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| Nigeria's low-cost tablet computer |
| By Thom Holwerda, submitted by MOS6510 on 2012-07-20 19:16:11 |
| "Nigeria's Saheed Adepoju is a young man with big dreams. He is the inventor of the Inye, a tablet computer designed for the African market. According to the 29-year-old entrepreneur, his machine's key selling point is its price - $350 opposed to around $700 for an iPad. He believes that, because of this, there is a big market for it in Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa, particularly amongst students. He is also hoping to sell his tablet - which runs on the Google Android operating system - to the Nigerian government and plans to have at least one computer in each local government area." Mobile phones have had a huge impact on Africa, so just imagine what tablets, with their larger screens and easier access to the web, can do. Amazing initiative. |
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| Uhm... |
| By 1c3d0g on 2012-07-20 19:25:54 |
| ...didn't Google just release a tablet for $199? :-/ |
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| It depends |
| By WorknMan on 2012-07-20 20:03:14 |
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Whether or not this will be a win for Android depends on whether the tablet is any good. I've seen a lot of well-intentioned Fandroids recommending cheap tablets as an alternative to an iPad. Only problem is that pretty much all of them (including the Kindle Fire) suck ass, so by recommending these things, you can be pretty much assured that any/all of the following things will happen: 1. They're going to have a bad experience with it, and they'll probably blame it on Android 2. They'll tell all their friends about how horrible Android is, further entrenching the belief that Android is nothing but a laggy, fragmented piece of crap 3. It pretty much assures that if they do buy another tablet, it'll probably be running iOS. Moral to the story? It's better for people to buy an iPad than a craptastic Android tablet. Sure, there are some great Android tablets out there, but don't try to sell people on the cheap shit, unless it's actually worthwhile (like the Nexus 7), because doing so causes more harm than good in the end. That is, of course, assuming you're not trying to make people hate Android :) |
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| RE: It depends |
| By MOS6510 on 2012-07-20 20:16:09 |
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I think the iPad is more suited for the western way of living. In Africa other things than consuming media are more important and having a device that doesn't require an app store is more usefull. Africa isn't one of Apple's biggest regions of attention, precense or market value. |
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| RE: It depends |
| By JoeBuck on 2012-07-20 20:44:17 |
| But the Nexus 7 is a substantial improvement over the Kindle Fire. |
| - Score: 4 |
| RE[2]: It depends |
| By JoeBuck on 2012-07-20 20:45:50 |
| Also, the Nexus 7 does not require an app store; it can be set to allow apps from any source to be installed (unlike either the iPad or the Kindle Fire). |
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| RE: It depends |
| By Bill Shooter of Bul on 2012-07-20 21:40:52 |
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What android tablet cheaper than the nexus would anyone in their right minds suggest? I think you may have had a point before the nexus, but now... not really. But true to facts, I still haven't come up with a use for a tablet made by anyone at any price range. |
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| Comment by fran |
| By fran on 2012-07-20 22:15:17 |
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$350 "low cost" computer with all parts sourced from china. The entrepeurship is good. But it really is not cheap and it really is not home built. Edited 2012-07-20 22:18 UTC |
| - Score: 9 |
| RE[2]: It depends |
| By WorknMan on 2012-07-20 22:49:13 |
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> I think the iPad is more suited for the western way of living. In Africa other things than consuming media are more important and having a device that doesn't require an app store is more usefull. Right, but this isn't an Android vs iPad debate. This is a cheap-ass, barely-functional, will probably die in 3 months Android tablet vs iPad debate :) Not to say that the tablet in question is as bad as the other bottom-of-the-barrel Android tablets, but if it is, better for it not to exist at all. If it's more along the lines of the Nexus 7 though, it should be alright. |
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| RE: Uhm... |
| By Bobthearch on 2012-07-20 23:42:27 |
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There must be a hundred different tablets on the market priced under $250, or even under $100. And a hundred more in the $250-$350 range. Asus, Acer, Lenovo, Samsung, Archos, Toshiba... Maybe they all suck, I don't know. |
| - Score: 6 |
| RE[3]: It depends |
| By Bobthearch on 2012-07-21 02:47:13 |
| Except the Nexus 7 costs only $250. So for $350 I'd expect something significantly superior. |
| - Score: 2 |
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