For just $400, where I was looking more at a Transformer Prime before, the Surface is a great cheap option as well as the must functional option.

Lastly, if the mobile war has taught us nothing, we know developers make the OS. Windows 8, if it really does support out of the box all past Windows 7 software, then we know who will come out of top in terms of software/apps.

The reason Android has failed as of yet is the same reason that Android will start to pinnacle out and start either keeping up with its market share or slowly losing it (lets face it we all knew they couldnt keep this up forever). What I mean is it isn’t Google at all that is causing this it is the Android OEMs that care for nothing more than selling its current phone to as many people as possible. We are seeing these companies not respect its customer base and the original 2 year plans that many early android adopters are now coming up and after 2 years of bugs on Motorola phones, no real competitive updates for 8-12 months (if at all), and promised features that never came and the general public are looking elsewhere. Google really needs to tighten the reigns and as excited as I am for this Nexus tablet means nothing in the whole battle for market dominance. You cant compete on the low end and call it good and every PC vendor in the known world has seen this since the release of the iPad. This is only the beginning of Apple’s dominance and it is no longer just for a small niche market of tablet owner, but more of a post PC era where people are buying these instead of grabbing laptops. The world is dieing for a company to innovate and stop waiting for Apple to make a move and then try and beat it. I just dont understand why Google wont give it some time and find the right equation for eating into the iPads market share. They did it with phones and it wasn’t overnight. If they had just given up and decided to only compete in the low end we would all not be sitting here. What I am getting at (sorry if this doesnt read well I just got off 14 hrs of work and school) is that Google’s Android is far from ok when deciding not to compete and ignore the market leader all together and a year of overpriced tablets (ahem Motorola with both its Xoom and Xyboard), promised features that came way to late (again Motorola’s tablets especially its Xoom), no real deals from wireless companies and instead only offering WiFi options (all of the ASUS Transformer line), features that dont work at all (again ASUS and its WiFi problems and dongles), very slow updates (all of the OEMs esp Moto and Sammy), and worst of all an unfinished product that should never have been released when it was (all Honeycomb tablets including the OS). This doesnt cut it we need a polished product and we need not ignore the market leaders and instead deliver a cheap product to compete.

This whole thing scares me to death as it really looks that in a year or less we wont have any high end Android tablets in the market and we cant rely alone on MS to compete and keep Apple innovating (look at the Zune for hells sakes). Something to think about and this is coming from an Android enthusiast that is frusterated at what Android has become and these OEMs are ruining a good thing. Its a joke. I think the One X is a start and so is the rumor of the 5 Nexus phones (although I feel for some reason all we will see if unlocked Motorola Blur and Samsung Touchwiz devices with the Nexus name being washed into nothing).Google needs to do something big.

And you’re right, Google has nothing to worry about this Tablet/PC the Android Tablets seemed to be to Limited, I want an extension of my Desktop experience and that is where this Tablet/PC will come in very useful. Some of us don’t play games all day, yeah I got the XOOM when it first came out and though they made me wait so long for an upgrade, I was actually bored with it once I realized it was nothing more an Entertainment device.

I am also very proud that other Android fans aren’t acting like these apple fans and are actual fans of technology, we just prefer android, it’s so damn ironic they are talking about how microsoft has been dead for 10 years and nothing will bring them back.. because I SWEAR that story sounds eerily familiar

I know there are $100 & $200 droid tabs, but they are A) tough to find/get and B) the specs in terms of power / storage etc just make them glorified eReaders that are (from what I’ve seen) fairly bulky & heavy for an eReader.

Maybe if manufacturers of droid devices focused on the eReader/Web Surfing aspects more; light and easy to hold for long periods of time with one hand, thin etc and less on “power” then google could survive in that low end market for a long while, but with companies like Asus, Samsung etc all focused on Android “Power” I don’t see them establishing enough of a low end market to take on existing $99 eReaders.