> There's a whole heap of A9 tablets around £100.

...which is more like the 170 USD I've found than 100 USD ;-)

> The tablet makers tend to throw on any version of Android
> they can get their hands on. Usually an old non-tablet
> version with at best semi-functional drivers. I have the
> distinct impression that software testing at some companies
> consists of checking if the machine boots!

That's completely sufficient for paradasa as he intends to install MorphOS on it anyway ;-)