From Ziggytek: Revealed last month, the promising 10-Inch Zenithink tablet that apes the iPad in form is on sale and looks like it could be a good deal, sporting many features that the iPad lacks and at 40% of the price. More »

Well, it did not make the “before May” $179 goal, but the ARCHOS 7 Home Tablet is scheduled to ship by June at $199 for an 8Gb model. More »

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From Ziggytek: One of my pet-peeves is the misuse of terms like “knock-off” and “fake” to describe something that is merely a lookalike. Zenithink’s iPad “clone” is the latter, although it has widely been misrepresented as the former. Backed by premium features such as Android Eclair 2.1 (no outmoded Donut or Cupcake!) and 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor, the Zenithink tablet might be good and could go for under $300. More »

The equivalent of $189 nets you an iPad wannabe that has a 7″ (800×480) LED LCD, a Rockchips 600MHz processor, and Android 1.5 OS. More »

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From Ziggytek: Pertaining to tablets, we have been bamboozled before. We have been fed vaporware and delayed products that were awful when finally released. Who knew that creating a good tablet was so challenging! Here is another hopeful from China. aigo Patriot’s N700 is a 7″ Android 2.1 slate with the brawny duo-core NVIDIA Tegra 2 chip, Flash 10.1, and multi-touch. More »

Spanish carrier Telefonica Movistar is releasing HP’s Compaq AirLife 100 Android touchscreen netbook in May for €229 on a €48 per month “Internet Maxi” plan or €299 on a €39/month “Internet Plus” plan. Other nations, outside of North America, should have the AirLife 100 shortly after the Spanish introduction. More »

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From Ziggytek: neofonie’s WePad had an inauspicious start when it was discovered that its press conference showcased a prototype that was merely running a video, not the custom Linux operating system, which was hailed. The German group tried to calm suspicions about the tablet and invited the press to a demonstration of the WePad in full working form. More »

From Ziggytek: …and is named after the iPad. German companies neofonie and 4tiitoo team up to introduce the €449 Linux WePad that has the ability to run Android apps. Europeans, Asians, and Americans…the only entrant missing is a South African tablet (District 9 Tablet?). More »

Has the iPad met its match? Stuff.TV takes us on an exclusive hands-on fondling of ICD’s Gemini Android tablet, a sibling to the Vega that was demoed at CES. The Gemini is not just a large tablet, but it is also a smartphone too, with a SIM card slot. More »

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From Ziggytek: Haleron’s iLet Mini HAL tablet could be a great bargain. It has a tempting price and decent specs, but with little information about the company that makes it and currently no reviews of the product, it is a $199 risk. More »