davenetman
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- Aug 8, 2012
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Hi folks. I am TOTALLY new to Android, I have zero experience (tablet or phone). I have an iPad 2 which I love, but I wanted to start playing with Android. Wanted to start with an inexpensive tablet. I've seen soooo many available starting as cheap as $65. The problem is, since I don't know what I'm looking at, I can't tell one from another.
I do know that I at least want one with a capacitive (not resistive) touch screen. We did have a Pandigital Novel book reader, and the resistive screen was extremely frustrating. Looking at eBay, I see one that looks interesting for $65 shipped (from Hong Kong). But I don't know if these specs are acceptible or not:
1.5GHz Boxchip A13 cpu (although I also heard they aren't really 1.5GHz) - What is the minimal cpu speed I'd need? Is 1GHz ok?
512MB ram / 4GB storage
7" Capacitive touch screen
Android 4.0 OS (not clear if I can upgrade to 4.0.3, or if not, am I really missing anything?)
Has a camera, not a priority really
SAYS it has 'full access to Google Android Market', but coming from Hong Kong, I'd like to confirm first
If not this one, then are there other ones in the under-$75 price range that have what I want?
Thanks so much!
Dave the newbie
I do know that I at least want one with a capacitive (not resistive) touch screen. We did have a Pandigital Novel book reader, and the resistive screen was extremely frustrating. Looking at eBay, I see one that looks interesting for $65 shipped (from Hong Kong). But I don't know if these specs are acceptible or not:
1.5GHz Boxchip A13 cpu (although I also heard they aren't really 1.5GHz) - What is the minimal cpu speed I'd need? Is 1GHz ok?
512MB ram / 4GB storage
7" Capacitive touch screen
Android 4.0 OS (not clear if I can upgrade to 4.0.3, or if not, am I really missing anything?)
Has a camera, not a priority really
SAYS it has 'full access to Google Android Market', but coming from Hong Kong, I'd like to confirm first
If not this one, then are there other ones in the under-$75 price range that have what I want?
Thanks so much!
Dave the newbie