Review: Sero 7 Lite is a $99 tablet that isn’t the worst thing ever
Two-and-a-half years ago, we reviewed a tablet called the Maylong M-150. It was a $99 Android tablet sold exclusively at Walgreens, and there is a word for the people who spent their hard-earned money on it: “rubes.” We (without hyperbole) called the Maylong M-150 the “worst gadget ever,” but the times have changed. Android has [...]
White Box Tablets Expected to Drop Prices to $40 in Following Months
White box tablet vendors intend to drop the price range of their products even further, reaching $40 in the second half of the year, according to well informed sources. Of course we’re talking about 7 inch tablets here, since 10 inchers remain a bit pricier. Taiwanese supply chain sources are the ones quoted here. Entry [...]
Wikipad 7 Android Gaming Tablet Launching Next Week, Priced at $249
If you want to buy a nice console and the Xbox One launch is too far away, you may settle for something probably costing half the price and offering portable fun: the Wikipad 7 gaming tablet. This device was announced earlier this year and it’s an Android gaming tablet, that will debut in USA next [...]
Wikipad 7 Android Gaming Tablet Launching June 11th for $249
Announced earlier this year, the Wikipad 7 Android Gaming Tablet is finally coming to the United States on June 11th for $249, with a UK and global launch planned for this summer. Powered by Nvidia’s Tegra 3 quad-core mobile processor, the 7-inch tablet ships with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and will have access to the [...]
$99 Hisense Sero 7 Tablet Gets Dissected, Cost Only $50 To Build
Up until last year we were impressed by sub $200 tablets, but nowadays we talk about sub $100 slates and even sub $50. However, people may be wondering what the profit margin is for such devices, I mean for their makers. Well, in the case of the Hisense Sero 7 Pro $99 tablet, it’s almost [...]
Acer Announces $400 Haswell Powered AIO Device With Android
Acer announced a brand new All In One device (AiO), a PC powered by a 3 GHz Intel Core i5 Haswell processor. The device runs Android instead of Windows, which is a pleasant surprise and also a surprise is the price tag of $400 for this product. One of the reasons why the price is [...]
Cube U35GT Tablet Features Quad Core Rockchip CPU, at Sub $190 Price Tag
Quad core tablets with processors made by the likes of MediaTek or Rockchip are a big deal nowadays, especially since they provide both power and a low price. One of these new models is the Cube U35GT, a quad core slate with a Rockchip CPU. The device adopts the iPad Mini styling and it’s priced [...]
Walmart starts selling Hisense Sero 7-inch Android tablets from $99
While there have been lower-tier Android tablets available on the cheap for some time, Walmart’s decision to promote Hisense’s Sero 7 version for $99 starting this weekend marks an important next step in the tablet pricing wars. You might see other 7-inch Android slates at drugstores and the like for similar prices or lower, but [...]
$100 Polaroid dual-core tablet hits Big Lots
Tweet Big Lots is selling a new Polaroid 7 inch Android tablet with a dual-core processor for $100. It’s not a particularly good Android tablet, but it might be one of the cheapest dual-core models around, and it does run Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. The tablet’s only available in-stores, but you can find more details [...]
Ramos W30HDPro tablet packs full HD display, RK3188 chip into $300 package
Tweet Ramos is updating its W30HD tablet with a new “pro” model sporting a faster processor. The Ramos W30HDPro features a 10.1 inch, 1920 x 1200 pixel display, a Rockchip RK3188 ARM Cortex-A9 quad-core CPU, and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean software. It’s available for pre-order from Geekbuying for $299.99. ChinaGrabber says it’s already in stock [...]
The Archos 80 Xenon tablet with 3G to land in June for $199
Yet another 1,024×768 resolution tablet from Archos. My eyes are watering already. (Credit: Archos) Another day, another Archos tablet announcement. Recently, the company unveiled its gift to chefs and foodies, the ChefPad. Not the cleverest of names, but it does include an interesting app-filtering feature. OK, where was I? Oh, yes, a new Archos tablet, [...]
Microsoft Second Generation Surface RT Tablet May be Priced Between $249 and $299
It’s no secret that Windows RT is not exactly Microsoft’s most appealing product right now and they’ll have to go a long way to improve that image. One of the ways to do that is by decreasing the price tag of a flagship slate like the Surface and apparently they will, on the Surface RT [...]
