<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Pat Regan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thehead@patshead.com">thehead@patshead.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:53:24 -0500<br>
Vernard Martin <<a href="mailto:vernard@venger.net">vernard@venger.net</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> If you are open to hacking your tablet, then the Viewsonic gTablet.<br>
> You can get one for about $250 in Atlanta if you are lucky.<br>
><br>
<br>
</div>I have a gtablet, I found it on craigslist for $200. I ran Cyanogenmod<br>
for a while, but Honeycomb is nice for the handful of tablet optimized<br>
apps that I'm using.<br>
<br>
The tablet is quite speedy but the screen is really, really awful. It<br>
is a netbook LCD panel, so the only good viewing angle is in landscape<br>
from "above." Portrait is nearly useless, because no matter which way<br>
you hold it the screen is out of the optimum angle for one of your two<br>
eyes...<br>
<br>
The Honeycomb roms for the gtablet are pretty kludgy and not as stable<br>
as Cyanogenmod. They're all modified versions of firmwares ripped from<br>
other similar tegra2 tablets.<br>
<br>
We also have a Nook Color, that one is running Cyanogenmod. It is<br>
quite a bit slower than the Viewsonic gtablet, but it has a very nice<br>
IPS LCD panel with excellent viewing angles. I also think the 7 inch<br>
tablet is a much more comfortable size/weight.<br>
<br>
I think I'd have been better off buying a second Nook Color.<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
Pat<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><div>Woot has a deal on the Archos tablet this morning for $184 shipped. <a href="http://sellout.woot.com/sale/23032">http://sellout.woot.com/sale/23032</a> However, the reviews are pretty poor. It sounds like you'd be better off spending a few more bucks.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Josh Kite</div>