I went on a impulse and bought an IPAD yesterday. However after doing some more reading I was impressed by the Viewsonic G Tablet. Today I saw a good deal on the G tablet and picked one up too.

So now I have to decide which to keep, which to return. I just want to see Azine's opinion on how both of them would compare. Basically opening either of them and then having to return it would mean a 10%-15% restocking fee or having to sale it on Ebay to avoid the fee.

From what I have experienced, the IPAD is very easy to use and meets most of the what it will probably be used for. The G Tablet has a couple of things going for it that was hard to ignore, the Camera, Flash 10.1., however the display unit in Office Depot that I played with seemed to be spotty, and crashed a couple of times. I have read online that the out of box experience of Viewsonic is crappy at best and needs to be rooted to a vegan to get a good user experience. Having never owned an Apple or Android product I'm w/o any real experience on either of the platforms.

Decision ... decision..

 

You mean the same view sonic tablet that was just pulled off the shelves due to defect!?!?

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/18/v...ufacturing-de/

 

I loved my viewsonic screen - until it died because they used cheap capacitors - b@#$@#'s
Freaking love my iphone - never thought i would own one - jailbreaking is the best, and even stock is great.
Keep in mind, its up to the manufacture to publish updates on Android (unless your comfortable with how-to's and xda dev's stuff)
friends say ipad is great.
ever concider a netbook?

 

http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/12/18...onic-gtablets/

the reviewer calls them garbageTablets... cant be good...

 

This is why I love Azine.. you guys never miss a beat. Some how this didn't show up when I did my search y'day night.

What happened to the Viewsonic. did the manufacturer take care of the warranty.

I think for the price point a laptop would be more appropriate than a netbook.

 

Well then I guess the choice is obvious. Get the view sonic

/thread

 

i love my Archos 101... super useful when you just want to surf the web...

 

No, it was like a couple years out of warranty - but the screen was big $$$. Apparently they should of used solid sate capacitors and didn't. I'm liking LG right now
Samsung's good too, but i'm not the biggest fan of there colour's, washed out a bit, lg's (the screens ) seem to have richer colours out of the box. they also make various lcd panels for apple products...

 

Should I even vote...?

 

This looks pretty promising: http://www.archos.com/products/ta/ar...try=us&lang=en

Archos 101 Tablet..

 

I think 4:3 is a better all around ratio for a tablet screen. It's not best for widescreen movies but it's better than 16:9 for reading, surfing the web and most other uses for a tablet. Plus the iPad screen is ridiculously good looking. IPS, FTW!

 

there's a new ipad scheduled to come in the first quarter of 2011.

return both?

 

 

return the gTab keep the iPad. Sell it when the 2gen comes buy a new one. Should be able to get a good amount for it.

 

^ This

 

I bought a G-Tablet, just to try and was disappointed by the screen. It has the worse viewing angles of any device i've used in the last 5 years.

Believe it or not, i purchased a Nook Color for my wife and hacked it to run standard android. Now the Nook is a dedicated android device, half the price of a Galaxy tab, and has a screen that just as good as the Ipad, if not better. She loves it.

 

Droid Table > G-Tablet > Ipad

 

yeah that's what I'm hearing people are doing. Sucks that B&N as no interest in entering the "tablet" market.

 

Ipad is my first apple anything. Except for the fact that it wont do flash, it rocks. It's smooth, fluid and doesn't crash. I also just picked up my first droid anything (Eris) and am pretty impressed with its operating system.

So in conclusion...windows sucks

 

You question the mighty Apple?

 

Galaxy S pad when larger sizes come out next year or wait for the new iPad. I'd just get a cheap laptop or expensive netbook at that price point though. I don't understand the need for a tablet beyond being used as a reader. Maybe do what someone else said and hack a nook to run android that would be kinda cool. Plus the nook and kindle both are easy on the eyes when reading text.

 

You are all a bunch of haters...

 

 

At this point the G-tablet is going back as it doesn't seem worth the risk. I still have a couple of more days to think on whether to keep it or return it and wait IPAD2 vs get a low end laptop.

The primary use of this unit will be web browsing, and also to be used by the kids as a reader, so laptops in the same price range could easily meet the need.

 

View sonic just clarified the reason for the recall. They said it wasn't because of a hardware defect but because it just flat out fucking sucks...... But hey, they're working on it!

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/20/v...fect-its-a-us/

 

I picked up my iPads tonight. I'm confident I made the right choice from what's available now.

 

 

Well done sir...


Sent from my IPad

 

I voted iPad...because I love mine.

 

I think it's the best choice right now too. Google really needs to step up android a bit for tablets, and at least create a decent app store/market layout.

 

Where the hell is the W7 tablet? Seems like a perfect match...

Atom Processor, 2GB RAM... USB.

 

ExoPC?

 

I need to get out more! Whoa!

If I can get Sonicwall to make a VPN app for it, I will be in heaven...

Dammit, I was just at that mall this evening!

 

Pending some favorable reviews, I think I just found something to top my wishlist!

 

I would wait till after CES cause there's going to be a shitton of tablets announced.

 

And i get to goto CES

 

Thanks mang.. you made me laugh with this!!!

visual > *

 

also... this is funny and pretty Bold of Motorola! I stole this from Mike over in the AD thread....

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I'm intrigued?

 

What the hell was under the curtain!??!!??!!??!!??!!?!!??!!??!!??exclamation questionmark!!??