZ WiFi/ 3G Camera HDMI
(stick that in google - I am not able to post links yet)
or
www(DOT)ebay(DOT)com/itm/512MB-4GB-7-Android-4-0-Capacitive-Touch-Tablet-MID-1GHZ-WiFi-3G-Camera-HDMI-/160762504214?pt=US_Tablets&hash=item256e312416#ht_5492wt_986
Or if these chinese tablets tend to give problems.
What do you think? Are there any other tablets out there like the Novo 7, but with the ARM architect?
Thanks.
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I bought one of these, mainly for our 6 year old son, so that he would stop asking me for my phone. It runs great! Screen resolution is not the best, but good for what he does. Great for a reader, web browser, and email. Have not watched a movie on it yet. But, for the price, it's a good deal.
Asus models look very advanced. Have a look at their selection!
Hello Everyone,
I decided that 8 inches tablets are the way to go for pdf files. Sure a 10 or 11' has more screen real estate, but 8 inches tablets are more portable. Now, I narrowed down my choices to the Acer Iconia A1-810, Asus Memo Pad 8 and the Dell Venue 8. They are all 8 inches and very affordable. I must mention that I only have about $200 to spend, so anything over $200 is out of the question. I was considering the first generation Nexus 7, but a 7 inch tablet is not ideal for my collection of technical pdf files (o'reilly programming books,engineering books, etc). I know if I get the Nexus 7, I'll get tired of zooming in all the time just to read a textbook and more than likely end up playing games. I'm aware that due to my low budget, I can't expect a lot from those two choices. Having said that, what I don't like about the Iconia A1-810 is its low resolution and that it only has 1GB of memory. Then again, the original iPad Mini had the same low resolution (1024x768). The Dell Venue 8 on the other hand, has 2GB of ram and a 1280x800 resolution. The problem is that I have heard so many negative comments about this tablet dying suddenly or the screen having zero sensitivity. What do you think? Any advice? Thank you in advance and have a successful 2014!!
Another tablet you might consider is the Le Pan Mini. Its an 8" with a 4:3 ratio (or close to it). IPS panel with 1024 x 768 resolution. Quad core 1.2 GHz. Super thin and light. I'm getting about 8 hours at least on a charge. I bought one about 2 weeks ago for 129.00 at OfficeMax. They are currently on sale for 149.00. I love it.
I was strongly considering that dell venue 8 as well but they didn't have one on display and like you I've heard some negative reviews on it. Plus I've had 3 other Le Pan tablets and really liked them. Check out LePanForum.com for a good review and some pictures.
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Well I broke down and bought a dell venue 8 (android). It is a great tablet. Screen crisp, clear and responsive. The tablet is very quick and the on board speaker is strong loud and clear. I've read the negative reviews but I must say it is a great tablet.
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I would suggest Samsung tab 3 8 inch variant. It's a budget tab.
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What do you guys think of the Nook HD+... (I wish I could quote the magazine which recently listed it as being around $130 + tax.) If its 9" or so, it sounds very doable. I'm not too pleased with my Kindle Fire HD which is around 7" I think (bought it in fall of 2012).
Thankfully, you don't always have to click through to a website in a Google search. It looks like Rakuten.com lists this nook as $139.
Not too long ago I was impressed by a review of a $40 tablet: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/375135843933067744/ The guy in the video didn't seem to be affiliated with the company at all so I was wondering what you guys think of dirt cheap tablets.
8" tablets may be a little more portable than 10-11" tablets but the 8-incher still doesn't fit in the pocket. To each his own - I now have a bluetooth keyboard for my kindle yet I still find it too difficult to work on, but it could be because of the tasks I accomplish.
I'm about buy tablet i have about 200 to spend i wanted closer to 8 inch tablet. I was looking at toshiba excite 7.7 Hp slate 8 and dell venue 8 leaning towards toshiba just for the battery life. Any opinions on these 3 and yes i know of the new nexus 7 and tegra note i just wanted a bigger tablet. I don't like apple products. I been researching these 3, but cant really see a confirmed battery test results for dell and the hp. Any feedback would be helpful and don't really have more than 200 to spend. or i would get hp slate 8 pro.
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hello so i have budget close to 250-300 USD and i just want to buy the most powerful tablet i can get , i'm talking about stylus , Strong processor and high speed rams
i don't care if its used or pre owned or refurbished as long as its in almost as good as new condition
it has to be not bigger than 10 inches because i'm planning to carry it every day on my cargo pants ( i currently carry galaxy note 8 which is 8inches ) in it
--- i have my eyes on
surface pro 2 10 inches 8gb i5 best processor so far
dell venue 11 pro 7139 i5-4300y , 8gb 10 inches
Chuwi Hi10 Pro ( if there is a 8gb rams of it )
i saw some asus t100 but i dont know 4gb rams is pretty not very smart choice specially that rams are glued to the motherboard
anything else ???
i like dell venue but almost every top 10 article doesnt have it at all
any suggestions ?
thanks
mena__99 said:
hello so i have budget close to 250-300 USD and i just want to buy the most powerful tablet i can get , i'm talking about stylus , Strong processor and high speed rams
i don't care if its used or pre owned or refurbished as long as its in almost as good as new condition
it has to be not bigger than 10 inches because i'm planning to carry it every day on my cargo pants ( i currently carry galaxy note 8 which is 8inches ) in it
--- i have my eyes on
surface pro 2 10 inches 8gb i5 best processor so far
dell venue 11 pro 7139 i5-4300y , 8gb 10 inches
Chuwi Hi10 Pro ( if there is a 8gb rams of it )
i saw some asus t100 but i dont know 4gb rams is pretty not very smart choice specially that rams are glued to the motherboard
anything else ???
i like dell venue but almost every top 10 article doesnt have it at all
any suggestions ?
thanks
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