Groupon Sells Tab, Media Player Half-Off

Starting Wednesday, daily deals site Groupon Goods is selling two heavily-discounted tablets running on the Android operating system, including the Skytex Primer Pocket and the Skypad Alpha Tablet. The Primer Pocket is selling for $65, a 50 percent reduction from its $129 value. The Alpha Tablet is selling for $129, a 35 percent discount from its $199 retail price.

The Skypad Alpha comes with many more features over the Primer Pocket, including built-in Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0 research, a media player, a game center, document editor, a Web browser compatible with Adobe Flash, and a VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) phone. The tablet's 7-inch LCD display is a touchscreen, however the tab as well comes with a stand, stylus, cleaning cloth, earbuds, and USB cables and adapters. Skypad Alpha comes with Android 2.3, which includes improvements to keyboard and text editing, power management, and application control. The tablet houses 4 GB of internal storage, yet supports micro SD Cards that can lift the storage ceiling up to 32 GB. The device can last up to six hours on a single charge.