Comments on: Hott $98 Tablet To Rock Android, Crush iPad?

By: Beat

Beat — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:57:05 +0000

IDK if its just a translation issue but it sounds like it is not a great product first he didn’t know the exact speqs and he could not identify the earphone port and if you have to use an adapter that stinks esp since its not a regular usb port but something special I have a cheap tablet and it has a universal mini usb port so i can lose it and not be efffed and i think this device could be better but personally the only thing i like is the possible metal backing LOL its quite shiny and android 1.5 and its not out yet……. IDK anyway nice article

By: siddharth

siddharth — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 05:18:21 +0000

where can i buy this item?

By: Fitu

Fitu — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:34:06 +0000

It’s good, It’s cheap, It’s cool, but where to buy it?

By: Merago

Merago — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:52:18 +0000

It looks promising enough, but we’ll have to wait and see if any distributors pick it up outwith it’s native China (at that price, I daresay they will). The Android-powered Archos 7 and 8 Home Tablets should be out over the next month or so too, and they’re only slightly more expensive than the Hott MD500 is supposed to be. It’ shaping up to be a good summer if you’re in the market for a tablet.

By: zboot

zboot — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:21:47 +0000

Why. Let us imagine for a moment that engineers designed this thing several months ago. They focused on getting the hardware perfect on whatever was the current Android build when they started. It is pretty difficult to target hardware for a constantly changing software platform. It makes sense to lock your engineers to flesh out and implement most of the design on a stable version of the intended software platform, then once you’ve more or less worked out the hardware bugs, see what breaks when you update the software.

So imagine if you will, that you need to do a demo to impress someone. Which version of the software would you use? The one that your engineers have beat from here to hell and back getting your hardware as great as possible? Or the one they are still tweaking to ensure that same experience?

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:56:36 +0000

Wow, if this is really $100, I’d get one for sure. Hope it’s at least 2.0 eventually.

By: Brad

Brad — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:10:50 +0000

Why on earth are so many “new” Android devices being released with 1.5? Android 1.5 is ancient history. Sheesh, get cracking on 2.0 already. I mean c’mon, Android 3.0 is even on the horizon already.

By: Charbax

Charbax — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:52:38 +0000

The point is the Android tablets are good for the market, brings cheaper and better alternatives to Apple.

By: Andre Richards

Andre Richards — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:10:04 +0000

“Don’t need no Apple iPad liller… it will die all by itself. The built in battery issue will keep away anyone with a brain.”

Doubtful. The entire iPod line has built-in batteries and they’re obviously selling well.

By: andre

andre — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:27:05 +0000

I like the pricetag but I am not enthusiastic about all of these options. The tablet form is going to work for apple because they have the clout to pull together content and change the way websites and publishers design. Apple and I believe Microsoft understand that you have to offer a different experience and function for tablets. It can’t just be a pc in a pad form. Now I think that a cheap pad has a great place but I don’t understand why some of these folks with tablets ready to go don’t team up with companies that are developing machines. If amazon could use an existing color platform and simply tweek the design. I think that it could work for both the companies. I just think some of these companies are going to canabalize eachother.

By: Cool

Cool — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:57:33 +0000

Don’t need no Apple iPad liller… it will die all by itself. The built in battery issue will keep away anyone with a brain. Apple will get it’s loyalist to drop 2x the price of a comparable netbook to buy their crapola, but all others will stay away.

By: Kage

Kage — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:57:13 +0000

Looks awesome. 512mb ram would be sweet. 16gb flash drive is a meh. 32gb/64gb or higher for me please. Other than that I like the look of the internet tablet.

By: gwlaw99

gwlaw99 — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:44:54 +0000

Who cares if it is an ipad killer? $100 for an android device with a 4.8″ screen? Not bad at all. Once this is rooted and you can install custom roms it will be great. Any word on processor?

By: Kevin O_o

Kevin O_o — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:16:22 +0000

This is not an Ipad killer :P
[NOTE] I am NOT an ifan. The reason i am saying this is because people believe that everything that apple makes is revolutionary,therefore people buy the Ipad instead of an Android tablet which is pretty unfamiliar

By: Hugh Briss

Hugh Briss — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:02:10 +0000

They’re gonna get sued. They even put a chrome bezel around it to make it look almost identical to the iPad. Nothing wrong with trying to kill iPad but at least do it with a unique design.