Android Tablets?

I keep seeing these sub $200 Android tablets for sale.  Are those any good?

What if I said I wanted something like an iPad, but without iTunes and something where I can put *shock* whatever I want on it? 

Erm... thanks.

The sub-200 tablets are pretty crappy. The screens usually aren't the nice kind of touch screen (you know, the ones you have to PUSH instead of the ones you can just tap on, which makes Android a nightmare to navigate), the hardware is usually slow, and little to no support for updates to the OS.

I mean, the Motorola Xoom is incredible, but its price makes the iPad look like affordable. Doesn't stop me from wanting one. I'm getting an iPad 2 here at work next week, I'll let you know how I like it.

Bingowings said:

Marvin says :

I tried them, they're rubbish.

I still have this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left side.

Really?

Marvin says :

Oh, yes. I mean, I've asked for them to be replaced, but no-one ever listens.

doubleofive said:

The sub-200 tablets are pretty crappy. The screens usually aren't the nice kind of touch screen (you know, the ones you have to PUSH instead of the ones you can just tap on, which makes Android a nightmare to navigate), the hardware is usually slow, and little to no support for updates to the OS.

I mean, the Motorola Xoom is incredible, but its price makes the iPad look like affordable. Doesn't stop me from wanting one. I'm getting an iPad 2 here at work next week, I'll let you know how I like it.

 http://www.amazon.com/Coby-MID7015-Android-Internet-Touchscreen/dp/B0047Q9GT4/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1304015492&sr=8-4

This Coby one is getting strangely high marks.  I don't think I've ever owned any Coby stuff, but their cutthroat prices and usually poor reviews have formed the opinion in my mind that they are just junk.

It has the "resistant" screen of which you wrote, and it's only 480p... but people seem to still like it for $130.

And it's easily rootable, which I think means you can update it to whatever Android OS is latest, right?

Rootable means that you can do whatever you want to it with some knowledge, yes. The problem lies in the screen. I don't know if you've used Android phones, but its very swipe based. The notification bar (the best part of an Android phone for me) has to swipe down from the top. I'm sure you'd get used to the resistant screen, but there is so much swiping you're going to pound the heck out of that little screen.

A review I saw on there said they sold it at Kmart, i wonder if you could try before you buy.