Exclusive: Along with the 10-inch tablet I tested last week, Kogan also launched an 8-inch model for a little less model. Despite the size disparity relative to price, I think it’s a better buy.
What do you do when you’ve got new products coming in and old stock still on hand? Conventional wisdom says you sell the old models off cheap, and that’s clearly what Kogan’s doing. Hot on the heels of the Agora 10-inch and 8-inch tablets we looked at yesterday, Kogan’s holding a one day sale on the older 7-inch tablet at $159. [Kogan]
EXCLUSIVE: Kogan’s just announced new 8-inch and 10-inch Android tablets at bargain basement prices. Gizmodo got an early look at what your money will buy you.
Kogan’s first Agora tablet was announced last month, but was shortly met with some criticism after it was revealed that its specs weren’t as good as originally thought. Well, the specs have been tweaked again, except this time it’s to give customers a better device. Can’t imagine anyone complaining about this.
Even though it wasn’t exactly the best netbook I’ve ever looked at, the Kogan Agora 10-inch was still noteworthy for being cheap. And now it’s even cheaper, dropping $100 for both the base model and the “premium” version.
We had our hands on it last week, but now you can order the Kogan Agora netbook for your very own, with a shipping date of April 10.
In case my poorly lit photos didn’t quite convince you that the Kogan Agora prototype I got to play with the other night was real, Seamus grabbed it after me and filmed it working for Midnight Update. The money shot of the phone is at the 5:25 mark, but you should watch the whole thing to hear Shay’s interview with Ruslan Kogan.
Just in case you thought the entire Kogan Agora smartphone was a play in the game of marketing chess some companies tend to play, tonight I managed to get some hands-on time with one of the prototypes. And I liked it.
I hope none of you were waiting with bated breath for your Kogan Agora smartphone to be shipped in a couple of weeks – the Aussie company has just sent out a press release saying that due to potential future compatibility issues, the phone has been delayed and will be redesigned.
Kogan’s PR agency just sent us this YouTube Video of the Agora in action, and although the phone looks slightly out of focus and there’s some wicked reflections off the screen, it shows off Android working fairly seamlessly. Also worth pointing out is that this, and the photos we saw yesterday, are of a pre-production unit that will be almost exactly the same, except without the silver bezel around the screen (there’ll be a black bezel instead to match the rest of the phone). Stay tuned for more Agora news – Mr Kogan himself is at CES and I’m sure the US guys will try and get a hands on this week. And if not, we’ll get our hands on a review unit soon enough…
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