Any new 400 euro tablets due?

pickarooney

After the a510 disaster I'm back in the market for a new tablet. The TF300 is almost good enough but the stupid mono speakers ruin it. I'm not really sure I need a quad-core device at all; I'm more interested in something that doesn't crash all the time. I do like ICS though.

Is there anything due out soon in the 400 euro price range or recently released that I might have missed? Maybe some Toshiba or something?

Jarren

Should fit the budget

http://www.amazon.de/Toshiba-AT300-101-Tablet-PC-NVIDIA-Android/dp/B0087FWSZ0/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1343337500&sr=8-8

ED E

Nexus 7. Wouldnt touch anything else.

Sephiroth_dude

ED E wrote: »

Nexus 7. Wouldnt touch anything else.

nor would I after seeing it,cheap enough too,is it available to buy online anywhere do you know?

pickarooney

ED E wrote: »

Nexus 7. Wouldnt touch anything else.

I wouldn't touch it with yours.

I looked at the Toshiba yesterday but it's 500 euros on Amazon France. Amazon have some seriously mental discrepancies between countries (although it seems to be a third-party seller in this case). They've also rebranded it in Europe, no wonder I couldn't find an Excite anywhere. Full SD card slot.... I like the look of this if I can get hold of one.

Krusty_Clown

pickarooney wrote: »

After the a510 disaster I'm back in the market for a new tablet. The TF300 is almost good enough but the stupid mono speakers ruin it. I'm not really sure I need a quad-core device at all; I'm more interested in something that doesn't crash all the time. I do like ICS though.

Is there anything due out soon in the 400 euro price range or recently released that I might have missed? Maybe some Toshiba or something?

TF300 has stereo speakers. Unfortunately they happen to be side by side.
I have found that it doesn't hamper the sound significantly. It is a great piece of kit, particularly with the docking keyboard, and I haven't had a reason to fault it, in the last four weeks.

RangeR

Samsung Flagship 10.1 version 2. Less than €400

pickarooney

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

TF300 has stereo speakers. Unfortunately they happen to be side by side.
I have found that it doesn't hamper the sound significantly. It is a great piece of kit, particularly with the docking keyboard, and I haven't had a reason to fault it, in the last four weeks.

If they were at least in the middle I could maybe deal with it, but with two people watching a film it's just infuriating to have all the sound on the right hand side.

I'm really liking the look of the Toshiba AT300/Excite but can't find anywhere selling it.

I'm guessing that Galaxy has no SD card reader? No mention of it in any case.

RangeR

pickarooney wrote: »

I'm guessing that Galaxy has no SD card reader? No mention of it in any case.

Guess again. V1 didn't but v2 does.

pickarooney

RangeR wrote: »

Guess again. V1 didn't but v2 does.

Hmm, that would put it right back in contention. The Toshiba AT200 is available for €299 as well but comes with Honeycomb in Europe. Same with the Xoom 2.
I heard of a Huawei device with ICS but no solid info on it yet.

RangeR

10.1 will have ICS by end August

pickarooney

RangeR wrote: »

10.1 will have ICS by end August

The Galaxy one? That's already selling with ICS here. Toshiba At200 has started rolling out in some European countries this week too, apparently.

Screw it, I'm going to have to wait another month

RangeR

pickarooney wrote: »

The Galaxy one? That's already selling with ICS here. Toshiba At200 has started rolling out in some European countries this week too, apparently.

Screw it, I'm going to have to wait another month

No the Galaxy Tab 10.1.
I'm not sure what the Galaxy Tab2 10.1 has.

pickarooney

Dammit, they need to start naming these things properly!

The Samsung Steve
The Toshiba Clunk
The Asus Christ

bogman

Hahaha
Two question folks, (1) whats the difference between a Tablet & a Notebook
(2) Is the Nexus 7 good for anything besides playing games, has it any other functionality loike :rolleyes:

pickarooney

I tested a few out this morning -
Samsung Tab 10.2 - lovely screen, slightly laggy scrolling, not sure if that is due to the launcher, most expensive of the three at €369

Acer A200 - vertical scrolling in web browser was jerky, has a full USB port and nice, solid feel. Screen is average. Not bad for €299

Toshiba AT200 - was running Honeycomb but ICS was available OTA. The connection kept dropping while I tried to update it in the shop though. Screen is great and it's exceptionally thin. Manufacturer/community support is poor.

I was all set to buy the Toshiba and then thought to check how easy it was to root. Apparently nobody has managed it yet, so I said forget it. They've more or less discontinued this tablet before they've released the AT300 so I guess it's not a good time to buy.

phog

pickarooney wrote: »

I tested a few out this morning -
Samsung Tab 10.2 - lovely screen, slightly laggy scrolling, not sure if that is due to the launcher, most expensive of the three at €369

Acer A200 - vertical scrolling in web browser was jerky, has a full USB port and nice, solid feel. Screen is average. Not bad for €299

Toshiba AT200 - was running Honeycomb but ICS was available OTA. The connection kept dropping while I tried to update it in the shop though. Screen is great and it's exceptionally thin. Manufacturer/community support is poor.

I was all set to buy the Toshiba and then thought to check how easy it was to root. Apparently nobody has managed it yet, so I said forget it. They've more or less discontinued this tablet before they've released the AT300 so I guess it's not a good time to buy.

So what did u get?

I'm looking at something for my daughter, the Toshiba A300 or the Galaxy Tab2, both costing about the €400.

biebiebie

Galaxy 2 10" is going for ~ €310 in powercity as there's €50 cash back if you buy before the end of the month.
http://powercity.ie/?par=10-28-148819&pages=1&prod=148819&brands=SAMSUNG&image=

3g version is ~€430 after the €50 cash back
http://powercity.ie/?par=10-28-5017269&pages=1&prod=5017269&brands=SAMSUNG&image=

pickarooney

phog wrote: »

So what did u get?

I'm looking at something for my daughter, the Toshiba A300 or the Galaxy Tab2, both costing about the €400.

I got another A510 in the end. Fortunately the first one was just bad luck as I've had no problems with the second one (apart from a couple of mysterious scratches on the screen).