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Today only. Newegg has the refurbished Dell Streak 7 16GB Wi-Fi Tablet (Foggy Night) for $128 with free shipping.
7" multi-touch (480 x 800), 16GB internal, 1.3MP front / 5MP back
NVIDIA Tegra 2 CPU, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 5MP camera, Android 2.2
$128
Easy upgrade to Honeycomb. Ice Cream Sandwich, less so.
It is supposed that this device has 512MB of RAM, but seeing as DELL is so secretive about the figure I'll round that off to 256Mb. Either way, a little small to run a bleeding edge operating system like Gingerbread. It's a big step up from the nameless Chinese slabs if you really need to get a cheapo, I guess. This is a good bargain if you plan on having a child break it faster than it can obsolete itself.
Still, anybody else looking at this Dell is better off getting a Nexus 7. Much better manufacturer support, nicer screen, and a huge difference in processing power will carry the Nexus forward to Kit-Kat or Licorice.
I think people looking at this are looking at the price point. At 1/2 the price of the Nexus, this is more appealing to someone looking to jump on the tablet band wagon but hesitant on spending too much. Yes the Nexus is a much better tablet but that's what you get for twice the price.
buying this or any low end tablet to satisfy your curiosity about the tablet experience is cheaper up front but as your exasperation grows with slow loading pages , poor sound , unsupported formats, unexplained reboots and shutdowns etc , you'll want to improve things by rooting the device and installing a custom rom and chance bricking your plaything. who cares, its almost useless otherwise.Insight! I'll just buy a slightly more pricey box and maybe this will be the cheese. But its not. You may revisit this cycle several times like me and end up thinking like me that I could have bought the best tablet out there for all the money I spent on these inferior pieces of.
In my opinion the low res kills this machine. Aside from that, it's not bad. Another alternative in the low end tablet game is the Ainol Elf II. I picked up an Ainol Elf II for less than $120 including shipping. Dual core, faster, 1024x600, ICS 03, solid build. It's very responsive, and with a rom upgrade (darkElf) has been great. The battery life has been extremely good too (6ish hours use, or several weeks idle). What you lose is the rear camera and bluetooth. For me, that's a good exchange. I prefer it to my Kindle fire. There are some good tablets out there in the low end range, just do a little research before you buy.. there are a whole lot of lemons.
I researched the Ainol and it looks like it carries too much risk. Most sellers are in China, so a return is impractical since shipping costs a fortune. There are also reports of bad WiFi without a clear root cause, so a software fix might be impossible. I'd sooner go for a Nook or Fire refurbed or used... or maybe #4 has the philosophy.
Archos 70b isthis unit really surprised me $139..baconns on honeycomb ....the hdmi out actually works....decent streaming...