[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] boringest:
Since it's pretty quiet here, I thought I might as well share something for others who are looking for a cut-price tablet with a HD display just for general magazine reading & occasional gaming. Got my A700 for about £135 (used), cheaper than an iPad2 (used ones go for £200+) - for the main aim of reading magazines, general web browsing and watching youtube videos + play a few games here & there. I'll be primarily comparing the A700 and the iPad 2 since they are of the same price range.

FYI, I'm still on stock but with the Acer bloatware & Acer Ring all disabled. Launcher is also replaced with Nova Prime.

Magazine reading: 4.5 stars out of 5 for me here due to the HD screen but 1/2 star deducted due to the Zinio app on Android having reduced features compared to that of the iPad (i.e. automatic downloading of issues & low-res magazine covers in the library) and also the 16:9 ratio leaves alot of blank space for the magazine.

Comparing the text sharpness (taken on camera at night so it was abit blurry but you can see how sharp the text is compared to the iPad2, the pixels on the iPad2 are also apparent at this point):

Comparing the screen size (note how the iPad2 shows abit more on-screen real estate):

Web Browsing: 3.8 out of 5 stars for me due again to the 16:9 ratio leading to most webpages looking a bit narrow compared to the iPad 2 in portrait mode and it gets worse in landscape mode as alot of the screen is taken up by the address bar & on screen buttons (the experimental quick controls in the stock browser is interesting but there's a slight lag for it to appear leading to me to tapping a few times for it to appear). Some lag is also apparent when opening multiple tabs which seem to be worse on Chrome rather than the stock browser, so I'll be sticking to the stock browser for now.

YouTube Videos: 5 out of 5 for me here. HD videos play perfectly smooth on YouTube and the 16:9 ratio is the key factor here. 720p MP4 videos also play perfectly fine on the A700.

Gaming: 3.8 out of 5 here. I happen to have amassed alot of games over the years and during the early excitement with my HTC One X and I have to say the HD screen makes some games look super low-res e.g. RipTide GP while others like Shadowgun THD & Dead Trigger on Ultra High Quality still runs really well for short periods until it got hot. Unfortunately, for some reason Google Play won't let me install Mass Effect Inflitrator!

Overall I think at current prices the A700 is definitely a buy!

Cons: Though not really Google's fault (could at least let us sort by "designed for tablet" apps) but the developers, the tablet app scene on Android really has to change to be competitive with the iOS though. Facebook on the tablet looks horrible!

On-screen button placement. As a right hander, I would much prefer the buttons to float to the right side in landscape mode, especially the back button so my thumb can reach it when I'm holding it in landscape mode while watching videos.

Google keyboard for tablet needs some drastic redesign. The 16:9 ratio really makes typing a frustration in landscape mode. I'm thinking of Swiftkey tablet but the phone version I had seems to slow down my phone over time & I wonder it would be the same here.

Multitouch gestures like iOS's 4/5 finger swipe to move from app to app is sorely missing here as well.