Tablet Reviews

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
Kelemvor

Kelemvor

Lifer
May 23, 2002
16,928
8
81
Well, I don't see a Tablet forum so I'll just ask here.

Does anyone know of a site the does some comparison reviews of Budget Tablets? I'm not talking the Xoom or iPad or anything like that. I'm talking about the off name ones that are generally a lot cheaper but still decent for a non-power user.

Something like the Archos 101 or something similar. Looking for one for my elderly father-in-law so he probably wont' be watching tons of movie or playing high power games.
 
Last edited by a moderator:
vshah

vshah

Lifer
Sep 20, 2003
19,003
24
81
what WILL he be using it for?
a hacked used nook color may be all he needs.

or you could wait and check out the kindle fire which will be 199.

B&N is also releasing something new on Nov 7th, maybe a nook color 2
 
Kelemvor

Kelemvor

Lifer
May 23, 2002
16,928
8
81
He'd be using it for the internet, email, a few apps like ScotTrade and maybe some card games. He has an old Dell laptop that he uses every now and then but we figured a tablet would be more accessible for him.

But we not going to drop the money for a $400+ tablet since he won't get that much use from it.
 
J

JeffreyLebowski

Lifer
Aug 23, 2000
15,509
1
81
The "budget" tablets suck. It's an excersise in futility to get one. I have a $180 SuperPad III that is completely useless. If you ever try a name brand tablet, then one of those non namer Chinese knock offs, you will throw the no namers against the wall.
 
Kelemvor

Kelemvor

Lifer
May 23, 2002
16,928
8
81
Just remember, this is for someone who has never used a "good" one so as long as it works well and does what it's supposed to, he'll be fine with it.

I know they aren't as good as the $500+ ones but I'm not expecting them to be.
 
squirrel dog

squirrel dog

Diamond Member
Oct 10, 1999
5,564
48
91
Please post your findings as a budget tablet,or a review of budget tablets,would be a good resource.
 
shortylickens

shortylickens

No Lifer
Jul 15, 2003
80,287
17,082
136
Even being cheap, most budget tablets are a waste of money. You wont use it nearly as much as you think. It will be annoying and you'll stick it in a drawer and forget about it.
 
Aikouka

Aikouka

Lifer
Nov 27, 2001
30,383
912
126
It sounds like you may be better off with a Kindle Fire, cheap TouchPad or possibly a Transformer. The latter isn't that well-priced, but I'm assuming that we'll see more sales when the Transformer 2 is officially announced/unveiled on November 9th.
 
B

BUTCH1

Lifer
Jul 15, 2000
20,433
1,770
126
JeffreyLebowski said:
I don't see anything promising about it. Most of the people that extole the virtues of these cheap tablets, haven't used a good one.


Maybe tonight I will make a video of a side by side by side of my iPad2, Asus Transformer, Acer Iconia (GFs) and cheap POS Android Tablet.
Click to expand...

I've got mine, for what I paid, $137 on sale, shipped it's awesome. No it's build quality is not the best, (plastic case) but can you expect that at at an entry level price? processor, graphics and video are all fast, no game has yet to make it lag, 6+ hrs, battery life, whats the point of comparing it to a tab costing $500+?, none..
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom