So. I did buy an iPad2 (for the wife). It's cool, speedy, screen is decent (could have been better). Aside from iOS, it's probably the best tablet on the market. However, i decided i wanted an Android tablet for myself. And, if so, honeycomb was/is the way to go. A buddy of mine bought a Xoom. It's really nice, also speedy, nice screen, honeycomb is nice, cool widgets that iOS doesn't have. But the 3g model was more than i wanted to spend and I don't think i'll use the service. So, i was going to wait for the wifi only model. Then woot came along with the Viewsonic gtablet for $280. Which as Tim said previously, is the tegra2 dual core chip. Same hardware as the xoom just about, except for the screen. I don't have the gtab yet, supposed to be here tomorrow, but for that price it seemed like a really good deal, considering the hardware. Also, as Tim said, there is a pretty big modding/following at xda. There are about 6 or so different roms all of which claim to be more speedy/responsive than the default OS. So, even though it won't be honeycomb, it's still android and is pretty quick. regarding the 3 links below. Apparently the Adam Ink has shipped, but there seems to be a lot of questions surrounding that tablet.They're still not taking orders and a lot of folks had concerns about the ones that did ship, and I think people are still waiting for some of their orders. I've never noticed before, how there was so much talk and hype at the trade shows and then all of these tablets never show up. sucks for the consumer. but hey, there is always duke nukem forever to look forward to! bb
On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 3:37 PM, Brad Bendily <[email protected]> wrote: > I've found a few mid price range that I like. Maybe given some time these will > be solid viable options. > > http://www.openpeak.com/OpenTablet10.php > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_tablet > (this one is supposedly shipping. not sure how long new orders will take) > > http://www.innoversal.com.tw/en-us/products/lattice.aspx > (this one is cool cause it list Ubuntu as an OS) > -- Have Mercy & Say Yeah _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
