Where's the Tablet Price Drop?

[techbob]

I'm hoping that more first tier tablets (Acer, Toshiba, Asus) will go on sale soon. I almost got the Asus Transformer with dock from Newegg but I was too cheap to pay the tax! Maybe this will happen as we get closer to the Amazon Fire ship date.

If you see Android tablet (Tegra 2 or equivalent) deals please post in Hotdeals!

 

[danman]

The HTC Flyer is $299 from $499 a week ago.

 

[kirbyrj]

The HTC Flyer is $299 from $499 a week ago.

Why would you get a single core tablet for $299, when you can get a dual core one (Kindle Fire) for $199 in a month?

 

[aznever]

if you don't mind a refurbished, heres an acer running windows based. link for 370. check out youtube for the tablet running windows 8. its pretty fast. And it also comes with akeyboard doc.

 

[Matrices]

Why would you get a single core tablet for $299, when you can get a dual core one (Kindle Fire) for $199 in a month?

It has a lot of other features that the Fire won't, though, including Blutooth, a camera, and a stylus.

 

[ekuest]

if you don't mind a refurbished, heres an acer running windows based. link for 370. check out youtube for the tablet running windows 8. its pretty fast. And it also comes with akeyboard doc.

you know, seeing a dockable tablet with windows on it got me real tingly downstairs. i have owned a few tablets, and used many, but none of them seemed like they would be at all useful for anything other than angry birds and a little web browsing/email. i think i will sell all my toys and my laptop and get a windows 8 tablet+keyboard dock when theyre out.

 

[kirbyrj]

you know, seeing a dockable tablet with windows on it got me real tingly downstairs. i have owned a few tablets, and used many, but none of them seemed like they would be at all useful for anything other than angry birds and a little web browsing/email. i think i will sell all my toys and my laptop and get a windows 8 tablet+keyboard dock when theyre out.

I'm starting to agree with this. I use a tablet, but I also use a small laptop. If I could have them both together with a full day's battery life, I'd buy one.

 

[drstk]

HTC flyer shows up as $99 at bestbuy. might be a price mistake but slickdeals is currently blowing up with views about it.

http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=3387346

 

[techbob]

Last night there was an Acer Iconia a500 - the 10" Android tablet for $350+ $6 shipping from an Amazon reseller. Street price is around $400. No longer available. Just now the Asus Transformer 16Gb on Amazon for $363.98. Not a huge price decrease and not nearly as good as the Newegg deal a few days ago.
http://www.amazon.com/Transformer-TF101-A1-10-1-Inch-Tablet-Computer/dp/B004U78J1G/ref=pd_cp_pc_pw_2

Not a hot deal but interesting.

 

[techbob]

At BB Acer A500 REFURB for $299. 90 warranty kills the deal.

 

[techbob]

HTC flyer shows up as $99 at bestbuy. might be a price mistake but slickdeals is currently blowing up with views about it.

http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=3387346

I parsed the Slick Deals thread -- some people posted proof that they got it for $99. The deal, if it was a deal, is over.

 

[techbob]

Grid 10 for $299 (10" tegra 2 that may run Android apps) just hitting the market. Chance of success? Slim to none according to Engadget.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/05/grid10-review/#comments

 

[dnottis]

lol got mine for $99..but that deal is wayyy dead ;-)