Yugster.com has the has the Viewsonic gTablet 10" Android Tablet for $235 - $5 off with coupon code YUGSAVE5/25 + $5 shipping = $235 shipped.
1.0Ghz NVIDIA Tegra 2, 16GB Storage, 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth
10.1" multi-touch LCD, Android OS 2.2 OS, 10 hour battery
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Great price for a great tablet.
Word on XDA is that an ICS rom will be available soon.
The only problems with this tablet are the screen viewing angle is about as good as a netbook as opposed to any decent tablet out there and the power charging port is poorly soldered to the board and your charger stops working over time. You can easily fix the latter if you can solder and don't mind voiding the warranty but the former still irks me.
Otherwise this tablet has the same guts as a xoom and is potentially a hell of a steal at this price.
Check my posts of old and you'll see that I was an owner -- maybe March through August. And I rode the custom ROM train all the way through Bottle of Smoke and several updates of Flashback (HC ROMs).
I hate to sound bitter or vindictive, but I really grew to dislike the form-factor and in particular the viewing-angle issue (indeed #2 it was frequently reported that VS had used netbook-quality displays). I kept finding myself wondering how much happier I'd be with a tablet that came stock with Honeycomb and had an IPS screen. That of course led me to the 1st gen Transformer and thanks to bensbargains I snagged an awesome combo tab+dock deal at newegg (barely $150+ more than this deal^).
Looking back, it's very hard for me to endorse the gTab. As a development tool, it is more than adequate. But if you're a daily user, once you've got your ROM of choice, the question is how it really fits into your lifestyle? For ebooks, webbrowsing, email, occasional games and videos, it's not even a close second to the Transformer. Maybe a close 7th. If you asked me today, I'd say hold off, work on saving those extra 100ish dollars, and take the step up to the Transformer, the Thrive, or the Xoom (the newer model is even a bit cheaper).
The viewing angle would be a problem on a tablet b/c it is not like a netbook where it would be stationary so you can adjust just right and it stays that way. With tablets, you can never get perfect viewing angle unless you use a tablet stand. It is almost impossible to have it at a perfect angle, putting it on your lap, or even hold it with your hands for a short time b/c sooner or later comfortability becomes the overriding factor on how you position your tablet, not viewing angle.
The point being is viewing angles on tablets are not to be trivialized. The price is really good, but you have to factor in any viewing angle problems.
I was told by a guy who works at a compusa/Tigerdirect that this is the most returned tablet by a long margin at their store.....
Thanks matthew. I would like to get a good 10" tablet one day, and ur post allows me to save my money for that day. I may just keep waiting until something like that Samsung 11.6" Windows 7 tablet comes down in price abit.
I bought one of these from Woot 9 months ago or so for $250. I read all of the complaints about the viewing angles and just dismissed them as people that are just too picky. Unfortunately they are right. The viewing angles on this are so poor that it makes the entire device just suck. I've also got a HP Touchpad with CyanogenMod on it and the display and performance of that device is ten times better and that's on complete hack, alpha OS. The big thing going for this device is that it's got a SD slot and a full size USB slot. I would definitely buy the Acer Iconia over this for those features though. Of course the Acer Iconia 32GB is on Woot today for $299.
#6 You know I've worked hard to discredit the chaps (mostly at droidforums.net) who knee-jerk respond when they see a 10-inch Android tablet and say "These should be under $300." But since the Android Fire at 7" and $199, I'm starting to think that today's mid-level 10" tab at $300 isn't so crazy anymore. I think by the end of the year we might see it. (Of course, just like PCs, if upper-end hardware and the OS keep pushing the envelope, nobody will really want the $300 tablet -- case in point, the Asus TF201 at $500 for 32GB).
#7 Remember that's a REFURB Acer at $299