tablets

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

There are a lot of Android tablets from unknown names available these 
days.  They come in a wide range of prices and with a wide range of 
features.  Some are bargains and some are crap.


Today only, Dell is offering the Kyros MID7015 tablet for 169.99.  
Supposedly $130 off the normal price.

- Android 2.1

- 7" resistive display (capacitive is better but more expensive; typically 
  you need capacitive for multitouch)

- 800x480 resolution (same as the Nokia 770/n800/n810 family as tablets, 
  but this screen is physically larger)

- Telechips TCC8902 800 MHz ARM processor.  I don't think that this chip 
  is good enough to run future Androids (I don't understand why) and it
  won't run Flash.

- 256M of RAM which is good (cheap tablets sometimes have only 128M)

<http://accessories.dell.com/sna/products/E_Readers_PDAs_Handheld_Gadgets/productdetail.aspx?c=ca&l=en&s=dhs&cs=cadhs1&sku=A4407122>


The other interesting thing is that the NookColor eBook is really and 
android tablet and has been "rooted".  It is US$250, has a 7" 1024x600 
capacitive display.  At first glance, this looks to be a great choice.  We 
shall see. 
<http://androidandme.com/2010/11/news/nook-color-gets-rooted-and-swaps-books-for-angry-birds/>


I gave up waiting for a nice Android tablet and bought an iPad on Black 
Friday.  Twice the price of the NookColor.  Very nice (I really like the 
multitouch gesture for zooming), very controlled by Apple (yuck).  If I 
hadn't, I'd be seriously checking out the Nook Color.



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