I was looking to do the same, to play and generate some expertise on a 'droid. I ended up buying an ACER Transformer. It comes as a standard tablet, or with an additional attachable keyboard, which is really handy when you have fat fingers like mine. ACER also released a version of ICS, so it looks like their activly developing on it. Haven't rooted mine yet. I ended up paying ~$700 for both parts. The tablet alone was $399 and the keyboard was $299. --- Wayne Johnson, | There are two kinds of people: Those 3943 Penn Ave. N. | who say to God, "Thy will be done," Minneapolis, MN 55412-1908 | and those to whom God says, "All right, (612) 522-7003 | then, have it your way." --C.S. Lewis >________________________________ > From: Jason Hsu <jhsu802701 at jasonhsu.com> >To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org >Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 12:53 PM >Subject: [tclug-list] WANTED: advice on buying an Android device > >I'm in the market for a basic Android device. My main reason for buying one is for learning to develop mobile apps. While the Eclipse IDE offers a virtual Android device for testing apps, it's not the same thing as a real Android device and won't put me on the same wavelength as Android device users. (The most obvious example: Visibility is poorer in a bright outdoor environment than indoors.) > >Some questions: >1. Is a tablet PC the type of device I should get? I get the impression that it's more versatile than other devices. I don't need a smartphone, because my dumbphone works well for me, and I don't even use it that much. And I HATE the idea of being locked into a specific wireless provider. I'm not interested in ebooks, because I still like books on paper better. >2. In addition to wifi, what else should I look for? >3. Are there any brands/models I should avoid? I remember hearing that the Packard Bell PCs were the most unreliable. The Yugo was a terrible value. (An old Oldsmobile Cutlass clunker was a better value - at least as reliable but MUCH cheaper to buy.) > >-- >Jason Hsu <jhsu802701 at jasonhsu.com> >_______________________________________________ >TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >tclug-list at mn-linux.org >http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20120523/a4ae26c4/attachment-0001.html>