Samsung may have just released an 8 inch Android tablet, but the company’s already moving on to its next 7 inch model. The new Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 is due out in May, and while pricing hasn’t yet been unveiled, it’s probably a safe bet that the new tablet will be considerably cheaper than the […]
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HP Slate 7 now available for $170
HP’s 7 inch Android tablet is now available in the US. You can order the HP Slate 7 from the  HP website for $169.99. Free 2-day shipping is included. The HP Slate 7 is the cheapest tablet the company has released to date, unless you count the ill-fated HP TouchPad 9.7 inch tablet which launched […]
Asus MeMO Pad 7 inch, $149 Android tablet review
Asus knows how to make a good 7 inch Android tablet. Google tapped the company to build the Nexus 7 in 2012, and it’s still one of the best 7 inch tablets on the market. The relatively low starting price of $199 makes it even more appealing. But Asus decided to go even lower. So […]
Asus Memo Pad ME172V now available for $149
The Asus MeMO Pad ME172V is a low-cost Andorid tablet with a 7 inch display. It went on sale in developing markets earlier this year, and now you can pick one up in the US for as little as $149. Costing about $50 less than a Google Nexus 7, the ME172V has one thing that […]
$80 Ematic Genesis Prime tablet offers Android 4.1 on the cheap
Cheap tablets have come a long way since the downright horrible Augen GenTouch78. Today’s models are still vastly inferior to what you can get if you spend a little more money… but they’r not absolutely awful. Case in point: Budget tablet maker Ematic is introducing a new 7 inch tablet that looks halfway decent… for […]
Hands-on with the $98 IdolPad Plus tablet
The Idolian IdolPad Plus is a $98 Android tablet with a 7 inch display and a 1 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor, 512MB of RAM, and 4GB of storage. It’s not exactly a good tablet… but for $98 it’s surprisingly not awful. Budget tablets have come a long way since the Augen GenTouch78. The IdolPad Plus […]
Acer Iconia B1 tablet to sell for around $99… in developing markets
Acer’s new 7 inch tablet is expected to launch early next year — and according to the Wall Street Journal, it will sell for around $99. At that price it will be competitive with low-cost tablets from white box Chinese device makers… but like those tablets, Acer plans to sell its $99 tablet primarily in […]
Coby will launch 5 Android 4.0 tablets in 2012
Budget electronics maker Coby has announced plans to bring five new tablets to market in the first quarter of 2012. They’ll have screens ranging in size from 7 inches to 10 inches, but all five models will feature: Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Capacitive touchscreen displays 1 GHz ARM Cortex A8 processors WiFi HDMI […]
Lenovo IdeaPad A1 tablet goes on sale for $199 and up
Lenovo has begun taking orders for the IdeaPad A1 tablet. It’s available for $199 and up from Lenovo.com. The 7 inch Android tablet has an estimated ship date of October 27th, so it looks like you’ll have to wait a little while to get your hands on the device, but it should still ship before […]
ViewSonic ViewPad 7e $200 tablet hits the FCC
The ViewSonic ViewPad 7e is a budget tablet expected to go on sale in October for under $200. This week the 7 inch tablet showed up at the FCC website, which is a pretty good indication that it’s on track to launch on schedule. I got a chance to check out the ViewPad 7e recently, […]