Good $150 tablet for a child? - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I'm looking to get an 8-10 inch tablet for a friend's kid. Does anyone have any suggestions on what to get for under $150? Do all of them in that price range come with the resistive screens?

Not sure of the duribility, but I am getting my son a JXD S5110 for his birthday.
It isn't quite as big as what you may be looking for.
Wasn't sure if I could post a link to a site selling the device here, but it is under a hundred dollars. You can easily find it on the inter-webs.

Archos 70 internet tablet is a good choice. Its £99. My 12 year old brother has one. Capacitive touch
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my advice: anything with capactitive touch and play store

There's also some good ICS tablets going...
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opera38205 said:
my advice: anything with capactitive touch and play store
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That's what I'm looking for. Finding both is the challenge.

you can brought low quality china tablets around 100~150$ via eBay

There have been ARMv7 ICS 7" capacitive tablets for around $100 to $120 on sale. One of those should work.

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Thinking about buying a tablet

What's up guys a lil off topic from the photon who owns a tablet? Can anyone recommend a tablet for about $200 thanks
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Personally id try to get an htc flyer with a scribe, but that might be a little out of your price range.
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What's up guys a lil off topic from the photon who owns a tablet? Can anyone recommend a tablet for about $200 thanks
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I have the Asus Transformer but it is more than $200. That is not much for a tablet but might check out the new Kindle Fire. Runs Android and looks like it has a lot of potential. Retails for $200.
I've actually heard some pretty decent reviews on the Kindle. But I haven't personally played with one yet. I know Coby has some, but they are kinda meh, you get what you pay for, ya know?
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I've actually heard some pretty decent reviews on the Kindle. But I haven't personally played with one yet. I know Coby has some, but they are kinda meh, you get what you pay for, ya know?
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That's true thanks for responses I'm going to keep looking I like that flyer for $299 is not bad at all
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Samsung has the Galaxy Tab 7.0" for $300 with the Android 2.3.3 and I think Coby has a 10" with Android 2.3.3 as well for $300. But from what I saw, you're gonna be spending more to get the Tablet that comes with Honeycomb all ready installed. Like $400 and up.
I just bought 32 Archos 80 G9s for a research study. I am very happy with them, but they are a little above your price point. They are not iPad quality, obviously, but they are the best bang for the buck - in my opinion.
Here is some information:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/12/archos-80-g9-review/
http://store.archos.com/archos-p-5016.html
my2cents said:
I just bought 32 Archos 80 G9s for a research study. I am very happy with them, but they are a little above your price point. They are not iPad quality, obviously, but they are the best bang for the buck - in my opinion.
Here is some information:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/12/archos-80-g9-review/
http://store.archos.com/archos-p-5016.html
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Do they come with an HDMI out? I hadn't heard about these but I may be looking into them now. Thanks for the heads up.
my2cents said:
I just bought 32 Archos 80 G9s for a research study. I am very happy with them, but they are a little above your price point. They are not iPad quality, obviously, but they are the best bang for the buck - in my opinion.
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http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/12/archos-80-g9-review/
http://store.archos.com/archos-p-5016.html
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Not bad at all based on the engadget
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Do they come with an HDMI out? I hadn't heard about these but I may be looking into them now. Thanks for the heads up.
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It does have an mini hdmi out. Here are the full specs:
http://store.archos.com/archos-p-5016.html
They also have a 10.1 inch for $369. You can also up the internal memory for a few dollars more, but it has an SDcard slot, so I figure I can just by a large flash memory card if I need more storage.
By the way, their office is in Colorado, they speak perfect English, and their customer service was great! They also gave me a very good deal on the 32 devices that I bought. I'm a happy camper.
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Do they come with an HDMI out? I hadn't heard about these but I may be looking into them now. Thanks for the heads up.
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I think it just said it comes with USB port not sure
Nvmd it does have a HDMI port
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I think it just said it comes with USB port not sure
Nvmd it does have a HDMI port
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Yeah it does. About the only thing that it does not have is a rear facing camera. Other than that, I think the specs are about as good as they get (at this point in time).
Any thought on this tablet
m.sears.com/productdetails.do?partNumber=SPM5929370402
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Here is another thorough review of the Archos G9: http://www.slashgear.com/archos-80-g9-review-video-25182615/
This is the review that made me buy 32 sight unseen.
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Here is another thorough review of the Archos G9: http://www.slashgear.com/archos-80-g9-review-video-25182615/
This is the review that made me buy 32 sight unseen.
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Based on that review can't wait to get home check it out on Amazon
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Awesome. I may have to take a look further into it. Do they have a lapdock type deal?
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Do they have a lapdock type deal?
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Not that I am aware of. They have a cardock for some of the older versions, so they might have that for the g9 in the future, but I dont know about a future lapdock or sorts.
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Based on that review can't wait to get home check it out on Amazon
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Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/Archos-80-501...D31W/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1318561051&sr=8-4
I got mine bulk price for about $230. This is probably the best deal on a single unit.
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Personally id try to get an htc flyer with a scribe, but that might be a little out of your price range.
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I LOVE MY FLYER! best tab out in my opinion. The Kindle Fire has too many "Amazon only" restrictions, making it just like the iPad...
Pew! Pew! Pew! From my Mo-Pho!
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Remember, though... no tablet smaller than ~10" runs Real Honeycomb -- officially, unofficially, or otherwise. Google has never released the source, and has stated that they never will. I'm sure it'll get leaked eventually and/or ICS will make its way to "substandard" tablets sold without Honeycomb... but you'll probably be stuck waiting AT LEAST six months for that to even be a possibility.
If you're buying it to use as a tablet, that might not matter. If you're buying it to develop and test tablet-oriented apps on a real device, it's probably a deal-breaker (plenty of stuff that runs perfectly well under Froyo or Gingerbread on a low end tablet breaks catastrophically on a real Honeycomb tablet).
One other note -- if cases (especially layered or bumper-type cases a-la Otterbox) are important to you, find a case you like BEFORE you commit to buying a tablet. Some tablets, like the Toshiba Thrive, are awesomely appealing, but don't have a single bumper/otterbox-type case available, and none on the radar either.
As MoPho owners, there's an obvious family appeal of the Xoom... but be warned, it has the exact same "black crush" problem that the Photon does (in fact, that was what originally tipped me off that the Photon's black crush problem is almost certainly the result of a bad 24-bit to 16-bit quantization error from an incorrect gamma curve somewhere along the pipeline, and NOT a problem with the screen itself).
Also, if you use Graffiti, be aware that the Xoom's Graffiti support sucks. As far as I can tell, the Xoom is a lot more aggressive about slowing down the CPU than the Photon is, and (like HTC) blindly assumes that a soft input area is used for slow, purposeful taps instead of high-precision motion tracking. Let me put it this way... on my ancient 711MHz-overclocked Hero w/CM7 and scaling disabled so it runs in "Performance" mode, Graffiti is butter smooth and effortlessly accurate. On my Photon, it's decent (say, 99.5% accurate). On my Xoom, it's borderline unusable -- maybe 97% accuracy under the best conditions, and with visible lag (the underlaid outline tracing my finger path lags the finger itself by about 300ms and ~1cm).
Know that most tablets won't charge from USB, but some will "limp" and draw power from usb when available (ie, they won't charge the battery, but they won't really drain it further when connected via USB).
Take it with a pound of salt, but I've heard the Thrive's glass is more vulnerable to breakage than other tablets. On the other hand, the Thrive has a nice, wide, thumb-friendly bezel to grab. The Xoom's bezel is about a half centimeter narrower than I'd really consider to be ideal.
If you can wait 5 weeks, I can almost guarantee you'll be able to get a real Honeycomb tablet from SOMEWHERE for $249 or less on Adam Smith Day (the day after Thanksgiving, when Americans gather in our cathedrals of commerce and celebrate capitalism by spending money like there's no tomorrow...)
The Acer Iconia A 100 does run an official version of Honeycomb and it's a 7 inch tablet.
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Cheap tablet

I'm going to buy one... Thinking about the n5zero (5inch) or the nova 7 paladin (7inch), I'm buying just for playing some games, read some book, and flash a lot of roms.... I'll have any problem to flash roms or root? These things came with the boatloader locked or not? I'll have any problem with this? Or it's going to be normal and easy as a normal device? (I'm not a noob, I know how to root, flash roms... I have same experience... But just to be sure...)
Ah, if you have another idea for a nice tablet in the same price (60- 120 dollars) it will be welcome...
Thanks a lot and sorry for the bad english...
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Anyone? I'll have any problem with rooting, flashing...??
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Wait until later on in the year, around April - May. nVidia and ASUS are releasing a tablet for $249 with Tegra 3 (Quad-Core, of course), 1GB of RAM, and it's got a nice resolution of 1280x800.
The idea of cheap tablet may sound tempting, but there wont be developing community backing it up. So in the end you have a device with same android version forever.
Go for big manufacturers like asus, samsung, motorola.
Refurb Nook Color can be had for $129 and makes for a nice little tablet, I'm running CM9 nightlies on one as we speak, it's got a really good dev support / following.
I'll second the nook color. If you can get a refurbished one for under $150, it will beat the pants off of anything else in that price range. The display is one of the best at any price, and the build quality is exponentially better than any of the Chinese tablets.
You mention flashing custom roms - the cheap Chinese tablets don't usually have any. If you are really lucky, the manufacturer might put out an update or two. The nook color, on the other hand, has dozens of custom roms and tweaks already and plenty of people still working on more. Check the nook color development section yourself and see what I mean.
I have a arnova 10 G2 , I brought from carphone werehouse for 135 pounds.
I have added all the google staff to it ( archos hate google ) its fab .
Is it a cheep tablet , yes.
Do i look at Emails etc only on it , yes
Does it have the same power as my Desire...a wee bit less!!
Wil I put ICS on it.. one day !!
You should consider the Kindle fire. I'd also suggest looking at the htc flyer. Its a little above your price range but I think it's a great tablet. At $120 your goIng to get what you pay for, a really lousy tablet that will be a waste of money because it sucks so much. Better to spend a few extra bucks and get a useable tablet.
You should save your money, at that price point you will get an unusable POS that no custom ROM can fix.
If you can find an BNIB HP Touchpad for $100-$200, then I would grab that sucker. It runs 1.2 ghz by default, and can be overclocked to 1.7 (1.9 works too, but its unstable), and it's dual core! It's super fast with android on it, and currently has a couple unofficial builds of cm9 running smoothly on it. If you don't want to wait, the hp touchpad is a great choice. Gotta get it brand new though, as they've been discontinued and "repaired" units often involve cracks next to the speaker.
Some no name tablets will see little to no developer support so watch out for that. For your budget I would consider a Nook Color refurb. It has pretty decent dev support.
I have a no-name tablet with nice specifications for the price (Cortex A9), but it doesn't have community support. It's a pity because you can get bored easily.
kindle fire can be rooted and use android
Yeah.. I'm getting the kindle fire... The touchpad is to big for me..
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Nook Tablet, imo.
I have one. $250, double the specs of Kindle Fire.
It's fully cracked now, I'm running a fully-working CM7 on it.
Also, I think ASUS' $250 Tegra 3 tablet is a myth. They just teased it to stop people from spending money on Nook and KF.
And if it ever gets released, that price won't be awesome at that point anymore. By that time those specs won't be anything special.
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Nook Tablet, imo.
I have one. $250, double the specs of Kindle Fire.
It's fully cracked now, I'm running a fully-working CM7 on it.
Also, I think ASUS' $250 Tegra 3 tablet is a myth. They just teased it to stop people from spending money on Nook and KF.
And if it ever gets released, that price won't be awesome at that point anymore. By that time those specs won't be anything special.
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The kindle has a 1 GHz dual-core processor and the nook a 800 MHz, and by same videos that I ve seen the kindle is faster...
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Price Drop

FYI... in most AT&T stores the Jetstream is now $399.99 with a 2 year agreement or $549.99 outright without contract.... They are discontinuing the tablet but it is a great tablet for this price. So get'em while there still left.
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FYI... in most AT&T stores the Jetstream is now $399.99 with a 2 year agreement or $549.99 outright without contract.... They are discontinuing the tablet but it is a great tablet for this price. So get'em while there still left.
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That is a some good news. Seems that now at least we will have more people picking up this monster and may be larger community will help push things along for this deserving device.
Just grabbed one. Love it !
Does seem to lag from time to time but I'm sure once I hack it ill solve that problem.
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short lived device.
Dead community.
RIP.
It would've served HTC better to release the jetstream in the mid of the EVOs life.
what? i dont see it at att.com! lies and slander!
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No u just got here late. Its been off their website for a while now...
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if anyone is upset with jetstream ill trade my white 4g lnib galaxy tab 10.1
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eBay - New Jetstream only $420. incl shipping !
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Brand-Ne...20921088545?pt=US_Tablets&hash=item1c27756221
Brand new, 420.00 including shipping. No contract obviously, by locked to AT&T. But then again there is always the $25.00 unlock process online.
Shipped from China, though.
But if it is protected by eBay, & they seem to have a good track record...maybe worth considering. I am.
However, with the Samsung Note 10.1 just around the corner, hmmm maybe I'll wait a little longer, as we don't have a price on this model yet.
But, good price for HTC Jetstream - Brand New !
Edit. Actually, your protected if you pay with PayPal, not eBay.
Thanks man thats sweet. I like the look of the jetstream better but the note 10.1 is sweet
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Thanks man thats sweet. I like the look of the jetstream better but the note 10.1 is sweet
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Yeah, at $420.00 its very tempting.
I think the closer we get to release date of the 10.1" Samsung Galaxy Note, the more the prices on the HTC Jetstream will drop.
But the updated news on Samsung redesigned and hardware upspec, it may be worth the wait. The new chip speed is the fastest on the tablet market. They are really taking on iPad 3 and I believe like many others, they will have the greatest impact on the market with this new device, with stylus to boot !
Check this site with some benchmarks.
http://www.androidauthority.com/rumor-galaxy-note-10-1-mali-t-604-gpu-benchmark-85727/
...."Based on that and on the amazing scores obtained by the device, we can speculate that Samsung will replace the Mali 400 MP with the new Mali T-604 GPU, a graphics chip that has never been used in a device before. ARM, the designer of both the Mali 400 MP and the Mali T-604 GPUs, claims that the new graphics circuit is 5 times as powerful as the old one, which itself was pretty snappy."
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on ebay theres a store all4cellular, they have them refurbished for $299 i picked one up along with a pantech element for $199 for my son. they both are in excelent shape and came with everything the new ones come with. and save a lot of money and no contract
I saw that, but being overseas I didn't want to risk it, in case it was a DOA or had other issues. So I just ordered a brand new one for 420.
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all4cellular has an ebay listing for 249$; refurb units that is....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/HTC-Jetstre...20916490942?pt=US_Tablets&hash=item1c272f3abe
u guys have any issues with the pen u think its smooth enough to keep up with fast math lectures
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using lecturenotes app it does.
i've been doing it for about six months now.
can lectureapps be done viably with adonit stylus and galaxy tab 10.1?
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can lectureapps be done viably with adonit stylus and galaxy tab 10.1?
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I have not used the galaxy tab 10.1, but have used an adonit on a tablet PC. The most challenging part is that with a normal capacitive touch screen, it will not reject you palm touches as you write. When writing on a notepad, you normally rest part of your hand on the actual notepad.
When using an adonit (or even one of the lesser capacitive pens) on a normal capacitive screen, you will need to hold your hand up, off of the screen -- otherwise, when you touch the screen with your hand, it can conflict with the writing. Having said this, there are some note taking ap's that can restrict the writing area, such that they ignore input on parts of the screen, usually where one's wrist would lie.
My wife has an ipad and uses a capacitive touch pen to take notes -- I forget which note taking application she uses, but she spent some time looking at the different options until she found one she likes for taking notes in meetings that we attend. She cannot take notes as fast I can on my tablet (a Samsung Slate 7), which has an active digitizer that rejects the 'noise' from my palm, once the pen is actively writing. I have used the adonit on the slate as well--while it does better than a normal stubby capacitive pen, it does not keep up with the pen that works with the digitizer.
I picked one up on eBay too for $265.
It was a nice upgrade from the EVO View. I like the larger 10.1 inch screen. But man is this thing heavy and awkward to read in bed.
At least it will hold me over till my next tablet which should hopefully be a 10.1 inch running ICS or Jelly Bean and it should be much much much lighter. The Asus Transformer Infinity looks like it is going to be nice but probably very pricey. And I'm going to miss HTC pen input. I really wish that HTC returns to making a followup tablet.
ill trade u my new galaxy 10.1 4g tab for it. its really light lol
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Best Android tab for college under 200 bucks?

Trying to be cheap as possible. Seen a couple places talking about Polaroid ICS factory rooted tab at big lots for 99 bucks. Mom told me about it too . Anyone know if out worth getting? open to suggestions here too for good tab.... Cheap good tab.
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Take a look at http://reviews.cnet.com/2733-3126_7-936-5.html for a small list. They're not in the range of the Polaroid, but they're pretty reliable.
The Polaroid is only 800x480 at 7", I imagine you'll be doing some reading on it. The Nook Color and Kindle Fire are both 1024x600 at 7". The Polaroid has the advantage of having ICS preloaded, where as the other 2 have only unofficial ROMs.
I'd go with the newest Samsung galaxy tab 7. It is around $250 so a bit out of your price range, but if you could get together the money for it I would definitely reccomend you get it or the Kindle Fire.
Thanks alt for Al the suggestions... Have been looking in craigslist but pit in sticks where I live the two closest cities are to far right now and would like new with some warranty.
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Acer A100 best tab i swear i loved it you can pick up below 200
For a new tab at 200 your looking at Kindle Fire. You can root and mall it as an android tab for full use of Play store and retains Kindle functionality.
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Kindle fire have ICS roms? Im not even sure I an getting one for school now.all my books are about same price as ebooks our as physical books.... So... Tron to save money for junior and senior years too.most expensive
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Look on Craigslist!! I would only go for brands you know avoid coby and archos!!! And get a heat sensitive screen NOT pressure sensitive ..... these of course are all my opinions.
Kindle fire is a great option if u want a brand new one under 200: ) u can put a cm9 from on there
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What is wrong with a Archos? Mine performs fantastic!
Oh and touch screens aren't "heat" sensitive, they rely on the electrical impulses of your body to detect your touches.
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Depending on what you are looking for in a tablet, the polaroid (or all other $99 tablets ftm) will be a waste of your money. Tablets that inexpensive are not up to par with google's standards, and therefore, are not "google certified." These tablets will not have the best hardware, or even the play store/android market. They will have custom markets (applibs, amazon marketplace) The samsung galaxy tab 2 is a great tablet for the price, but if you are wanting to save a little bit more, you can try looking up archos online. They are a huge brand in europe (supposedly) and seem to function fairly well. Not to mention they are about the least expensive "google certified" tablets I have seen out there. Good luck. =D
Like I said not even sure if I am getting one now.. If I do I think I want a 10" screen and I have been looking on craigslist. Just nothing is within price range cuz I NEED money to pay for this coming semester. I'm transferring top ttu in Cookeville so if anyone knows some cheap apartments or something with internet included let me know
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Sorry completely off topic but omg my sister in law lives in Crossville just outside of Cookeville! She has to go to Cookeville to see civilization lol wow small world lol
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very small world indeed... ago if any cheap but not ghetto places show up for rent close to cookeville give me a holler!
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New HTC tablet is comming. Not 7 inch?

A new HTC tablet is comming to the UK. I hope it is gonna be a 7 inch with stylus. That is the size I need.
http://www.slashgear.com/htc-vertex-hd-tablet-uncovered-with-quad-core-tegra-3-12238285/
they should fix honeycomb before moving on
I would not buy it until HTC proves they are committed to it
Flyer
Actually, a new device hopefully not too different from Flyer with a new ROM would be a nice port base. Why complain?
EDIT: http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/12/htc-vertex-pops-up-in-benchmarks/
Because some like official rom
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I would not buy it until HTC proves they are committed to it
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I came here to pretty much say the same thing. HTC's lack of decent support for tablets has turned me off to their future offerings until they get their act together. They also dropped the ball on my Evo 3D which is another sore subject. lol.
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the support for one was very bad and as only tablet we do not get ICS, thei can forget me as customer
HTC can go suck a fat one. I'm sorry. But this is their second foray into the tablet market, & again they're (planning to) release their product with an outdated OS. Why a crappy 2MP rear camera? HTC have seen the last of my money. Anybody interested in their products, I wish them good luck.
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After miserable failures on the Flyer and Jet Stream (I own a Flyer) which were good hardware but failed due to extreme high price and lack of software updates, I doubt HTC can make any headway. I expect this new tablet will be priced at about $600 if HTC history has any bearing
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Honeycomb works fine for me.
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HTC can go suck a fat one. I'm sorry. But this is their second foray into the tablet market, & again they're (planning to) release their product with an outdated OS. Why a crappy 2MP rear camera? HTC have seen the last of my money. Anybody interested in their products, I wish them good luck.
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Huh the page I read said it was running ICS...how is that "outdated"?
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After miserable failures on the Flyer and Jet Stream (I own a Flyer) which were good hardware but failed due to extreme high price and lack of software updates, I doubt HTC can make any headway. I expect this new tablet will be priced at about $600 if HTC history has any bearing
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2 MP camera sounds more like in a budget tablet. $600 will be too high for a budget tablet. Tablet market is very competitive. Very nice wifi only tablets are coming for $ 100 nowadays with ics on them. So $ 350 approx seems to be a good price for competition.
Edit: didn't read the op link. Seems tegra 3 quad core with 10 inch display and other features may spoil its pricing.
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I was excited till I read it was 10 inch I really think 7 is the idea size. At 10 inches you might as well grab a laptop because portability has gone to hell at that point.
I tend to think HTC will do a better job with this tablet though. I think it'll be priced modestly between $300 to $350, and marketed very well too. All and all for what its worth, they made an excellent tabs with the Flyer, View, and Jetstream, but poor marketing and high tags killed all 3, and I got no hard feelings. The Flyer is a failed product, *****ing about no more updates is like buying a Sega Dreamcast and *****ing about no new games coming out for it.
Here's my vision for the perfect HTC tab, same shape and design as the flyer, but with a one x type paint job, and poly carbonate shell instead of aluminum for a better grip, less weight, and reduced cost. Hardware keys just like the Flyer, but updated with the new layout, which would work wonders with the new tablet ui on Jellybean. A Sense 4 launcher that can rotate to landscape, and of course tegra 3 internals, and maybe the same front and rear cameras that are on the flyer, but they could do away with the 2 "grips" on the sides of the flyer, and just have a solid back, and a straight port for the SD slot.
I'd definitely be ineterested in a 7" Tegra 3 Flyer running Jellybean. If it came with an sdCard slot and I could reuse my ntrig pen, I'd even spend $50.00 to $100.00 more than an equivalent Nexus 7.
I've had my Flyer for nearly a year and it's been great that whole time. I'll keep using it for some time to come, too. But at some point I'm going to want something faster.
I agree, stupid move for HTC, if it will be 10".
In 10" segment they will compete with Transformer and Transformer Prime with the same or better specs. If they add pen input, they will compete with Lenovo Tablet (dual core), which already fallen in price and will go down even more. And all compete with iPad and upcoming Microsoft Surface.
7" is a lot more forgiving market for HTC. Sure, Nexus is here, but add pen input, mini hdmi, SD slot and people will pay $350 for it (even if pen is separate) and it will be in a different niche.
I think all Android tablets should probably be focused on 7 inch size and $300 price tag because the ipad is an unstoppable force and starts at $400. Apple supposedly is making ipad minis but I'll believe it when I see it. Steve Jobs openly ripped on the 7 inch size calling it a "tweener" size that's too small to be useful for a tablet and too large for a phone. So in other words 7 inch tabs offer something apple doesn't provide. Asus has had moderate success at competing against the ipad in the 10 inch category but I'm certain it's very little and hell a judge in Europe just threw out an injuction from apple against Samsung over the galaxy Tab 10.1 stating no one would confuse the product's because they tab simply isn't as cool as an ipad. At this point in time the 10 inch tablet market is lost to apple.
However starting with supercharged pseudo e reader tablets such as the Nook Color and Kindle Fire, the 7 inch wallet friendly android tablet has taken off like a rocket. Pre sales for the Nexus 7 are going fast and the hype machine is unstoppable. HTC should totally get in on this and ignore the 10 inch tablet market.
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Droff said:
I agree, stupid move for HTC, if it will be 10".
In 10" segment they will compete with Transformer and Transformer Prime with the same or better specs. If they add pen input, they will compete with Lenovo Tablet (dual core), which already fallen in price and will go down even more. And all compete with iPad and upcoming Microsoft Surface.
7" is a lot more forgiving market for HTC. Sure, Nexus is here, but add pen input, mini hdmi, SD slot and people will pay $350 for it (even if pen is separate) and it will be in a different niche.
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I'm with you guys. Give me an HTC 7 inch jelly bean tablet with pen and sd and ill pay a 100 more than a nexus for it
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Too little too late for HTC. They don;t have a niche to go for with Samsung going after the stylus tabs and Google leading the fold in 7 inch pricing and the Ipad mini coming in Oct. HTC is look like RIM these days. And HTC is never going to approach the $250 range for a tablet because there is no profit in it at that price and no Google subsidy to offset the cost like the Asus Nexus 7.
Actually, manufacturing tablets is not as profitable as manufacturing phones for any company. 4.1-4.5 inches Phones like HTC one x, galaxy s2 and s3 etc. are selling for about 600$. While 7 inches HTC flyer with phone functionality and 7 inches Samsung galaxy tab 2 etc are selling for $350-400. Even 10 inches apple ipad sells for much less than much smaller iPhone. ( I know some money goes in certification, but still a lot of profit in phones)
Phones are there cash cows and tablets are just to be present there in that segment.
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thewadegeek said:
Huh the page I read said it was running ICS...how is that "outdated"?
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I don't know if you have heard of an OS called Jelly Bean? It is Android's latest OS. It's it's updated from last year's ICS OS. Maybe I'm confused, but logic dictates that an OS released after a previous OS would make the previous OS outdated.
The same way HTC shipped the Flyer with GB when tablets were already running Honeycomb.
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