Here's the review by Ars Technica of a $99 Android tablet.

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/reviews/2010/11/worst-gadget-ever-ars-reviews-a-99-android-tablet.ars

It's probably almost identical to the crap device the government is considering purchasing for its "One Tablet per Child" program.

To go down to $99, you have to cut so many corners that there's no chance it can run anything properly, and this review is yet another proof of that.

Well. It's like comparing LADA to MB. With LADA you can get from one place to another (most of the times). With Mercedes Benz you get there with style. The price tag defines your likelihood to get to the destination as well as the style you are driving.

Well. It's like comparing LADA to MB. With LADA you can get from one place to another (most of the times). With Mercedes Benz you get there with style. The price tag defines your likelihood to get to the destination as well as the style you are driving.

At least a LADA can bring you from A to B.

In this case, they tried so much to go below the $100 bar that it's like they decided to save money on everything, and fitted the Lada with a 50cc motorcycle engine and bicycle tires.

There are very decent Android tablets on the market. They sell for at least triple of that.

I wouldn't be surprised if the tablet purchased for thai students doesn't fare better. There's no way you can get a decent tablet at that price today. Maybe in a year or two, but not yet.

It's going to be so unusable that providing them with a gold-plated 3000THB tablet of wood would be about the same.

Hope nobody from Govt sees this article, they'll want to buy the entire stock.

That review is of November 2010. A first generation 8505 chip.

That tablet is now sold as a second generation with a 8650 chip. And, Android 2.2

I have one. Paid $70 for it. Use it when I travel.

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Be fair , what did you expect ? Double the price and you have a decent device , anything more and then the quality goes way up . A smartphone of 99US or going to THB , +- 3000 baht , you expect anything like a iphone ?? In looks maybe , but anything on the inside and outside have a lot of sacrifices . You have very good models smartphones for around 10000 baht , like older models HTC . The same with the tablets ( which are basically smartphones with a big screen ) .

Thats OK they will make it locally and have a very fine product for the day...

You pay cheap

you get cheap..............!!

Ran across a bunch of reviews slagging the new Asus tablet. Was really shocked.