Ratings: TABLETS

I'm thinking of purchasing a tablet

Sony, Apple, Samsung, Archos, Toshiba, Acer, Asus are the many varieties to choose from.

If an experienced-owned tablet owner can point out the flaws & benefits from each, that would be helpful!

Oh so many choices for sure. Not a fan of Apple, just too overpriced.  I will find some reviews for you and post them today.

I'd be interested in those reviews also.  Read a few on Cnet before.  Tried to get in on one of those discounted TouchPads, supposedly on some waiting list right now

Try the Lenovo tablet

Here is a review of the Lenovo Tablet

u guys are crazy m ipad2 is fast, light, great graphics, and cool to the touch..and the app store is plus (way better than android's)...i havent even needed to jailbreak it to get those extra useful and cool apps!!!!  only thing about ipad2 is crappy camera, but not a big deal, thats what my phone is for!  i dont regret it all (while if u get an android youll always wonder about the ipad experience)...

Wonder about overpaying for that Apple logo on it.

Oh and having to pay $30 for a cable kit to have a USB connection.  Think I will watch something in Flash on it.  Oh wait, you can't do that either. And of course what you said about the crappy camera.

I have a tablet with Win 7 on it and it's great.  An actual OS on a tablet is great !!!  I have the Inspiron Duo for all my techs.

1. the camera is pass, most ppl dont care about the camera on ipad2 because they have phones and digital camera already...

2. your complaing about a $30 cable? really? besides, you can find less expensive ones on amazon...

3. flash??? there are several apps for that...

also the accelerometer on apple devices are still smoother than on any other device ive seen...and lets not forget APP STORE...developers develop for ios first! and sometimes ios  ONLY...   and because of all the different device sizes many android apps are fucked up...and lets not forget that not all android devices can be upgraded to certain OS versions...

I had a Blackberry Playbook.  Had until I left it on top of the car while putting my son in his car seat.  

I like the Playbook hardware and OS a lot and with the price cut to $299 for the 16GB, it should draw some interest.  They are just missing way too many of the popular apps you see on all the other platforms at this point.  RIM really needs to get their shit together.

On top of the shitty apps and false promises from RIM, the functionality of the web browser was awful.  When it wasn't crashing I would always get these can't connect errors where i would have to shut down every tab in order to get it to work again.  The wifi signal is awful .... i live in a modest house and can't get a connection on my front porch or back deck.  

After some initial research it looks like my tethering requirement may be a significant issue with anything but a Playbook.  Man this sucks.  

I have heard the wifi can have issues on the Playbook, haven't heard much about the browser itself being a problem.  Did you ever update or reload the OS?   Unless RIM is even dumber than I already have them pegged, the Playbook 2.0 software update should be coming up shortly.

after-all all this chatter....dude, get an ipad (the first one can be gotten at pretty low prices)...they just work...3rd party design and support for them is enormous as well...remember until something OUTRIGHT tops appl's tablet, all the tablets on the market are clones of the ipad!!!!!!!!  think about that for a sec... in fact,here we go again...