The $99 Tablet
The HP TouchPad may have sparked a new trend: the $99 Tablet.
Today, Best Buy dropped the price of the '7 HTC Flyer (a totally decent if simple android tablet) to $99.
At the same time, through woot and other locations, tablets (such as the Entourage Edge I use) have dropped to the price point. I would not be surprised if the current Nook Color (which is really what the Kindle Fire is a better version of in some ways) quickly drops to $99.
This is a good thing, as I have said before: tablets are a cool, but totally unnecessary third device. They make it easier to enjoy digital content at home, or when traveling. They are nowhere near as important as your laptop (if you work using a computer) or your smartphone (which is probably just as capable, but smaller, than your tablet. My phone is actually faster than my tablet or my go-to computer).
On a related note, India finally released its "$35" tablet - which actually costs $60, and has really low-end specs (like 200mhz processor low). In other words, its is already outdated and behind in terms of value. Still though, more cheap tablets and e-readers are always a good thing. See below:
Today, Best Buy dropped the price of the '7 HTC Flyer (a totally decent if simple android tablet) to $99.
At the same time, through woot and other locations, tablets (such as the Entourage Edge I use) have dropped to the price point. I would not be surprised if the current Nook Color (which is really what the Kindle Fire is a better version of in some ways) quickly drops to $99.
This is a good thing, as I have said before: tablets are a cool, but totally unnecessary third device. They make it easier to enjoy digital content at home, or when traveling. They are nowhere near as important as your laptop (if you work using a computer) or your smartphone (which is probably just as capable, but smaller, than your tablet. My phone is actually faster than my tablet or my go-to computer).
On a related note, India finally released its "$35" tablet - which actually costs $60, and has really low-end specs (like 200mhz processor low). In other words, its is already outdated and behind in terms of value. Still though, more cheap tablets and e-readers are always a good thing. See below:
India's much-hyped $35 tablet for students is a reality. But, like every other super-cheap education project, the price has jumped -- though in this case only to Rs 2,999 ($60). It turns out that the Aakash is actually an Ubislate 7 from Datawind (makers of the Pocketsurfer). Beneath the 7-inch 800 x 480 resistive touchscreen is a 366MHz Connexant CPU, 256MB of RAM and 2GB of storage (expandable via microSD) running Froyo and the Getjar market on top. The battery life is rated for a rather short three hours, and much less if you want to play HD video. In addition to the 802.11 a/b/g WiFi chip, you also get a GPRS modem to stay connected in rural areas. We wish India's HRD Minster Kapil Sibal's pet project all the best and if you want to see the device held snugly inside a Rs 300 ($7) keyboard folio, check out the picture after the break.
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