best Android tablet under $250?

If you want to put some effort into it, and want a larger tablet, try to find a 16 or 32 gb HP touchpad. It runs WebOS but its so incredibly easy to put Ice Cream Sandwich its not even funny. Mines currently running alpha .6 and its basically flawless. The only problem is the camera, which I don't even use.

If you want a smaller tablet, and are again willing to put some work into it, Kindle Fire or Nook Tablet. 200-250, and you can easily hack those guys and turn them into decent android tablets.

If you want to wait for a bit, Asus is releasing a 7inch tegra 3 tablet for 250 some time this year. Dat stylus makes it so tempting to me, I love those.

I would wait for the 7" transformer prime quad core tegra 3,8mp camrea,1280x800 resolution and only $250.

if u want something right now, check out the prices of the Sony tablet S. they had a price drop to under $500 recently in australia, and that might translate to around $250US. even clearance Xooms if u can get them still. we were selling 32GB wifi for under $400AU (under $350 if u shop smart)

I'd go with what was mentioned above about buying an HP touchpad and loading ICS onto it. There were piles of them when webOS was discontinued and suppliers dumped as much as they could for $100 retail. If that's not your thing, you're next best bet is probably a Kindle Fire which if you want it to properly act like a droid tablet will require some maintenance since the Amazon modded OS is very limiting. Beyond that, try and hunt down a Sony Tablet S for cheap or first version Transformer. Last Black Friday they were on sale at Best Buy for $250, some retailer might be listing them that low now that the Transformer Prime is out.

If you want to put some effort into it, and want a larger tablet, try to find a 16 or 32 gb HP touchpad. It runs WebOS but its so incredibly easy to put Ice Cream Sandwich its not even funny. Mines currently running alpha .6 and its basically flawless. The only problem is the camera, which I don't even use.

If you want a smaller tablet, and are again willing to put some work into it, Kindle Fire or Nook Tablet. 200-250, and you can easily hack those guys and turn them into decent android tablets.

If you want to wait for a bit, Asus is releasing a 7inch tegra 3 tablet for 250 some time this year. Dat stylus makes it so tempting to me, I love those.

semianonymous

yeah i got my touch pad for $130 and it was def worth the money. Excellent tablet if support wasn't cut and the price had been cheaper t begin with but now it really is a great deal. Android does run quite well on it.

The Kindle Fire. I have mine on ICS and clocked at 1.2ghz CPU/384mhz GPU and it's awesome, especially for only 200 bucks.

Kindle Fire hands down would be the best Android tablet. The 400 and up range you may as well go with the new iPad if you're looking for top of the line hardware, otherwise you'd be spending a lot of money for much less performance.Kid-Atari

Kindle Fire hands down would be the best Android tablet. The 400 and up range you may as well go with the new iPad if you're looking for top of the line hardware, otherwise you'd be spending a lot of money for much less performance.Kid-Atari

Now past that little rant, I think the hp touchpad was a good deal and a pretty good solution the hardware on it is definitely comparable to some mid-highend android tablets and will definitely take care of your needs. Since I have gotten more into using the functionality of android (for work purposes) feel free to post threads looking for good productivity apps. Me or someone else can definitely help you.

[QUOTE="Kid-Atari"]Kindle Fire hands down would be the best Android tablet. The 400 and up range you may as well go with the new iPad if you're looking for top of the line hardware, otherwise you'd be spending a lot of money for much less performance.IvanElk

Now past that little rant, I think the hp touchpad was a good deal and a pretty good solution the hardware on it is definitely comparable to some mid-highend android tablets and will definitely take care of your needs. Since I have gotten more into using the functionality of android (for work purposes) feel free to post threads looking for good productivity apps. Me or someone else can definitely help you.

[QUOTE="Kid-Atari"]Kindle Fire hands down would be the best Android tablet. The 400 and up range you may as well go with the new iPad if you're looking for top of the line hardware, otherwise you'd be spending a lot of money for much less performance.IvanElk

Now past that little rant, I think the hp touchpad was a good deal and a pretty good solution the hardware on it is definitely comparable to some mid-highend android tablets and will definitely take care of your needs. Since I have gotten more into using the functionality of android (for work purposes) feel free to post threads looking for good productivity apps. Me or someone else can definitely help you.

Just wanted to add something again...I actually ended up gifting away my kindle fire, and buying a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (8gb) which goes for 250 at best buy...it has android 4.0 also btw, for that price i dont think ur gonna get anything any better, front and rear facing cameras, and also a micro sd slot. I love this tablet.

Just wanted to add something again...I actually ended up gifting away my kindle fire, and buying a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (8gb) which goes for 250 at best buy...it has android 4.0 also btw, for that price i dont think ur gonna get anything any better, front and rear facing cameras, and also a micro sd slot. I love this tablet.

theru8543

If you have the money get the Asus Transformer Prime TF201... Its the sexiest thing since yoga pants.

Nexus 7

If you have the money get the Asus Transformer Prime TF201... Its the sexiest thing since yoga pants.

Chrypt22

It is not sexier than yoga pants...blasphemy...

Love my Galaxy Tab 2...but I made a mistake as there is so much more available for that price with alot more power.

If I was to do it again I would probably go for the Nexus 7. Only reason I didnt was it only has a foward facing camera. Main reason I went for the GT2 was the IR Blaster. I love being able to replace all of my remote controls. But of course that keeps me from running prtty much any custom ROM, as none of them have support for the IR Blaster.

I wold say its between the Asus Transformer and the Nexus 7.

Nexus 7 is pretty much running the same ips screen as well as the Tegra 3 of the Transformer. But the Transformer has that awesome build quality and just looks plain sexy.

Pretty sure the Transformer also comes in higher memory configs as well.

Just don't do what I did. Do your research so you are not left wanting more.