[Gen8 General] FrEcP:
well the problem with gen9 is always the same ;)

You just have to compare what an update brings u what u dont have already.

Main differences are:

faster CPU: nice to have - but actualy i dont't know many apps it really would help me - even most 3D games run fine on my 101 atm since the developers seem to have learned how to write propper code in the last 3 month ;) Just Apps like Reactable,... are still a bit sluggish (but hey cmon those apps are also just for playing around)

Honeycomb OS: also nice to have - but can anyone tell me what is a REAL advantage over Gingerbread/Froyo? Beside the new looks and an updated OS (yes i know there are some "special HC apps - but cmon they are not dominating the market atm)

3G: seems to be a feature which I might miss sometimes - but I dont have a propper contract anyway - and I wouldn't spend on an extra one for my tablet. I don't buy an inexpensive device and then go spend hundreds of €/year for another 3G contract... teethering ftw.

GPS: quite nice but i dont use my tablet as a navigator - but some people might like the bigger display in car with a propper mount... (all other things - like finding some near places can be solved with 3G atm -> using my cellphone anyway - again a tablet is too big for those "little" jobs)

Compass: never found a really usefull app for - would never try to find my way in the woods with my tablet -> again: rather would use my cellphone - augmentet reality apps use it tho but imho they are just for playing around there are better normal 2D apps out... (well usefull if u get lost 24/7 :D - but its like with the GPS)

native Market support: we got it already - thanks to all devs again :) would hack it again anyway to see ALL apps...

512MB RAM: !!! this is the only thing im really missing - but i fear 512MB is to less again in a few month to be up-to-date - we'll face many changes in the future I think - so i rather w8 for a propper 1GB low price device

To the test directly:

- camera: well yes perhaps it sucks - but as u said - I don't even use the front camery atm - I would miss it in my phone but not in my tablet... I don't even use the front camery with skype atm - even I could...

- slow browsing: dont trust him ;) give it another browser or some "hacks" and u are as fast as all others with similar hardware I think - browsing depends most on CPU and memory - CPU is fine imho so.... (did they really do a benchmark?)

Well the Cnet site was f***ed up as i tried to get there - so i couldn't review it atm.

Well the only reason for me to switch to GEN9 is to "be up-to-date" and ready for the furure ;) . And it don't feels like being up-to-date if u get a crippelet device with 512MB while other devices use 1GB already... just come to Android 5.0 or think about the upcmoing Win8 and u will propably need the 1GB for many things.

Anyway I think i will skip some tablet versions as i can't see any BIG advantages over buying a new device - unless u use 3G,.. frequently.

Tablets are no real productivity devices atm - even Apple and all the other companies try to make us belive. They are nice for the couch, playing a bit or watching a movie on travels... imho I can do all thie with my 101 already.

I'll wait another year and then get some ARM Win8-Tablet - hope for some propper devs - and make some Android/Win8 Dualboot - would be awsome (yes im a dreamer ;) )

CONCLUSION: If u got a Tablet atm there is like no reason for switching - if u get a new one anyway - gen9 might be an inexpensive option - but there are many others out atm - and there are many to come...