I bought a Ghetto Tablet (that's what my wife calls it) the day after Christmas. Full disclosure--I'm a Mac guy. Well, partially. I don't own and iPhone and don't care to. I have an iPod, but my CL Zen sounds way better. I like Apple, but I don't like their insane prices.

So the day after Christmas I went to a local electronics store to buy a new Blu-Ray player and ended up with a G-Tablet. The manager is my next door neighbor and he bought one and liked it, so I said "what the hell--it's Christmas money!"

It's a great little tablet if you like to tinker and whatnot. Crap out of the box, but after you load a custom ROM, it's fast. Really fast. Yes, the screen isn't the greatest, but that doesn't bother me. I've been quite happy with it, especially for the price. I wasn't about to pay $500 for an entry level iPad when I could get the Ghetto Tablet for $350.

So, I agree with the above--if you want a tablet with lots of expandability but don't wanna pay Apple prices, this tablet is a great buy.

Wow! The view Pad 10 is a dual boot Win 7 Pro and Android machine!

I just found the Samsung Galaxy Tab without 3G for $349 at NewEgg. Hmmmmmmmm.

Interesting dualboot for the Nook. Posting using Honeycomb!

You have Honeycomb on the Nook... Not sure why, but that does not seem right, probably 'cause I can't get it on my gTablet yet.

Cyanogenmod 7 has its own branch for the nook color now. I just stick with that.

well, the guys have been working on the nook for a while. I expect that it will be on the g tab soon.

posting from my G tab

I am sorry, didn't mean to sound like I was doubting you...just envious.

These tablets sound interesting, especially dollar wise However, if I were a developer, I can see how fragmentation would be an issue with all these different ROMs or versions.

FWIW I have no problem with the iPad... except it uses the AT&T network and I get zero signal at my house... couple months ago they had a Nook 3G, that also used AT&T.

Which brings me to why not just trade in my stupid phone for an android or win7 phone.

Point being I have no Internet at my house so I would like to use 3G there to check my email and light web surfing.

The gTab has a USB port. I would guess that you can plug a USB 3G modem into it. I am not sure if there are drivers for Android, but they have ported Linux over to the gTab. There should be a modem with Linux drivers I would think. Of course, you would have to find one from a carrier that covers your home as well.

Of course, Verizon now has the iPad too doesn't it? That seems like the most elegant, simplist, therefore correct, solution.

Some of the Android tablets have Sprint 4G.

Good to hear your take on the G-pad, Redbeard. I've been looking at it since the price break a few weeks ago but I'm torn to buy it and hope for a good honeycomb port or just buy a honeycomb tablet. I'm really looking hard at the Asus Transformer. Honeycomb out of the box and the docking station/keyboard functionality might become the standard that others are measured against. If I don't go with the Asus it may be the Galaxy Tab 10.1 or the Xoom (if it goes down in price).

If you want the 7" form factor you might wait a little longer and get the new version of the Galaxy Tab. It is growing a little in size to 9" but it will be running the latest OS and be the thinner form factor.

You may also want to wait and look at the HTC Flyer. It is the smaller form factor and will be offered through the cellular carriers or WiFi only through Best Buy.

Well, this is the difference between the "PC" world and the Apple world. In the Apple world, you get "THIS" and maybe in white. In the PC world, there are many many many choices. And some work better than others.

l'm surprised that there isn't a Honeycomb ROM for G-Tab yet. But I am pretty shocked at how well the Nook works under Honeycomb. The Nooks seems a little slow under Gingerbread. I wish I had 2 so I could see the two side by side.

Update, Yugster ran the SamSung Galaxy Tablet (7") for $279 and $10 shipping last week. I expect it to be here tomorrow...

The G-Tab is probably going to go up for sale...

The problem with Android.

There are just too many devices available. The community have limited resources so they need to pick and choose what they will support. The hardware guys could really care less about devices they've already sold and in fact are probably purposely not addressing updates in hopes the community does. Besides, they'd rather sell you the latest/greatest device even if the only real difference is a model number and newer OS.

I will get worse before it gets better, there are an ungodly number of devices slated for release this year.

I'm fine with anything at Froyo and beyond. Gingerbread works great on the G-Tab.

James, Nook or Gtab? free 3g?

Yes, it's just terrible. I mean, I have all of these options! And don't get me started on the competitive nature of the industry, it just keeps companies rolling out better and better products! Ridiculous! :rolleyes:

I assume you mean the Viewsonic GTablet, not the Samsung Galaxy Tab when you say one is going up for sale.

HC is days away from being ported it looks like if you read xda. They have made great gains in the past couple weeks.

Personally, I like the Viewsonic GTablet. It is not perfect, but the price is right and the innards are solid.