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  1 0 You might give the HP Webos Tablet a shot, The reviews so far have been that they have a lot of potential, and I think with some software updates they might give the iPad a run for it's money. Or you could, god forbid, get an iPad. (I know, now im just trolling, sorry). Brandon Humphries answered in Geek Week 10 months ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  1 0 If you are comfortable with tinkering with devices get a Nook Color and root it (easy on this device) then install android on it. Cheap 7" tablet. Stelvin Cordon answered in Geek Week 10 months ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  1 0 As mentioned in Andrew's answer, until there's confirmation that the Flyer will be upgraded to Android 3.2 (the update being pushed out right now that contains support for 7" tablets), it's a clear do not buy. There is at least one 7" tablet that has been announced so far from Hauwei (http://www.bgr.com/2011/06/20/huawei-announces-7-inch-mediapad-android-honeycomb-tablet/) that will be running that OS, so we should expect it that form factor to start showing up. Your use cases are important here, though: if you're going to be doing a lot of e-reading, a 7" tablet makes a lot of sense, as I find the 10" tablets to be cumbersome for that. If you're going to be doing more general purpose stuff, the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is my favorite of the current hardware that's out there right now. I wouldn't anticipate a lot of movement in the market over the next couple months, other than the appearance of 7" Android tablets, and then a renewed surge of stuff in the fall. jjb answered in Geek Week 10 months ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  0 0 I would advise against the HTC Flyer. It's running Gingerbread (Android 2.3) and not the tablet specific Honeycomb (Android 3.x). It's unknown whether the Flyer will ever get upgraded to Honeycomb, much less upgraded to the next Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0). If you want to stay with Android tablets, I would recommend the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, Asus Eee Pad Transformer (especially with the keyboard dock), or the Toshiba Thrive. These are all 10.1" tablets. If you want a smaller form factor the Archos 80 G9 will be coming out as an 8" tablet for $279 in September. There are tons of other things I'd need to know before I give a recommendation. How much storage do you need? Are you already in the Android, iOS, or BlackBerry ecosystem? Do you need 3G/4G connectivity? Andrew Beck answered in Geek Week 10 months ago | Report 2 comments by Christopher Comte and Andrew Beck… 0 0 Thanks for the prompt response. I was under the impression the Flyer WOULD be up-gradable to ICS, but that seems to have been purely speculative, and not necessarily anything officially stated, SFAICT. I'm currently primarily in the MS OS environment, but seriously considering switching my smartphone to Android when my upgrade window opens in a couple of months, so that would be the logical choice for a tablet as well. As for the other considerations, I generally prefer to have as much storage capacity on-board as possible, although I realize Google/Android obviates the need for that (but I'm also not completely comfortable with the notion of having all my documents "on the cloud" without a local backup, and I don't know how compatible these devices will be with my current Seagate external drive), and so 32Gb HD, plus an SD slot would be the minimum. I imagine whatever smartphone I end up purchasing is going to be 4G, and so that would be a consideration as well. Christopher Comte commented 10 months ago | Report 0 0 If you are moving to a 4G android phone or any android phone, I'd get a wifi only tablet. You're better off paying for a tethering plan on the phone and using it as a wifi hotspot then you are paying for an extra data plan for the tablet. If you buy an unlocked Android phone, you may not even need to pay for tethering. I have a Nexus One and I don't pay for it. Andrew Beck commented 10 months ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  0 0 The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple has a tablet coming in October: http://ow.ly/5DXbH mister_fusspot answered in Geek Week 10 months ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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