I want to get an android tablet, I need suggestions
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So my sister was looking at the Samsung Galaxy Tab P1000, and it's really awesome. I'd love to have an android device to develop for and mess around with, but I don't need a phone.
I don't want something big like the P1000 either, I want something I can carry in my pocket.
I essentially want an android ipod touch equivalent, although I have no real requirement for music.
So really what I'm looking for is:
- Power - I want to be able to run every app out there and develop 3D stuff
- A good android version (I think 2.2 is the current, right?)
- Ability to record video and take pictures
- Multi touch stuff
- Accelerometer stuff
- Bluetooth and WiFi (3G / phone stuff is [B]not[/B] wanted)
- A good platform to test my android apps on
I was looking around and the Archos 43 16GB looks like it fits my needs.
[url]http://www.amazon.co.uk/ARCHOS-43-16-Internet-Tablet/dp/B0042RRTOC/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1294855639&sr=1-2[/url]
As you can see here it has some impressive stats:
[url]http://www.archos.com/products/ta/archos_43it/index.html?country=us&lang=en[/url]
[B]edit:[/B]
apparently it doesn't use the official google app store thing, and it doesn't have multi touch. So the Archos doesn't fit the bill.
I'm looking to spend under £200. What would you guys suggest?
Thanks.
Wait for the Motorola Xoom.
[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;27371829]Wait for the Motorola Xoom.[/QUOTE]
What? No I don't want a 10.1 screen.
I'd say wait a few months as CES had a lot of tablets announced, not all of them crap like most out there now. Archos looks good, but you are asking quite a bit for that budget.
[QUOTE=MisterM;27372047]I'd say wait a few months as CES had a lot of tablets announced, not all of them crap like most out there now. Archos looks good, but you are asking quite a bit for that budget.[/QUOTE]
I just want an android device which does everything the ipod touch does. The ipod touch is under my budget so I don't see why there shouldn't be an equivalent android device at a similar price.
You want something to carry in your pocket, and you're requesting a tablet?
Just buy the iPod, you can't get any android iPod.
"I want a tablet but smaller than a tablet that I can put in my pocket"
Yeah, it's called a phone. There is no (afaik) multimedia only android device.
[QUOTE=Jallen;27372219]I just want an android device which does everything the ipod touch does. The ipod touch is under my budget so I don't see why there shouldn't be an equivalent android device at a similar price.[/QUOTE]
I dont think your going to find a device like the iPod Touch without it being a tablet, if I was you I would just go for an Android phone.
If you want a tablet for your pocket, but it's a phone, get the HTC Desire HD.
Both of my parents has one, and it rocks my HTC Legend HARD.
[QUOTE=Jallen;27371850]What? No I don't want a 10.1 screen.[/QUOTE]
I thought you said tablet, not a compact video player. And you should still wait till the CES tablets is out. Honeycomb is out, and so is Gingerbread. So in a way, 2.2 is old.
Yeah wait for Honeycomb tablets, your patience will pay off well. If you REALLY want one now check out the ViewSonic G-Tablet or the Galaxy Tab as you said.
[QUOTE=PiXeN;27372265]"I want a tablet but smaller than a tablet that I can put in my pocket"
Yeah, it's called a phone. There is no (afaik) multimedia only android device.[/QUOTE]
Except you pay twice as much for a smart phone than you do for an ipod touch.
[QUOTE=ItWasNiceToKnow;27372261]You want something to carry in your pocket, and you're requesting a tablet?
Just buy the iPod, you can't get any android iPod.[/QUOTE]
Yeah except I don't have a mac and I'm not buying one just to develop ipod apps in shitty objective C.
It's actually stunning that there isn't some kind of pocket tablet on the market. I mean, I don't want to shell out £300-£400 for an android phone and I don't want apples shitty "oh you have to buy a mac and use this language that nobody except apple cares about".
I honestly cannot comprehend how this space in the market has not been filled. It's actually astonishing.
[QUOTE=Jallen;27373137]Except you pay twice as much for a smart phone than you do for an ipod touch.
Yeah except I don't have a mac and I'm not buying one just to develop ipod apps in shitty objective C.
It's actually stunning that there isn't some kind of pocket tablet on the market. I mean, I don't want to shell out £300-£400 for an android phone and I don't want apples shitty "oh you have to buy a mac and use this language that nobody except apple cares about".
I honestly cannot comprehend how this space in the market has not been filled. It's actually astonishing.[/QUOTE]
You can get an android "iPod".
Look at the new Samsung Galaxy Player.
The Orange San Francisco is £110. It does everything you require.
[QUOTE=Rashy;27373286]The Orange San Francisco is £110. It does everything you require.[/QUOTE]
This. You can just disregard the fact that it's a phone, because you aren't going to get a tablet with specs anywhere near the ZTE Blade/San Francisco without paying quite a bit more.
The Orange San Francisco looks good for the price, but I think I'll wait until something else comes along that I like the look of.
It's better I think to wait it out when it comes to stuff like this, since even £110 is a lot of money to be spending on something I'm not completely satisfied with.
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