The Android OS isn't just powering high end smartphones, it also runs barebones tablets sold at Kmart for the price of an iPod nano.
Update (August 7th): It appears that Google hasn't licensed Android to Augun and as such the Android Market will not work on this product.
A Kmart circular came out last week with an uber-geeky product that perked up a few ears in the gadget community. Augen's 7-inch Gen-78 Android tablet which runs Android 2.1 --take that Sony (SNE) and Dell (DELL)! -- is on sale for $150 (normally $170). The tablet is as bare bones as it gets, but it does work and has some features which may interest those who can't reconcile the $500+ price of Apple's (AAPL) iPad.
- Android 2.1 (no skinning) 800x480 Display
- WiFi 802.11G
- 2GB of storage +SD card slot (up to 32GB)
- 256MB of RAM (same as iPad)
- HDMI out for 720P viewing on an external display
- Android Market access
- eBook reader
- YouTube app, Maps (is that Skype I see on the bottom left?)
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