Psywar Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 At my job we occasionally get what they call "Q" points and I have enough right now to get one of them 10" Colby Android Tablets. I know there are a few other cheaper off-name brand tablets out on the market as well. Anyone ever get their hands on one and try them out? I heard mix reviews. One of the biggest things I have heard and I don't know if it is just a rumor or not, but apparently with those Android Tablets you don't have access to the Android Market with them.. I kind of want to get one just because I would like a e-reader. Plus I don't have to spend my own money on it which is a huge upside for me lol! Our "Q" point website only has the Colby Tabs and iPad1 & 2. I would opt for the iPad except for it requires more "Q" points then I will probably get in the entire year of 2012 lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_bowtie Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 I was looking at an Archos at the local PC store... they didnt look bad but I havent ever seen a Coby... but if its like their other stuff...beware Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacy Bruce Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Cheaper tablets can be OK actually. Just be sure it has a "capacitive" touch screen and not a "resistive" one. That would really piss you off :-p And Colby is one of the better "cheaper" ones in my opinion. I mean you DO get a microSD card slot, HDMI out, and full size USB input! Try finding that on these $500 tablets! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muven Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 I received a free 7" WM8650 some time ago, and have experimented with a lot of firmware to get it right. I guess it's an ok test android tablet before I buy a much bigger and better later ?! I have to press hard in the touch screen to have it working, but I start to get the hang of it now. But with the 3 years experience from a Moto Milestone I get on with all apps and learn more and more all the time. And it looks that more and more Android 10" and bigger tablets will come , and maybe laptops too ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaybee327 Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 I use Aishuo A816 good cheap machine no problems except trying to update to Honeycomb :angry: :angry: Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeslieTroyer Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 just be sure to get one with an ARM processor -- The app selection for MIPS is extreamly limited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrganizedFellow Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 These tablets are "cheap" for a reason. Puny processors. Minimal RAM. Minimal storage. Outdated Android™ version. No market accessibility. My brother wanted to buy some cheap tablets for his kids (age 5 and 9). This would have been their first high-tech-device. Between summer and Christmas 2011, he bought/returned/sold close to ten tablets. Between sales at Woot, Amazon and SlickDeals - he started out spending $80 per tablet. "Kids wanna play games, bro!" "Kids wanna take pics and vids!" "Kids wanna do everything that they see you do with your tablet!" My bro had a 10" Acer Iconia. With my recommendation, and his bargain-hunting skills, he settled with two 7" Acer Iconias, perfect for little hands. I've always believed, "you get what you pay for!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psywar Posted February 10, 2012 Author Share Posted February 10, 2012 I've always believed, "you get what you pay for!" I agree totally with you there. Sometimes though you can find one of those "golden tickets" that are cheap but still work pretty darn good. I just really have no actual use for a tablet. I can't see spending 300+ bucks right now. Sadly if I was going to spend that kind of money I would get an iPad 2 because I enjoy making music and I have not yet found any apps that are even comparable to the apps the iPad 2 has for making music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FU3L Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 With my recommendation, and his bargain-hunting skills, he settled with two 7" Acer Iconias, perfect for little hands. We got my younger brother the 7" Iconia this past Christmas. His first Android :) Not bad, I like the size. Unfortunately he comes across incompatibilities often while browsing the Market. Not sure why, most of the guts are standard fair as far as Honeycomb goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quattroped Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Hello People, New member here. I joined just to answer this question, for now. I'll have lots of questions myself later. I bought a tablet with the following specs: CPU: Vimicro A8 VC882 1.0Ghz OS: Google Android 2.3 RAM: 1G Storage: 8GB Support TF card extend 16GB max Display: 8 inch TFT LCD capacitive multi-touch panel 1280*768 Camera: 0.3 Mega Pixel Battery: 4000mAh Networking: Wifi 802.11 b/g Support 1080P Video It cost me a whopping $132 including shipping to Canada. (http://www.everbuying.com/product66396.html) The thing is amazing and worked like a charm right out of the box. It does everything it was advertised to do. My main reason for buying it was to get an Android device that I can use as a reader, but it does so much more than that... HDMI output for watching movies on the big screen, sounds ok playing MP3's, portable e-mail, VOIP phone. The camera sucks big time, but who cares? As I learn more about these devices I'm finding things it won't do, but I'm working on that. I have not been able to root this tablet and that is a disappointment. For what I paid (they cost more now) I am very pleased. I bought a 2nd, smaller tablet for my grandson ($75). It doesn't work quite as well. The screen is less responsive and the overall quality is not as good. I wouldn't be happy with that one, but it works for him. He's 5 years old. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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