I was thinking about getting my girlfriend a kindle for christmas, until I started looking at the cost of a kindle versus any other cheap tablet on the market. Kindle would be a $150 device that as far as I can tell, is only really good at reading ebooks. I have a motorola Droid and I love it, and I see there is a kindle app for android for free. Quickly looking around, I see that there are some android 2.1 tablets for around $170, so why even buy a kindle at all when you can get the kindle software on a fully functional android os tablet?
Now I'm familiar with buying PC's and parts for PC's, I know what brands to look for. But the companies with android tabs on the market right now are companies that I've never heard of. At a glance, this thing ( Android 2.1 Tablet PC-aPad-MID-7 TFT Touch Screen-ARM 11-Telechips 8902B-720MHZ-256 DDR2-2G-Wifi-Camera(SMQ5821 ) - US$ 169.99) looks pretty darn good up front, and once loaded with kindle I think it would be perfect. This is after only a day of research, so I thought I'd see what the community thinks. If you guys were going to buy an android tablet for around or preferably under 200 bucks that has to be released and available before christmas, what would guy guys grab?
Now I'm familiar with buying PC's and parts for PC's, I know what brands to look for. But the companies with android tabs on the market right now are companies that I've never heard of. At a glance, this thing ( Android 2.1 Tablet PC-aPad-MID-7 TFT Touch Screen-ARM 11-Telechips 8902B-720MHZ-256 DDR2-2G-Wifi-Camera(SMQ5821 ) - US$ 169.99) looks pretty darn good up front, and once loaded with kindle I think it would be perfect. This is after only a day of research, so I thought I'd see what the community thinks. If you guys were going to buy an android tablet for around or preferably under 200 bucks that has to be released and available before christmas, what would guy guys grab?