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Woot! $85 Android Tablet

ercoerco Posts: 20,260
edited 2011-05-17 06:11 in General Discussion
http://www.woot.com

7" Android Tablet: $85 shipped. Looks interesting, but it's curious that: "Google does not permit access to the official Android Market at this time" although apps can be bought from 3rd parties.

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  • Martin_HMartin_H Posts: 4,051
    edited 2011-05-16 09:47
    That's common in the Android tablet world. Google's market application is closed source and vendors need permission from Google to ship it. Google has some sort of certification process before they give permission. Prior to Android 3.0 Google certified very few tablets. It is possible to side load apps onto such devices, or hack them to run Google's market. But I don't have personal experience doing that.

    That particular tablet is considered decent as an eReader, but not for much more than that. Now that the 3.0 tablets are out I'm likely to buy one of those soon.
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2011-05-17 03:21
    No point linking to the woot page. They only sell one product for one day and then move on.
  • MicrocontrolledMicrocontrolled Posts: 2,461
    edited 2011-05-17 06:11
    My brother has been watching woot every day waiting for an Android tablet to go on sale, so he ordered one yesterday. Now I get to see how it works, maybe he'll let me run apps I design on it in exchange for tech support. :-)
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