Originally Posted by facialfreak

In fairness to Android tablets, if you are going to go that route (for price factor or geekiness), look for a tablet that has a "RockChip" processor and quad core GPU ...

This will give you the closest to iPad experience you can get. There are several of the Chinese/HongKong tablets that are as good (and a few even better) than Samsung and Nexus tablets, and much cheaper too!

The new Onda Vi30 Dual Core is a very sweet 8" tablet (I love this format - big enough, yet still compact) that gets top marks for usability, build quality, and style ... and still comes in around $179 retail. It's clad in aircraft-quality aluminum just like it's Apple cousins, and as of this Wednesday, the new Vi30 Dual Cores will ship with Jellybean 4.1.1