Budget android tablets
Budget android tablets
I have been in the market for a budget tablet for a while. I have considered the kindle fire but recently I saw this on groupon http://www.groupon.com/deals/gg-skypad- ... c=deal_img Reviews on amazon seem mostly good and this a US company with actual support. Root access right out of the box and a community developing ICS is the selling point for me. I plan to mostly use a tablet as around my house as an e-reader, light gaming, and web surfing. Thoughts? Alternatives?
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Evildeadmanwalking77
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Re: Budget android tablets
My wife and I both have a Kindle Fire and we love it! Everything works great on it from e-reading to the web. I highly recommend it! 
I also found this to be a more affordable alternative to the absurdly overpriced iPad. Seriously, you can get a freaking laptop for the price they're charging for those damn things!
I also found this to be a more affordable alternative to the absurdly overpriced iPad. Seriously, you can get a freaking laptop for the price they're charging for those damn things!I am addicted to video games, especially retro gaming from my era. I have: NES, SNES, Nintendo 64, Gamecube, Gameboy, GBA, Wii, Sega Genesis, Sega CD, Dreamcast, PS1, PS2, Xbox, and Xbox 360. I have probably over 1,000 games in total for all these systems combined. Yes, I need help and I wouldn't have it any other way! This is my passion and hey my wife still loves me!!
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gtmtnbiker
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So do you really use the web comfortably on the Kindle without resizing it? I do a lot with my iPad and I still find some websites to be too small. Reading magazine PDFs like N Gamer is more comfortable but many times the text is still too small. I would like to see a a larger format iPad such as 12" or 14".Evildeadmanwalking77 wrote:My wife and I both have a Kindle Fire and we love it! Everything works great on it from e-reading to the web. I highly recommend it!
I do agree that the iPad is overpriced but it's worth it because of the wealth of apps/support for it. I also find the interface to be more responsive/snappier than the Android counterpart. Still $500 is a good chunk of change to drop on it so I can see why people want cheaper alternatives.
Re: Budget android tablets
Save your money and buy a Windows 8 slate when Windows 8 releases instead. This MIGHT be influenced by the fact that I now work on Windows 8.
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I currently use an ASUS Transformer Prime and really like it!! I would highly recommend the original Transformer which is cheaper than an iPad and works very well overall. 
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The transformer line as a whole is very high-quality.Dakinggamer87 wrote:I currently use an ASUS Transformer Prime and really like it!! I would highly recommend the original Transformer which is cheaper than an iPad and works very well overall.
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Yeah I have been considering the transformer. The key option looks well designed. My wife bought a fire today. Her 5 year old mac laptop finally became a brick today 
. I thought about turning my blackbook into a tablet but I am way to lazy. I will see how her fire plays out. Are any tablets coming out with ICS installed out of the box yet?
. I thought about turning my blackbook into a tablet but I am way to lazy. I will see how her fire plays out. Are any tablets coming out with ICS installed out of the box yet?-
Evildeadmanwalking77
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Depends on what I'm doing really but yeah it seems resizing is necessary on tablets. I'm not anti-iPad, I just think the price tag is a little heavy for them. My brother in law has one and it's great but I'm on a bit of a budgets so I found the Kindle Fire to be an excellent alternative!gtmtnbiker wrote:So do you really use the web comfortably on the Kindle without resizing it? I do a lot with my iPad and I still find some websites to be too small. Reading magazine PDFs like N Gamer is more comfortable but many times the text is still too small. I would like to see a a larger format iPad such as 12" or 14".Evildeadmanwalking77 wrote:My wife and I both have a Kindle Fire and we love it! Everything works great on it from e-reading to the web. I highly recommend it!
I do agree that the iPad is overpriced but it's worth it because of the wealth of apps/support for it. I also find the interface to be more responsive/snappier than the Android counterpart. Still $500 is a good chunk of change to drop on it so I can see why people want cheaper alternatives.
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DreamcastDude
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I actually havent had a pc or laptop or any other internet device before i got my ipad in dec of 10 but i use it as my laptop now and i love it it only took both my parents xmas cash and like half one o my paychecks so yea pretty expensive but i couldnt live without this thing now