Alan Zisman -> August Abolins said..

 AZ> ...the clamour for HP's models when they were marked down to
 AZ> fire-sale $99/149 was interesting.

I missed that!  Was that available in Canada too?

One other opinion is well expressed here:
http://www.slate.com/id/2302203/


 AZ> I've looked at a 7" Chinese Android tablet being marketed at
 AZ> sub-$200... but the reviews were absolutely horrid, so I
 AZ> avoided it.

I've seen one sub-$100 android tablet.  Was not impressed.

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