I'm looking at a $120 two-in-one eReader/tablet on Woot

[Jesda]

http://www.woot.com



It brings back fond memories of my Apple Newton. You can use the stylus to write on either display. There's an upgrade archive out there for upgrading to Android 2.2.

The eReader connects to Google Books and the tablet runs Android OS with access to Amazon Apps. Some hacking (copying the files from your Android phone) allows Google Market and Youtube to work. You can prop up the screen and supposedly plug in any USB keyboard or memory card, which would seem to make it equally effective as a low-cost netbook.


Seems like a smoking deal for a dual-capacitive-screen eInk device with a 1.2GHz processor and 3GB of built-in memory.

[Pento240sx]

It looks pretty interesting, but is that the cheapest you could find. I'm interested in buying one now.

[dre1507]

i got my refurbished tablet for 30 bucks, but this seems massively cooler.

[Kompresshun]

I almost bought one last year, when they were around $400. It's a really neat device, especially for that kind of money.

On the other hand, iPads are only $350ish and are far more capable with no hackery involved and I've seen 1st gen Samsung Galaxy tabs as cheap as $225 on CL. If you just want something to fiddle with for a while, then I'd say it's worth the money, and you'd probably be able to get your money back out of it. If you want something more for the long term, I'd buy something else.

[Jesda]

With 11 minutes to go I pulled the trigger. They ran out of red though.

[Kompresshun]

Good deal, I honestly would've picked one up myself if I had the extra cash. The wife has been wanting an e-reader or tablet after playing with the iPad lately, I'm not planning on picking up something until later this year though, likely for her birthday or Christmas.

[MinisterofDOOM]

It has real hardware buttons and runs android...you can't lose. It actually has a pretty fast processor, so it should even be able to manage Honecomb whenever the damned source code goes public.

Go play Plants vs Zombies on it and enjoy.