ZaTab: ZaReason's Open Tablet

considering what you get at the sub $US400.00 price tag

Tradeoffs are the issue for cheap tablets. Compared with a nexus 7 this has

1) Bigger screen

2) HDMI out

3) Slightly better battery

4) Slightly higher price tag

5) SSD expansion (none on Nexus)

6) Lousier cpu (Nexus has a quad processor)

7) No gps

8) Back facing camera but not very good.

9) Rooted out of the box

So you choose your compromise I guess.

Trade-offs, for sure,... But as I commented in the article,... 2 big things,... no mention of whether the bootloader's unlocked, and it does not appear to have chemically reinforced glass (Gorilla Glass or the generic equivalent).

I guess one can ask Cathy or Earl, there's a button on the page on the ZaReason site for doing exactly that.

So, I asked ZaReason... and yes the bootloader is unlocked, in addition, while they don't use Gotilla (brand) glass, they do use "a thin, high-quality/durable glass that is resistant to scratches"

It's an interesting box for the money. I agree with montezuma that there are compromises but it's definitely worth consideration.

Gotilla glass? tracyanne, have you come up with the next big thing?

caitlyn it's just this problem I have, it's called derfinkerpokenproblem

It can't be the next big thing. I'm sure it'd run afoul of Flotilla Flass's copyrights, trademarks, and patents.

A friend of mine who is in the market looked at the ZaTab and is singularly unimpressed. Her take: single core, outdated display. She decided she'd rather drop the cash on a Galaxy Tab.