2degrees has has released a Google Android-based tablet, made by China's Huawei, for $549 - a knockdown price in the tablet world.

The Huawei MediaPad comes with 2GB of data. 

It has a 7-inch screen (to the Apple iPad's 9.7) but otherwise reasonably respectable hardware specs.

• 10.5mm thick
• High-quality aluminium uni-body construction
• 1280 x 800 HD IPS capacitive touch screen
• Built-in 3G Mobile Broadband 14.4Mbps, WiFi b/g/n
• 5.0 MP, rear-facing, auto-focus 720p camera and a 1.3MP front-facing video-chat camera
• Full HD media playback
• Dual Core Qualcomm 1.2Hz processor 
• Expandable memory up to 32GB
• Android 3.2 “Honeycomb”