I need an inexpensive tablet computer for $200 to $300. It's a promotional item and doesn't have to be great. Is there anything at this price point worth considering?
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$200- $300 tablets any good?
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Or a used iPad 1 have been seen around $300
Personally I'd rather have an iPod Touch $200 than a cheap touch tablet.
Personally I'd rather have an iPod Touch $200 than a cheap touch tablet.
That Asus Transformer is supposed to be really good on the really cheap too.
Or if you're just giving it away you can get that Velocity Micro, that POS can be found for like $150 through tiger direct or Frys most weekends.
Or if you're just giving it away you can get that Velocity Micro, that POS can be found for like $150 through tiger direct or Frys most weekends.
i think this hits the nail on the head. unless you just want a bigger screen to watch videos or surf the web, the cheaper tablets are junk. a friend bought a view sonic, and he was stuck with some outdated android os.
He's going to use it to read posts.
Its a promotional item so it just needs to be a decent all-purpose tablet.
I would actually suggest a nook color.
Its a curious category of merchandise, one that needs to a) be just "good enough" that the recipient doesn't immediately toss it in the trash, while b) not really being good enough to actually use on a regular basis. This ensures it will live, pretty much indefinitely, in a junk drawer. And being imprinted with the name of the company that gave it away, ensuring a dubious form of corporate immortality.
Two examples spring to mind: Flashlights and pocketknives. As we all know, good examples of these products are made by Mag-Lite and Victorinox. "Promotional" companies make copies of these well-known, and respected, brands that appear visually almost identical. Of course, if you actually used them, you'd find that the blades rusted or the switch malfunctioned. But, because they looked sorta nice - you hold on to them, without ever putting them to much actual use.
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I too recommend the nook color, but use autonooter (to root it and install the google apps bundle). CM7 is pretty to look at but battery life is worse.