Back in June, Archos had first revealed its new line of
budget tablets running Android Honeycomb.
The enterprising hackers at xda - developers have put together an «pre-alpha» version of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for the Kindle Fire, marking the first time we've seen Amazon's
budget tablet running the latest and greatest version of Android.
Not exact matches
If you're on a tight
budget, and don't need a
tablet for more than some casual browsing, checking e-mail, watching Youtube, and
running some simple apps or games, then a cheap Android
tablet might make sense.
I'm currently in the process of finishing up a review of the Next3 and have been somewhat surprised by it so if the Next2 is anything like it, then the Archos stands to be a pretty decent
budget ereader /
tablet hybrid if the software
runs well.
8,990, which makes it a good bargain for
budget tablet seekers
running Android ICS.
The OS
runs smoothly and battery life is surprisingly good for a lower end
budget tablet
In conjunction with magazines and news paper subscriptions, it could possibly not only give the iPad a
run for its money, but also provide to be viable competition for the maelstorm of low
budget tablets coming out.
Also, the company has kept a line of
budget devices hitting the market by sticking to Android 2.2 Froyo while most other
Tablet PC makers have been releasing
tablets that come with dual core processors having high resolution displays and
running on the Android 3.x Honeycomb OS.
At some point the «college student» crowd (read «those on a
budget») may «switch» to
tablets as a «term paper machine» but that will only be when 1) these can
run office - type apps; and 2) when the
tablet, with a keyboard dock, can compete with netbooks in providing close to the same functionality (word processing, working with PDF documents, presentation preparation, light working with video, storage of gigabytes of files).
And games
run surprisingly well on the device, with GFXBench test 3D graphics results proving it punches well above its weight — beating other big brand
tablets in this
budget sector handsomely.
Tablet buyers on a
budget should spend just $ 20 more for a more stable Kindle Fire, though that doesn't
run ICS.
As well as the 9.7 incher, i - Onik were also showing a more
budget oriented Android 4.4
tablet that also
runs on the same Intel Atom Z3745 chip, but using a slightly larger 10.1 inch IPS display with a resolution of 1280 x 800.
At only $ 200 the Intenso
tablet is an 8 inch
budget wonder
running Android 2.3, but as you might have guessed its price does mean that its compromised on performance.
It is hard to imagine a video game console having a major impact on the Kindle Fire given that it is a
tablet, but they're both
budget devices
running Android that offer media consumption as their primary purpose.
Archos is gunning for the more
budget - sensitive crowd with the 7 - inch «Archos 7 Home
Tablet»
running Android atop a 600 MHz ARM9 CPU due in April for around $ 179.
Then rumors started circulating that perhaps the
tablet was
running the Adups spyware that has caused a lot of headaches for
budget manufacturers like Blu.
Even though this is a
budget tablet we think it's defiantly worth a look since it comes with a Boxchip A10 which is
running at...
The hudl2 is a
budget - friendly and high performance
tablet that
runs Google Android KitKat OS.
The ASUS Transformer Book T100,
running on Windows 8.1, is a
budget device that is one of the best bargains that
tablet buyers can enjoy.
The
budget tablet dubbed as the Galaxy Tab 3V comes with a 7 inch TFT display and
runs on Android 4.4 KitKat with a 1.3 GHz quad - core processor powering the device.
can often
run out of sale items like this quickly, so go snag this deal if you're looking to get a solid
tablet on a
budget.
Hewlett Packard Price: $ 149.99 Another option for the
budget - conscious, this
tablet runs Android 4.2 and has a 7 - inch HD display.