[ale] how do i find cheap tablet with decent features

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

I looked at newegg briefly.  I didn't see anything too appealing at first glance, but I may look again.

I was poking around on the Deal Extreme website at http://www.dx.com/ .  They have some interesting deals.  (Note, I have not used this vendor before, but they look pretty cool.)  I even found a 1 GHz dual core 1 GB  tablet for around $ 100 with free shipping.  It's very hard to tell whether these things support / include the google play store, google market, or nothing.  Also, some of the reviews claimed many of the apps were in Chinese as well as the manuals.  One mentioned a firmware bug involving brightness control.  So, I guess you get a mixed bag of advantages and disadvantages from sources like this.

Rich, didn't you purchase a Le Pan tablet or something about a year ago.  How did that work out?

I thought of another feature I want, a g sensor, so the tablet will autorotate the screen.  Most of them have that I think.  I don't need an accelerometer, compass, or gps for this one, although all those things are nice if they're there.

It looks like I might have to give up the bluetooth in this price range.

Sincerely,

Ron



simontek at gmail.com wrote:

>Check newegg. Also toms hardware mentions decent deals a lot. 
>------Original Message------
>From: Vernard Martin
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>To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
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>Subject: Re: [ale] how do i find cheap tablet with decent features
>Sent: Dec 7, 2012 9:28 PM
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>On 12/7/2012 9:07 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> How do i find a 7" android ICS or jelly bean tablet for $150 or less
>with the following features?
>>
>> * full support of google apps including modern google play
>> * micro sd slot, pref 32 gb capable
>> * 1 GHz cpu / 512 MB ram
>> * capacitive screen
>> * bluetooth
>>
>> I might be willing to give up bluetooth but would rather not.  Camera
>is fine but not required.  Preferably easy to root.  Local store with
>return privilege is best, but I could buy online.  Cheaper is better. 
>I would be even more impressed at $ 120 or $ 100.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Ron
>That is a tall order actually.  Maybe if you get one of the no-name 
>brands and load up your own custom load you can get that. I've found 
>that the prices are dropping but haven't quite hit that market yet.
>
>Closest I can think is getting a refurb Nook Tablet (8GB) version and 
>load CyanogenMod 9 on it. THat'll get you IceCream Sandwich and 
>everything else that you asked for except blue tooth.
>
>
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