Lenovo - IdeaTab A3000 - 16GB

Best Buy sent me an email inviting me to review this product. They don't sell it any more (in fact I bought the store display unit) but I don't mind getting some extra rewards points. My first tablet was a Lenovo A1 which fortunately got an upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich. It had a lot of features: GPS, haptic feedback, two cameras, MicroSD slot, 16GB storage, for a low price. In some ways it was a little crude; screen viewing angles were poor, the cameras were rudimentary, the WiFi had to be coaxed into working, but it seemed like a step up from my iPod touch for watching videos. I got rid of it when it started having trouble connecting to my laptop - though this turned out to be a problem with the laptop. Then I got a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7-inch tablet on sale, having had a lot of good experiences with Samsung products. It cost more than a Lenovo, but it seemed very good despite skimping on features: only 8GB storage, no haptic feedback, and it had the useless TouchWiz. Sadly, I didn't have this for long before it was stolen. When looking for a replacement I briefly considered the Galaxy Tab 3 but largely based on my good experience with the A1 I chose the A3000. It was less expensive, had a lot of features like haptic feedback, USB OTG capability, GPS, SD card slot, 16GB storage, quad core processor, dual cameras, and so on. No, I almost never use the cameras except for Skype, so I don't mind that they're not the greatest, but it's nice to have them available. The screen seems very good, better than the A1. Mind you, I have never owned a luxury sort of tablet like an iPad or Galaxy Note, so maybe my standards are low, but I find the A3000 to be an excellent tablet for my needs. It seems decently put together, has many nice features, and went for a good price.The tablet market is crowded and I think people shouldn't overlook the less well known brands like Lenovo and buy the more popular brands which often come with less storage, no card slot or no front camera. Oh, and I believe it's pretty close to a stock Android setup with a minimum of window dressing that's easily removed.

This is a great tablet for the price. The quad-core proc is super fast. I primarily read ebooks and play games. My games are pretty graphics intensive and this tablet runs without any lag whatsoever; even when I moved my games to the SD card. I just loaded MS Office for Android and it runs very well. I have a 32 GB SD card for all my books and movies and this tablet ROCKS!!!

I bought 4 of these for my kids ages 13,12,10,5. Simple enough for the 5 year old to work, and nice and fast for the older kids. At the price, I wasn't going to care if they broke them. But the tablets have held up nicely to all the abuse they have taken.

Bought a few other models cheaply and returned everyone! Then I bought this one and was so happy I bought another a few months later as a gift! For the price I really thought it was going to be glitchy but it works and works well, never had a problem and that is why I made another purchase and gave it as a gift

After purchasing the original lenovo tablet and having a lot of issues with it I took a chance in replacing it with the newer version. I am really glad that I did! The quality is much better, its faster and the screen resolution is amazing. The camera works really well and really has simple editing effects. I also love that because it is an android tablet you can go on the Google play store and have access to so many apps.

I moved up to this tablet from a first generation Kindle Fire. I was always having problems with the operating system locking up on my kindle. Some webpages wouldn't load or load properly. Battery life was maybe 3-4 hours. The Lenovo tablet and android operating system have eliminated the problems I was having and I get 6-8 hours of battery life.

The tablet is perfect for someone who wants a simple tablet. It browses the web quickly, the touch screen response is excellent, and the size is perfect. I would recomend this tablet to anyone who is looking for something simple and portable for email, web browsing, apps, and e-books. The tablet does not come with an epub reader, but you can download one from the PlayStore that works perfectly. The Ideatab is nothing fancy, but it gets the job done.

well the old saying is true "you get what you pay for" i bought a cheapie tablet from another ""outlet" store and it wasn't 4 months and it turned into trash ...waited a while and Best Buy ran this tab on sale so i bought one...have had it 3 mo and it really works good...adding up to a 64 GB micro SD card combined with its 16 GB internal is real nice...if you want a tablet for just simple every day stuff id recommend one...