Tablet Choices

[jakmak52]

ALCON: I'm having a hard time choosing between 3 tablets:

Google Nexus 7" Tablet with 16GB Memory - 180.00
MID Google Android 4.0 Tablet PC Capacitive Allwinner A13 8GB - 100.00
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7-Inch, Wi-Fi) - 179.00

Any suggestions or advice greatly appreciated.

Jack

 

[Aquila]

ALCON: I'm having a hard time choosing between 3 tablets:

Google Nexus 7" Tablet with 16GB Memory - 180.00
MID Google Android 4.0 Tablet PC Capacitive Allwinner A13 8GB - 100.00
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7-Inch, Wi-Fi) - 179.00

Any suggestions or advice greatly appreciated.

Jack

I've never heard of the second one.

I have a Nexus 7 and I love it, I consider it to be by far the best 7" tablet available. The only thing it doesn't have that I kinda wish it did is HDMI out, which I believe the Galaxy Tab 2 does. It sounds like there will be a new version of the Nexus 7 coming out in the next month or two, so might be a good idea to check that out, but if you're pulling the trigger soonest, I'd strongly recommend the Nexus 7.

 

[B. Diddy]

AVOID off-brand tablets like the MID. It may be cheap, but would you pay $100 for a paperweight? Off-brand tablets are often cheaply made, heavy, slow, have poor screens (in terms of image quality and touchscreen sensitivity), poor support, and often don't allow access to Google Play (instead, you have to use some other 3rd party market, where there's going to be a higher chance of malware). Obviously, this is a generalization, and I'm sure there are some decent off-brand tablets out there. But unless you can test-drive it for a few days, don't take the risk. The Nexus 7 isn't much more expensive, and it's really the cream of the crop.