<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div><br></div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr" data-marker="__DIVIDER__"><div data-marker="__HEADERS__"><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid #1010FF; margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px; color: #000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="border-left: 2px solid #1010FF; margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px; color: #000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Pete Hardie" <pete.hardie@gmail.com><br><b>To: </b>"Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale@ale.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Saturday, September 26, 2015 11:16:39 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [ale] Favorite Android small form factor tablet & prices<br></blockquote></div><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__"><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid #1010FF; margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px; color: #000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="border-left: 2px solid #1010FF; margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px; color: #000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Azpen el-cheapo 7-inch ($40 at Microcenter). Not rooted<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>A few years ago when the first 4.1 at $99 tablets were announced I bought one. What I learned was that the amount of RAM is crucial. 512mb of memory was useless. It was a dog. As apps became more advanced it just go slower. Fry's sent out a promo code email this morning and there are a few on sale. One has 512 mb of ram. Why? How many of those actually end up being dumped due to lack of resources.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>One of my favs is the Hisense Sero 7 Pro. I bought my daughter one in 2012 at Wal-Mart. She destroyed the USB micro and they replaced it. She destroyed it again and I simply soldered two wires inside and ran them outside via a hole I drilled in the back. I then put Anderson Power Poles on the wire and made her a USB A to PP cable. She is still using it and it still runs great.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>I use a Nexus 7 next gen with LTE on Verizon. Works well too.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Today, any 7" tablet at $99 should be a great tablet and work well.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div></div></div></body></html>