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Couple things to mention.

1. For a tablet you really want an OS designed for a tablet. The only thing that exists now is either Android's Honeycomb or RIM's PNX (the playbook). Everything else is just a phone's OS that is designed to scale in size.

2. For Honeycomb, its just very new and hasn't had the cheap brands come out yet.

You either need to fork out the cash or be patient and wait a few months for eventual horde of knockoff brands that will be here within the next 4 months.

If you don't mind snagging a phone OS build, then any of the 7" fare would be similar as they all run Android 2.2 with potential upgrades to 2.3 (especially if you are willing to root it and upgrade yourself).

$300 w/ honeycomb
http://www.amazon.com/ViewSonic-ViewPad-7-Inch-Android-Tablet/dp/B004ALMF6C/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1307985602&sr=8-2

Various others without honeycomb for cheap.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=android+honeycomb&x=0&y=0#/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=android+tablet&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Aandroid+tablet

 

EDIT: ooops came up on a honeycomb search, but that first one is still running Android 2.2. If it were me, I'd wait for the horde. However, if you can't wait just read the reviews and look for one that is cheap with good screen.

I'd also look for one that can be modded by cyanogenMod 7.