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Originally Posted by =X=
This makes no scene. You don't like the A1 because it has 2.3, but you like the Galaxy 5 which also runs 2.3--and is $70 more expensive and has a lower screen quality.
BTW if you need to have a 7" tablet with HC/Ice Scream pony up because they tend to have more capable hardware.
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=X= you are not realizing that I have studied this fairly carefully though more work will be done before I purchase.
The 2.3 was designed for the phone sized devices which the Galaxy 4.0 and 5.0 are. I equivocated by saying that these OS's can be added to and an UI can be added to compensate, and I just saw an enterprise 7" that was doing just that. I would prefer the build on to be done on Honeycomb for a 7" tablet though. I just used the IcecreamSandwich demo reference to show how the OSs were moving on fairly rapidly.
The Galaxy is $69 more but has 8GB internal memory whereas the Lenovo has only 2GB.
Unfortunately, like the Kindle Fire, the Galaxy memory is not totally available. Maybe only 6GB.
The Galaxy does have the Android Market.
You are correct about the screen, but remember it is a 5 inch screen not a 7 inch and the pixel density won't really be noticeable.
But granted it is not a slam dunk for either. I think the more important thing will be what kind of configuration comes to Amazon and what price.
Lenovo is already dealing with it's K1 tablet reducing it $120 for two days at Best Buy to $330.
I hope that the Lenovo will come to Amazon with 16GB memory for $199 as was rumored at one time.
Then we will make a final determination considering one to be a nice 5" tablet and the other to be a nice 7" tablet, both on the economical side without the big flaws of the Kindle Fire.