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No info as of now. Will post as soon as I get to know any info. if you travel, I feel GPRS is a must, wifi may not be available everywhere.

Any feedback on Lenovo Idea Pad and Think Pad tabs launched recently?

If you can source from US, get the 10'' Acer Iconia A500. I bought it for $345, it doesn't have 3G, only WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth. It's a bit heavy but very good and supports full size USB, I am able to connect USB keyboard and mouse.

Guys: Have anyone tried to use android moblie phone as keyboard/mouse for the Android tablet. Lot of apps support from Windows-Android and Android-Windows, but not Android-Android. I wanted to connect the Tab to the TV through HDMI and browse it using my Android phone. I am yet to try BluputDroid, not sure it works for android tab.

Again from the US you can get an Amazon Kindle Fire or Barnes & Noble Nook Color.
I have a Nook color and it runs on a toned down version of Android 2.2. Has wifi but no 3g or bluetooth. Supports flash and upto 32 gig micro sd cards.

Try Mercury MTab which sells for about 10k. Has capacitive touch screen, 1.2GHz CPU and runs Android 2.3

I bought one last week from Ebay. I mainly use that for reading books. Quite handy with its 7 inch screen and fast too. I looked at other options before I opted for this tablet.

^^^ Thanks for the suggestion guys. But i am not looking at sourcing anything from the US. Would prefer to pick up something from Flipkart or Croma.
Whats your take on Creative ZII10, Reliance 3G Tab , iBall Slide and ViewSonic ViewPad.

I was wrong. Nook color does support bluetooth once it is rooted clap:

I haven't tried any of these tabs to comment but when I was shopping for a tablet, none of the tabs on display at croma came close to the iPad or Samsung tabs. What is your budget? The US ones do ship to India, just that the cost would increase due to the customs duty.

My max budget is 20k. Couldn't find much between 15-20 so brought it down to 15k. But can go upto 20k.

Last night i happened to see 20North, which i hadn't earlier. They have listed Hp Touchpad @ 17.5k and Viewsonic Gtab @19.5k. How are these two ?

Edit : 20North seems to have a lot of tablets for under 20k.

Hi all,

Am looking at getting onto a tablet. Besides the usual needs of browsing and entertainment, I am looking at doing some lite office work - mails, Documents & PPTs. I have narrowed my tech requirements:

10" capacitative display
1 GHz +
512 MB + memory, would really prefer 1 GB
USB ports for pen-drive / external drive
Battery life : 7hrs +
Weight : lighter the better
3G - good to have, not required though
MS Office Apps : are there free / cheap office apps available to edit and create MS Office docs / PPTs.

OS Version : in Androids want 3.0 (default) or a stable ROM available which can be installed. Do want access to Android Market for apps (do not know how well it works on ROMs)

Budget : ~$300 (buying from Amazon.com)

Had seen a few tablets:
ViewSonic G-Tablet : Good specs but battery life may be an issue and Android version (anagain any pointers on ROM will help)
Acer A500 : Good on all respects but at $350. Was looking at something cheaper.
Archos 101 : good battery life but seems it has only 256MB RAM (?) and Android 2.2 seems to be an issue. Otherwise its light at 0.5kg with good battery life and priced within my budget at $270
HP Toucpad : very good on many many respects. Available for $250 (perhaps people reselling after buying at $99) - is app availability an issue with HP Touchpad?

Any pointers for choice of tablet will be helpful. Need to decide in a day or two.


~maniac

The iPad2 is still the best ---if you can stretch your budget.

Would have thought of doing it had my expected usage been high. I expect low-medium usage but may need it for critical office work - in case it turns out to be productive and i can keep my laptop in office for most days :)

If that doesnt work it may just gather dust - so do not want to invest too much into it.

~maniac

Ignore ViewSonic tablet. It is not worth the money. HP Touchpad are not easily available now. Most are sold out. Archos has build quality issues and its support it not good.

Lenovo has good tablets which may come in your price range. Check this out: Tablet PCs with Android OS- IdeaPad A1, K1 and ThinkPad Tablets | Learn | Lenovo | (US)

Ipad and Galaxy Tab are very good but it will increase your budget. You can consider ASUS Transformer too which is a very good piece.

Toshiba thrive while a little bulky is very good and it is in your price range.

So imho, you should consider Lenovo's ideapad, Thrive, archos 101 or Transformer. If you have bigger budget, settle with ipad 2 or tab 10.1.

I don't know if you can wait or not but in 25 days, Black Friday is coming and you can expect some good deals on these tablets.

Its available on quite a few sites online. The only issue is shipping it to India. While most of them do ship , its a question of reliability and time and in case something goes wrong, we are stuck.

Can you let me know on which website? I would like to buy it for $99 if available. Would be good enough when its android port comes.

It is available on Amazon, 20North, ebay, naaptol and a couple of others as well. 99$ is a thing of the past now. Its priced at 226$ in US. On ebay its 15k and 20North is 17.5k