As good as the iPad may be itās price is a little hard to swallow. Although cheap in the scale of all things Apple $500 isnāt cheap compared to what others have on offer. Sure the iPad has a better screen and a huge library of applications, but once youāve bought your 16GB model thatās what youāre going to be stuck with unless you buy another one! Sure itās got an awesome photo album application, but you need a ugly USB adaptor, computer or a data connection to get photos on it in the first place.
Thereās also that possibility that you buy yourself an iPad only to find out itās not really for you! Well before you hand over your hard earned cash on Appleās latest, why not check out this $99 device from Chinese company Eken.
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The plastic bodied device runs Googleās Android O.S version 1.5, which itself has a growing and rather impressive collection of third party apps. The Eken only has 128mb of ram and a rather sluggish processor, but if your wanting to just browse the Web, send emails, listen to music, watch a movie or just play the odd game it should prove to be adequate enough for most.
There is also the added benefit of an SD slot, meaning you can easily upgrade itās external 2GB of memory quickly and easily share photos with friends directly from a cameraās memory card!
However! There is one catch! and unfortunately itās a biggy (for us at least) and thatās it rather pathetic 2 hour battery life! 5 times less than the iPadās (5 times cheaper too though) Letās hope they address this in later generations!
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This ‘tablet’ is pretty much crap. There is no market, no google apps, the thing is built SO cheaply, half the programs are in Chinese and there’s no USB connection. DON’T buy it.
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i am very happy with my pad try android manger
Do the epad have wifi where ever
There is a model with 3G but this one only has WIFI
Can I view my ip cam from this pad. Thanks
my husband and i really want one, please help me. i dont have muh money for an apple ipod. thanks
where can i buy this tablet?
you can find it at http://www.uebay.com