US retailer Kmart has begun to sell ultra-cheap Android tablets and netbooks manufactured by a company called Augen. They are not yet available in all stores, but stocks should be arriving over the weekend. The devices are definitely not powerhouses, but for $99, that is to be expected. Here are the specs of one Augen device that a customer recently purchased from his local Kmart:
Augen GenBook 74
• 400MHz CPU
• 7 inch, 800 x 480 pixel display
• 128MB of memory
• Android 1.6 OS
The user reported that the machine comes with Android pre-installed, along with a web browser, a Gmail app, Google Maps, and a few other programs.
It is hard to say how this ultra-low-budget netbook would handle no download casino games. The specs are about the same as you would find in a ten-year-old desktop computer, so don't expect much. The tiny screen, slow processor and miniscule amount of memory probably won't run the average online casino game. In fact, users won't be able to do much at all these days with such a slow computer.
Our advice? Skip these dirt-cheap Augen netbooks and spend a few hundred more to get an entry-level Asus Eee PC or one of our recommended netbooks. These $99 Kmart netbooks just aren't worth the money.
