Two budget alternatives from CES 2013

Acer and Archos are two manufacturers who are consistenly building cheap good tablet PC. Their products are affordable but offers decent specifications. From CES 2013, here are two tablet you may consider from Acer and Archos.

The two devices - the Archos Titanium 70 and the Acer B1-A71 - both cost the same, £99, and both run Android Jelly Bean, the latest version of Google's mobile operating system. 

The Archos sports a dual core 1.6Ghz processor, with quad core GPU, and 8GB of storage that's expandable to 64GB with a MicroSD card. The Acer features a 1.2Ghz processor, with 8GB of storage expandable to 32GB with the right SD card. 

It's fair to say that neither of the tablets is particularly impressive in the numbers department, and while the price point is pretty low - around $130 - you can't help but think it might be worth shelling out an extra $50 to get a Nexus 7 instead. 

Source: Padvance

 Both are decent tablets with affordable price. Definitely worth buying.

South Africa Budget Tablet Choices

For those of you in South Africa, here are top budget tablet choices for you to consider:

It’s worth mentioning the budget tablets here as well, and three of the ones I have used give a satisfying price-performance ratio: Colpad 2 from TabletWorld, the no-name brand 7” from Android-tablets.co.za, and the locally adapted Wise Touch from Wise Tablets. 

iPad mini, 7.85” screen. R3395 (iStore) 

Samsung Galaxy Tab P7300 8.9” screen, 1GHz processor, 1GB RAM, 16GB storage, 3G, Wi-Fi, USB. R6198 (8ta) 

Colpad 2 3G, Android 4.0, 7” screen, 1GHz processor, 4GB storage, dual SIM slot, 3G and Wi-Fi. R1999 (Tabletworld.co.za) 

Android-tablets 7”Gen 1, Android 2.3, 1.2GHz processor, 4GB storage, microSD slot, 3G and Wi-FI. R1150 (Android-tablets.co.za) 

Wise Touch 7” Gen 1, Android 2.3, 1GHz processor, 4GB storage, microSD slot, Wi-Fi, localised apps. R1395 (wiseshop.co.za) 

Source: Mail & Guardian

The iPad Mini also gain "Tablet of the Year" award from Mail & Guardian. It looks like in South Africa, the iPad still dominates the market.

Acer Iconia Tab A110 vs Nexus 7

Back in late October, Acer finally released the Iconia Tab A110. At US$230, it is considered a budget tablet. Looking at its specs and Acer brand, it should be a cheap and good tablet PC. How does it compare with Google Nexus 7 ? Android Authority has a head to head comparison that you can view here.

The biggest advantage Acer has over Google Nexus 7 is its support of micro HDMI and micro SD card slot. However price and performance wise, you are better off with the Google Nexus 7. It is currently the best cheap and good tablet PC in the market.

Acer Iconia Tab A110 is cheap and good tablet PC

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Acer is releasing a tablet PC aimed at the budget market priced below $250. The Iconia Tab A110. It will be available starting October 30th, 2012. The price is $229.99. The biggest advantage is the MicroSD slot which are absent in most tablet PC models.

The slick tablet is priced at $230 and will run Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). Sadly, Acer isn't updating some of its older Iconia tablets to Android 4.1. The tablet is powered by an Nvidia Tegra 3 quad core processor paired with 8 GB of internal storage and a microSD memory card slot supporting up to 32 GB of additional storage. 

The tablet lacks a rear-facing camera, which is actually quite common in lower-end Android-powered tablets. As expected, the A110 does feature a front-facing camera for video conferencing, promises up to 7.5 hours of use per battery charge and weighs 0.86 pounds. The tablet is less than half an inch thick, yet the seven-inch screen boasts a sweet resolution of 1024 x 600, as well as 1 GB of RAM and Wi-Fi/Bluetooth connectivity. 

Source:TGDaily

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Acer is a brand that is quite good. Bringing good value for money. So it will be interesting to see if it can compete with official Android tablet from Google. The Google Nexus series. With Google hinting a Google Nexus release, this coming October 29th, it will be interesting to see how it fares in the market.