Augen's 7" Android Tablet hits K-Mart stores this week for $149

[angelpaws]

Acrylic nails to work a screen better ???????? i have 3 daughters and not a one has ever told me of this use for the acrylic nails. You are a find, Married ? Would love to have a s o that would share my trance like fetish for electronics. But i think in the end we would end up poor and alone with all of our stuff. Im staying where i am LOL

ROTFL! Yup! They are my tools and make a great stylus!

[angelpaws]

Just saw that pandawill.com is selling a
"Gpad G10 Android 2.1 MID 7 Inch 1080P 3D Games Multi-Touch 2GB Gravity Sensor Camera Silver Compare Gentouch78"
and they have a comparison run-down as to how it compares to the Augen:

Buy Gpad G10 Android 2.1 MID 7 Inch 1080P 3D Games Multi-Touch Gravity Sensor Compare Gentouch78 compare price at pandawill.com

It looks interesting. I wonder if it's any good. The Augen sure seemed wonderful until all the "oh but that doesn't work" stuff started piling up.

[gadgetrants]

Just saw that pandawill.com is selling a
"Gpad G10 Android 2.1 MID 7 Inch 1080P 3D Games Multi-Touch 2GB Gravity Sensor Camera Silver Compare Gentouch78"
and they have a comparison run-down as to how it compares to the Augen:

Buy Gpad G10 Android 2.1 MID 7 Inch 1080P 3D Games Multi-Touch Gravity Sensor Compare Gentouch78 compare price at pandawill.com

It looks interesting. I wonder if it's any good. The Augen sure seemed wonderful until all the "oh but that doesn't work" stuff started piling up.

Yeah, I agree. Interesting. But for now I'm filing it under "If it looks too good to be true..." Lots of things that don't compute, like the claim that it can handle multitouch, play Divx, etc. This one made me smile:

p said :Is it going to have Google software and licensing, for example marketplace or will it be like the gen touch 78 and not be able to have it at all??

Pandawill replied:
it will come with googel software.But Which license do you mean?

-Matt

[PowerPlayGraphix]

I'm personally waiting to see the first REAL android tablets that are made by reputable companies. These little Chinese knock-off companies are all going to give you crap. I'd much rather pay $250-$300 for a good, powerful, solid working tablet then settle for a "bargain" that has less power than my phone.

[VirtualGeek]

+1

Sent from my mind using an integrated virtual WAN neurochip.

[gadgetrants]

are there other similar dedicated android tablets floating around? the novel seems more dedicated to e-reader like the nook.

I think there are two Android tablet niches/markets or price points. Here is my reasoning (I hope it doesn't sound pretentious...I was taught to "lay out my assumptions"!):

$100 - $300 = Ereaders
$300 - $400 = netbooks
$400 - $500 = mainstream Android tablets???
$500 - $700 = IPad w/wifi
$700+ = notebooks

Well, a few weeks have passed since my predictions, and there have been a few news posts with updates on soon-to-appear tablets, including several in the $400-$500 range. Features that lift the price include 12" screen, 3G, Win 7 OS, and capacitive touch screen. Here's a good list at Technologizer.com:

iPadversaries! 32 Tablets, Slates, Pads, and More

"Why are iPads selling as fast as Apple’s Chinese subcontractors can crank them out? In part, it’s because the iPad has a suddenly-hot product category pretty much to itself. Before scuttlebutt that Apple was working on a tablet started to heat up, no major PC manufacturer seemed to think that consumers wanted a general-purpose, touchscreen-only computing device. Now almost all the big names–and lots of little ones–are furiously playing catch up.

End result: Starting later this year, the iPad will be confronted by an army of other touchscreen machines, from potentially worthy opponents to shameless wannabees. Call ‘em iPadversaries, and read on for my first stab at accounting for (most of) them.

I cheerfully admit that I’ve defined the term “iPadversary” loosely. Some of these gizmos are very much meant to compete head-to-head with Apple’s tablet, including a bevy of Windows 7 “slate PCs.” Others won’t do so at all–such as the OLPC XO 3.0 and “$35 Indian tablet”–but I found them intriguing for one reason or another. And a few (such as RIM’s BlackPad) are unconfirmed rumors which may or may not pan out.

There are also a few tablets that are already for sale here, all of which have one thing in common: Most of the reviews of them range from so-so to profoundly negative.

I considered only devices with touchscreens–and only screens that are at least 5″. I didn’t include any product which definitely has a physical keyboard, although some of the upcoming Windows slates which we know almost nothing about will reportedly have them. (If so, they’ll be Tablet PC offspring more than iPad counterparts.)

I’ve attempted to gather some basic facts on each device, and to indicate when the information I mention is speculation or rumor rather than confirmed fact. I’d be amazed, however, if all of these products reach the market in exactly the form detailed here."