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Soon they’ll be paying you to use tablets: Meet the $79 E Fun Nextbook 7

E Fun has been offering dirt cheap tablets for a few years. But they just keep getting cheaper and cheaper, while the specs don’t seem to get any worse. If you’ve got a few hundred bucks to spend on a tablet you’re still probably better off getting a Google Nexus 7 or a Samsung tablet. But […]

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Do you use Best Buy as a showroom for things you buy from Amazon?

A growing percentage of the stuff Americans buy is sold online from Amazon and other web-based retailers. But you can’t walk into an Amazon store to check out the latest Kindle, laptop, smartphone, or game console before placing an order. We have Best Buy and Walmart, and other bricks and mortar stores for that — […]

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OLPC XO-Tablet coming to Walmart July 16th (maybe)

The One Laptop Per Child foundation set out with an ambitious goal about half a decade ago, to deliver a $100 laptop that could change the face of education in the developing world. That never quite happened, but the team has delivered a number of durable, inexpensive computers to classrooms around the globe and changed […]

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Hisense officially launches Walmart-exclusive Android tablets for $99 and up

It’s official. Chinese electronics maker Hisense has introduced its first Android tablets for the US market. They’re available exclusively from Walmart, and they’re some of the cheapest tablets around. They’re also surprisingly good devices for the price. Walmart will officially offer a $99 model and a $149 model starting May 24th. The move isn’t exactly […]

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Hisense Sero 7 tablets available for $99 and up (at some Walmart stores)

Hisense is launching two new budget Android tablets in the US. The company hasn’t officially announced either model yet, but they’re both apparently available a bit early at some Walmart locations. Following yesterday’s report that the tablets would ship for $99 and up, Liliputing reader Adam and blogger VelcoElectro have both confirmed that they’ve purchased […]