[Motorola Droid X2] litetaker:
Great news gang!

I went to best buy today and saw the selection of tablets they had.

I was considering Motorola Xoom 3G (32 GB), Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 and Acer Iconia A200. The Acer was $350 and both Samsung and Xoom (32 GB) btw, where $400. I skipped the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 plus as one look at it made me realise it is way too small.

I at first thought that it was a no brainier. Xoom has 32 GB compared to 16 on the tab and it has a USB port, SD card slot and already has official ICS.

But it was effing huge and fat and heavy. Plus the edges were sharp, so it was sort of digging into my hands.

If I bought that I would NOT have forgiven myself. If I noticed these "defects" on day 1, I'll certainly have it in the back of my head forever. Plus if anyone saw me using it, it WON'T be cool. It is so fat that it is as good as a netbook. I will be not pleased. Plus in light of what the guy above said it most certainly will not be portable. I won't be able to use it with one hand. I will not be able to comfortably use it on a bus.

The Acer has official ICS but from what I heard it is a compromise. It has many short comings like no SD card and back camera. Plus it is fat too. I didn't read particularly positive reviews and I didn't research it much.

Samsung galaxy tab 8.9 is just right. It isn't too big nor is it too heavy. It is nice and thin, light and of a good size. The edges are nice and rounded. But clearly Samsung ripped off Apple here and I understand why there are so many lawsuits. Even the proprietary dock connector looks similar. It has some down sides like just 16 GB memory and NO SD card slot. But so are apple's ipads and people are able to live by it. 16 GB is a lot. Plus I'll put all my music on my phone so no need to waste space for it. Plus the camera is nor as good as Motorola's, but it is not like I'll use this as a camera. There is also no official ICS on it yet. But thankfully there is a ICS ROM and frankly that is gonna be better than stock anyways. The only issue is the ICS ROM has no camera working like most other ROMs. And I plan to Skype on this device a lot. So I may not be able to use it as my daily driver :( :(

However, setting aside the foibles of this device, overall I think it is the best option.

Light weight, truly portable and still great screen real estate. And thin too. It looks sexy and that is a plus. Even if you have a great device, of it looks like a turd, you will secretly be upset right? ;) :D

So even though this is as pricey as the Xoom and has no expandable memory, SD card slot or official ICS (yet), it still beats Xoom on overall usability and build quality. Probably sounds weird for some but I hope some of you see the rationale behind my decision.

I was incredulous that I was even considering another Motorola device after all I've been through with this phone. But ultimately I was glad I chose the Samsung.

So there you have it! If you still didn't realize, I bought a Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 (16 GB) for $399.99 at best buy!

I am sorry for the super long post, but I hope people found it informative, especially for anyone one else considering buying a great 7-8 inch tablet.

Cheers!!!! :p :D B)

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