Android 2.2 iPad Alternatives

stonebridges

Just released in SZ (China). New iPad clones run Android 2.2 / Windows 7 with "decent" hardware equal to iPad, supporting Flash 10.1 and multitasking.

8" Android 2.2 aPad - 1GHz Cortex A8 Processor - 512MB DDR2

10.1" Windows 7 ePad - 1.66GHz Atom N455 - 2GB DDR3 - 32GB SSD

Any reviews, discussion on those? I have laid my money down and waiting for the courier to show up. Been burnt before and not holding my breath, but as an ebook reader and wifi surfer?

Gooch2k4

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/advent-vega-internet-tablet-due-to-unprecedented-demand-we-have-sold-out-and-will-be-back-in-stock-next-week-08258762-pdt.html

The Advent Vega looks good! Tegra 2, and cheap

p

Doesn't Android need a hardware back button.

I think it'll be next year before we see any credible alternatives to the iPad. The Android OS (and apps) just aren't designed for tablets right now.

Ruby_Woo

Is Gingerbread meant to be designed/suitable for tablets?

Thanks OP, that first tablet looks really good for the price! So tempted to buy it.. Let us know how you get on with it!

Atomic Pineapple

p wrote: »

Doesn't Android need a hardware back button.

I think it'll be next year before we see any credible alternatives to the iPad. The Android OS (and apps) just aren't designed for tablets right now.

Gingerbread will be out soon (December) and will be optimised for tablets, archos and Samsung have excellent tablets soon to be released.

joker@

Im aware china cheap stuff i had very bad feelings about that.Mean one time use hardware.

Atomic Pineapple

The Samsung Galaxy Tab looks good!

p

draffodx wrote: »

Gingerbread will be out soon (December) and will be optimised for tablets, archos and Samsung have excellent tablets soon to be released.

Has that been confirmed? Last time I checked there was no confirmation that Gingerbread would be targeting tablets.

Atomic Pineapple

p wrote: »

Has that been confirmed? Last time I checked there was no confirmation that Gingerbread would be targeting tablets.

Not officially but very strong rumours that Gingerbreads focus will be tablet optimised. I would be very surprised if its not.

Samsung advertise the Tab as coming with Gingerbread by the way.

p

Gingerbread came out today, not aimed at tablets. It'll be Android 3.0 which looks like it'll be out in feb.

Atomic Pineapple

p wrote: »

Gingerbread came out today, not aimed at tablets. It'll be Android 3.0 which looks like it'll be out in feb.

Nothing mentioned about tablets but in the SDK download there are additional packages for developers that want to develop for the Galaxy Tab.

HoneyComb will include device recognition so that an app will know if it's on a phone or a tablet.

steve_

i think the archos tablets are a good rival to the ipad. Run android too.

http://www.archos.com/products/ta/archos_7/index.html?country=us&lang=en

rathcop

steve_ wrote: »

i think the archos tablets are a good rival to the ipad. Run android too.

http://www.archos.com/products/ta/archos_7/index.html?country=us&lang=en

They SHOULD be but archos are poor on support

sohappy

hey stonebridges which one did you get? how did it work out for you, whats the battery life like?

woop

dont buy one yet, theres a motorola one due out with an optimised tablet version of android. Backed by google, whereas the galaxy tab jumped the gun and although a nice device is effectively just a big phone. So basically just wait