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• JohnnyRockets911 - Monday, September 26, 2011 - link

  More than an inch less in viewable screen size and only a $30 price difference?
  
  Who the heck would buy an 8.9 when the 10.1 is only $30 more?
  
  And why isn't this $399?

• jordanclock - Monday, September 26, 2011 - link

  For some people, bigger isn't always better?

• pcgeek101 - Monday, September 26, 2011 - link

  True -- for me though, the only reason I'd buy the 8.9 is for inherently higher DPI. Same resolution on smaller screen = win.

• surt - Monday, September 26, 2011 - link

  And waiting and waiting. First one out the gate gets my money.

• pcgeek101 - Monday, September 26, 2011 - link

  No one cares about screen resolution :( It makes me sad to see us still in the dark ages.

• bennyg - Monday, September 26, 2011 - link

  question is, wouldya pay a coupla hundred premium for it over a lower res same size model.
  
  OEMs think not enough buyers would, so it don't get built. Bloody good 14" and lower 1080p on laptops still aren't reality except for the $4k Sony Z and not many of them need to be sold at that price for profit to be made.

• pcgeek101 - Monday, September 26, 2011 - link

  I bought a 15" Dell Inspiron about 7 years ago that had a 1920x1200 matte display. It was incredibly beautiful, and only cost around $1000. Why are we 7 years later and still cannot achieve high resolutions at a low cost?

• sprockkets - Tuesday, September 27, 2011 - link

  The dpi on your example is the same as the 10.1 Samsung tablet.
  
  Soooooo....

• lurker22 - Monday, September 26, 2011 - link

  Here we go again, moron manufacturers think people will pay iPad prices for non-ipads
  
  Wake me up when its $99

• insurgent - Monday, September 26, 2011 - link

  Enjoy your everlasting sleep, evreyone else will.

• sprockkets - Monday, September 26, 2011 - link

  $99, and it's a POS. Not sure why you expect a high quality tablet to somehow be $99. Show me a netbook too that has a HQ screen and build quality for $500 too.
  
  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8...

• coder543 - Monday, September 26, 2011 - link

  I long to see your $99 tablet that has a 1280x800 screen and isn't a piece of junk. The only reason ANY halfway decent $99 tablet has been seen is because HP is remarkably dumb and ousted their great tablet. They were just recouping losses as best they could at $99... the tablets themselves cost much more than that to make, because they were quality.

• pcgeek101 - Monday, September 26, 2011 - link

  @lurker22: Agreed -- the price is way too high for the unrefined Honeycomb OS and lack of tablet apps. Manufacturers need to get serious about price drops. I only got a Samsung Galaxy 10.1 because I got a really reasonable price on it. I refuse to pay full price, and wish others would do the same.

• wpwoodjr - Monday, September 26, 2011 - link

  However I hope you will finish the Droid Bionic review first before reviewing this in depth. :-)

• PatrickFromSC - Monday, September 26, 2011 - link

  That's 9" x 6.2". I measure my cargo pocket to be 8" x 7". I need a high quality tablet that'll fit there.

• MadMan007 - Monday, September 26, 2011 - link

  Get a bigger cargo pocket. Voila!

• steven75 - Tuesday, September 27, 2011 - link

  this doesn't fix the main problem with Android tablets in that there are basically no Android Tablet apps?
  
  And they're going to price it against iPad with it's 100,000+ apps and iOS 5 in 2 weeks? Ok then...

• techiecop - Friday, September 30, 2011 - link

  whats the difference only weight & price that too 30$ difference..i doubt who's gonna buy this..