We've discussed this cheap Android tablet a number of times. It's being sold at KMart. Well, buyer beware. The tablet won't work with the Android Market according to Liliputing. It will access the market, but won't download any of the apps. It seems that Augen does not have proper authorization from Google to access the market. Android is open source, but some of the apps that run on it are not and must be licensed by Google. This includes the app that accesses the Android Market. Evidently Augen has never licensed the app from...

We mentioned the Augen 7" tablet here. Well now there are some reviews - and the reviews are bad. Laptop's review is entitled: Augen GenTouch78 hands-on: Android tablets reach new low. It goes on to say: Android tablets have hit rock bottom. And we’re not just talking about the low, low price of the Augen GenTouch78. This K-Mart special is just that bad. We got our hands on the 7-inch slate this afternoon, and it didn’t take us long to realize that it’s not worth $149. Perhaps not even $49. Liliputing gives it a fairly mediocre review as well. Both...

Kmart is selling the Augen Gentouch 78 Android tablet for only $149. It's price will go up by $20 on August 1. According to Slashgear its got a 7" screen, an unspecified 800MHz CPU, WiFi, 2GB storage, 256MB RAM, an SDHC slot and a WVGA 800x480 resistive touch screen. They say that Market Access is available on the machine. Can't find much further information and, as of this morning, my local Kmart can't find it in their inventory....