Here’s another amazingly cheap Android tablet from our old friend Tabtech, which has introduced an 8″ model running Android 2.3 – and will sell you one via Amazon for £129
Of course, you know what’s coming. The Tabtech A816 features a resistive screen running at 800×600 resolution and delivering a 4:3 aspect image, but it’s powered by a 1.2GHz processor and comes with 512MB of RAM so shouldn’t be a disaster.
It also claims to have full Android Market access, which is something of a coup for a device down at this end of the market, plus Flash Player support. Here are the tech specs of the thing:
CPU : Samsung S5PV210, 1.2GHz
Operation System : Android 2.3
RAM : 512MB
Memory : 4GB
Screen Size : 8 Inch Resistive Screen (the best we have seen so far)
Resolution : 800 x 600px
Expansion : Support TF card up to 32GB
Camera : 1.3 Megapixels
Gravity Sensor : Yes
Flash : Supports Flash 10.3 (latest and most up to date version)
Android Market : Yes
Youtube : Yes
Video : 1080P,AVI/MOV/MP4/RMVB/FLV/MKV
Music : Stero output, MP3/WMA/WAV/APE/AAC/FLAC/OGG
Ebook : TXT, PDF, HTML, RTF, FB2…
WIFI : 802.11 b/g
Earphone Jack : 3.5mm
Language : Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Spanish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Chinese
Product Size : 210 x 164 x 14mm
Product Weight : 497
Extend Port : 1 x HDMI port, 1 x MINI usb port (OTG), 1 x TF card slot
Including : 1 x USB to MINI USB cabhle, 1 x Charger(12V, 1.5A), 1 x User manual
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A slim and glamorous phone from Sony Ericsson, with the sharpest display around. It’s no powerhouse and the screen’s not the biggest out there, but we don’t mind. Because it’s cute.
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A very shiny thing from Sony Ericsson, with a 3.7″ screen and Android 2.3.3 inside. But is it exciting enough to win fans in today’s spec-obsessed market? Can man live on one core alone?
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MarkG
/ August 21, 2011Really Google need to clamp down on shit like this giving Android a bad name.
Perhaps remove the resistive touchscreen driver….
Gary_C
/ August 21, 2011But it is only £130. I think most of the buyers have realistic expectations.
MarkG
/ August 21, 2011I disagree, people think iPad but only £130. When they get it they really discover how shit resistive touchscreen devices are.
It’s only like $50 more to develop capacitive devices, so why do manufacturers like this always skimp on the touchscreen and end up giving Android a bad-rep.
Jason
/ December 25, 2011I have the tabtech a816 with added bluetooth and its amazing, It is very good value for the price, i was shocked to see how well it runs and how good the screen is. The tablet runs with 2.3 android which is good, and comes with a full market with is great as not all tablets have full android. If you are looking for a tablet thats low cost, good build quality, fast and good for gaming then buy the tabtech. definatly worth it.