Eken M001, 7" Android tablet for $100

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Eken-Android-Google-Tablet-iPad,10274.html

by bseo • 16 years ago

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bseo6• 16 years ago

You can buy it for $130 plus free shipping at: http://www.pandawill.com/mini-ipad-notebook-7-inch-wifi-grav...

It comes with Android 1.6 but there's a comment on the above website saying it can be upgraded. You can also find it for less than $100 on sites like alibaba.com and dhgate.com but you will have to buy more than one unit.

jacquesm3• 16 years ago

Make sure you check out how to import it so that you won't end up paying a large amount of duty if you order stuff like this from abroad.

bseo6• 16 years ago

At my current location in Europe, low cost items usually pass through customs without a lot of extra tax, although sometimes it comes down to luck. Should be 20%-25% total if they decide to tax it.

On a sidenote, the seller I linked to is flexible about what price they stick on your package. You don't want to overdo it though, otherwise you might end up paying even more tax than normal.

gdee2• 16 years ago

Beware. That resolution might mean that the screen was produced for landscape viewing. If that's true, it will be quite horrible to use in portrait. It will show slightly different colors to each of your eyes which will make the screen seem slightly semitransparent and silvery. I have this problem with a Sandisk Sansa mp3 player I have.

bseo6• 16 years ago

That's a good point, I guess the orientation of the subpixels could make things weird.

They show both portrait and landscape mode in the video and it doesn't look like there's a problem though.

lsb• 16 years ago

Internet and network connectivity is achieved through the device's docking station (Ethernet 10/100 and 802.11b/g).

No free-range internet? That's disappointing.

bseo6• 16 years ago

The WIFI is on-board. Ethernet,usb,etc are supposed to be provided through a docking station (which I haven't seen anywhere). If you view the video included in the article, they mention this as well as point out the WIFI led on the device.

bseo6• 16 years ago

Found a good website that sells all these new tablets/UMPCs/MIDs coming out of China: http://www.merimobiles.com/Computer_products_s/176.htm

There are 6 devices with wifi and touchscreens for less than $200.

This website has videos and ifnormation on a lot of new devices: http://www.shanzai.com/

Eken M001, 7" Android tablet for $100

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