Tablet to replace my Toshiba Thrive 10"?

magus57

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So the topic was previously about getting rid if my phone and tablet for a Note 2, but after using Splashtop to play a desktop PC game on my tablet...I definitely want to keep one for the screen size. Unfortunately, the tablet (Toshiba Thrive 10" 32GB) isn't fast enough to play games adequately smooth (and I know its not my connection as same game/settings are much smoother on my Galaxy Nexus). Seeing how much they go for and all the accessories I have and recently purchased, I can easily get at least $300 for it, maybe as much as $400 if I'm lucky.

Anyway, I'm definitely looking for a powerful, quad-core tablet here, and I know the Nexus 7 is the go-to tablet to recommend, but I may want something a bit bigger in screen size (although the 32GB version at the $250 price sure is nice...). That being said, it doesn't have to be 1080p or have amazing viewing angles - basically as long as its not an utterly bad screen.


Right now, I'm leaning toward a Note 10.1 16GB 3G since it can double as a phone, and the pen input would be nice (although no real use as I don't take handwritten notes outside of school and don't do any graphic design and whatnot), but for that same ~$600 I can pick up an ASUS Infinity 64GB or a 32GB plus keyboard dock. And $600 is a lot for something when I already have a tablet that can do basically everything I want it to other than remote desktop gaming.

The Sony Xperia Tablet S doesn't really appeal to me, but feel free to try and sell me on it, whenever it goes back on sale, since I don't know what it has over the competition.

Acer Iconia tablets don't appeal to me when ASUS seems to be the better option a majority of the time.

I wouldn't mind the Toshiba Excite 10 or especially the 7.7, but the lack of support has me worried (although Toshiba seems good with support - granted, it took a while, but the Thrive 7, a tablet that sold poorly, still got an ICS update recently).


Any suggestions?
 
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magus57

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So I slimmed down my options to the following (all under $400, which ideally is my limit after considering my uses and current financial standing):

-Toshiba Excite 7.7 16GB - I can get it for about $350 with tax/shipped through a friend, and it seems like a pretty good choice in every department (screen particularly) except for support (locked bootloader with small dev community)

-Galaxy Nexus 7 32GB (when it arrives) - about $290 with tax/shipped through Google, and looks to be great except that it's 7", which is kinda bordering on too small for me for my use

-Asus Transformer TF300T 32GB - seems like I can get one around $350 with tax/shipped in scratch-free condition (and the 16GB version doesn't go for much less), and seems to be the best 10" tablet for the price

Of course, I'm going to wait until the 29th to see what Google has upcoming - if there's going to be a 10" tablet like rumors say, and it's under or around $400, that's probably going to get heavy consideration. Until then, any advice? I'm considering dropping the Excite 7.7 off that list based on lack of support alone...