$100 Android Tablet... from Walgreens

[John]

http://www.walgreens.com/store/store/product/product_details.jsp?skuId=sku6046193&CATID=353737&id=prod6047418&id=prod6047418

Yes, that is a $100 Android Tablet.  Sold at Walgreens.  Made by a Chinese company I've never heard of.  I am so tempted, because that is not a lot of dollars for a tablet.  1/3 the price of my netbook.

[Tooker]

That is certainly unexpected.  At least to me.  If you get it, please let us know how it turns out!

On a not-too-related note, I recently bought a paper amplifier (that is, an amp made of paper - cardboard, really) from Walgreens, because it was too weird and interesting to pass up.  It actually works pretty well!

[Sagacious-T]

I've seen these, they are decent but nowhere near as responsive as a high cost product. They're still great portable tools.

[John]

That is certainly unexpected.  At least to me.  If you get it, please let us know how it turns out!

On a not-too-related note, I recently bought a paper amplifier (that is, an amp made of paper - cardboard, really) from Walgreens, because it was too weird and interesting to pass up.  It actually works pretty well!

I decided to bite because there are people working on getting Android 2.2 working on it.  I figure for $100, it'll be good for getting the internet in bed.  It'll be a couple of weeks until I get it (7 day lead time + shipping), and even if it totally sucks, Walgreens apparently has a very lenient return policy.

[MindCandy]

Wait... no 2.2 out of the box? Meaning no flash? That's kind of a deal breaker for me unless those mysterious "people" get that update in there.

[invinciblegod]

Unfortunately, here is a review of a very similar (and probably superior) tablet brought to you by my favorite POPSTATION VALUE PACK REVIEWER:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJXlFcAaSIk

[John]

Yeah, the ~$170 pads coming out (the one you linked, the Sylvania from Sears, etc.) are superior.

This thing really isn't worth it.  Luckily, Walgreens has a very liberal return policy.

[TurnBasedDude]

Curiously, how come it is subpart?

[John]

Very poor resistive touch screen - I didn't expect it to have the quality of a capacitive screen (like those on an iPhone/iPad), but I expected at least close to the quality of the DS screen.  Got nowhere close to that.  Incredibly slow; it's got a slower processor than even phones like the Droid Eris.  Runs Android 1.5 and is not upgradable.  No official App Market, so you're stuck sideloading anything you want.

[Sagacious-T]

That sucks. Wait a few more years then the Chinese knockoffs will catch up, lol

[Kevadu]

Shouldn't be a surprise.  You get what you pay for.

On the subject of android tablets the Galaxy Tab looks really nice but it's not exactly cheap...

[Tooker]

Looks like someone's been reading our site:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/perlow/disaster-what-happens-when-you-buy-an-android-tablet-at-walgreens/14631?tag=nl.e589