Friday, November 18, 2011

Get the (almost) perfect Android tablet

Holyday season is near and a tablet could be a nice gift, but have to be careful in not just throw your money into something so generic that won't last.

Here are some tech guidelines to get a good Android tablet:

- 1 Ghz CPU (and GPU would be great)
- 512 MB RAM or more
- 8/16 GB
- Android 3.0, upgradable
- Screen 7 or 10" capacitive, multitouch
- Cammera
- Battery that last at least 5 hours (replazable)
- USB ports
- SD slot to raise memory to 32 GB
- wifi
- GPS
- Bluetooth
- 3G support
- Flash
- DC cable


Some recomendations:

ASUS Eee Transformer (TF101) Android 3.1, 10.1 inch 1280x800 IPS (like iPad, but bigger and higher resolution) display, up to 9 hours of battery life (16 hours if optional dock added), optional ability to dock with keyboard, 1 GHz Tegra 250 ARM CPU with 1 GB RAM, good array of ports (mini HDMI, SD, micro SD)

Amazon Kindle Fire tablet ($199 USD ??)


In Mexico there are distributors for the Zenithink C71but the cost is almost the double.

Problem with chineese tablets is guarantee.

Gateway, Acer, Samsung and Motorola tablets look good!

Not so shure about Blackberry, but if they adopt the android apps, that will be serious.

In México prices are too high. Where is the benefit of belonging to NAFTA??