7" inch Android Tablet Touch Pc mid 2GB Review
Ok Gang: Unlike so many people on Amazon... who summarily trashed the product... and who said they bought one and who promised a review... I actually bought one and am going to lay it out for you guys. First, before you buy anything... you should know your expectations and how you plan on using your purchase. I have a 64GB 3G iPad... that works the way I want it to. I was curious about the state of the Android devices... and to see how this worked... so I bought one. Can one search the web using it? Yes. Can you access your e-mail... yes. Can you play MP3's and video ... Yes (although I am trying to find what formats it plays). There are some basic applications... and in spite of all the bad stuff that I heard... it actually works!
If you are expecting a touch experience like an iPad... you are going to be disappointed. The touch response is adequate... but like my iPad... I don't plan on creating content... just consuming it. You can check web pages, check e-mail... answer a short one... and get a lot of utility out of it. When you first boot it... it took about 70 seconds to come awake. I put a 8 GB MICRO SD card in... and it works great. If you are going to be on a plane... or wanted to listen to music while you are doing something else, then this device is not bad... I don't regret dropping the money on it at all. I am going to do a review on YouTube... then probably pass this on to my brother. He won't mind reading his e-mail sitting next to his wife in front of the TV instead of being changed to his computer on the other side of the room.
The Internet network speed is really pretty good. The MAC address was not listed on a sticker or anything like that. I had to go to my router and look at the log to see what was banging against it. I found it... then added it to my router's permission table. Bazinga! It worked like a charm...handling WPA2 with ease.
People keep saying ... that according to the ALMIGHTY Wikipedia... version of Android 1.7 does not exist. Well, there are a lot of phones out there... running version 1.7... so how does one explain this fact? I doubt that the big name boys pirate Android... so I assume that 1.7 was not a widely available or promoted version. It is pretty stable... and once I get to know my way around... I will be able to put this more to the test. I know this is a knock-off in terms of look and packaging. I don't care. I know that this is not an iPad... but it is a useful device none the less. The speaker is pretty good... does not sound tinny at all. There is a lot of storage on the 8GB card I chose to use... and before I forget... there is a camera. The whole device is not rocket fast...but functional. The cam... took one pic so far... and it was a pretty good one. Just hold it still while it takes it.
I have heard that the "Shop" does not work... have not tried it yet... but heard all the prophets of doom that said it doesn't work, so I was not expecting it to. There has to be a way of saving compatible install files on the memory card and installing them from there. Again.. I have an iPhone and this is my first experience with Android.
LOL... I am listneing to Lola Haag on it right now while I type this on my Mac notebook. My cat is freaking out... because the sound is so clear... he is pawing it around... wondering how the nice music is coming out of something so cool looking.
At any rate... this is a work in progress... I am going to carry on. If you have specific questions on this device... you can e-mail me. I will respond. Reach me at richard_andrade@mac.com. I will put my video review link on here when I do it.. probably this weekend. ;-)
PS... This is a MID... Mobile Internet Device...
7" inch Android Tablet Touch Pc mid 2GB Feature
- 7.2-inch 720P Touch Screen
- 32 GB Storage
- Android 1.7 operating system
- Version 802.11 Wifi Wireless Networking A/B/G
7" inch Android Tablet Touch Pc mid 2GB Overview
Touch Screen Android Tablet Touch PC with Wifi, All your works Slim easy on the go design. Specifications: 7 720P Touch Screen Android 1.6 OS Version 802.11 Wifi Wireless Networking A/B/G
does have android market but does not play youtube
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Customer Reviews
Would rate it lower if I could... - FlightAttendantSteve -
Total JUNK... Don't waste your money... Fell apart within a week of getting it...
Not as bad as I thought at first - worth the money - Phil - Northborough, MA United States
I've written a review on an item with exactly the same description which I got from Nation's Supply through Amazon at 1. When I click on the product description for that order, I'm sent to this device. So, they're close enough.
Comments:
1. Turn off automatic syncing and you can use WiFi - quite well. If you don't, the device may just crash and restart repeatedly.
2. It's slow - you have to be patient, hit a button once and wait for it to react. If you press repeatedly, it will crash.
3. Use a stylus or pen to press buttons. It's a resistive pad like the old palm devices - either a fingernail or stylus will make things much easier.
4. If you have an Android phone - you're all set. Download items from the Android Market on that, back them up and use the backup on your device as the installer. In that way I've loaded: Kindle, Pandora and several other very useful apps. Google will not, as of yet, license the Android Marketplace (from what I've read) for devices that are not phones. It's much easier to read on a device that's roughly the size of a paperback and you can travel with hundreds of books . . .
5. The included AppStore with this device, is useless.
6. Video works on this device but it's not always smooth. I'm working on this issue. The device has a slow processor.
Summary:
I bought this to run Kindle Reader which it seems to do quite well. The battery drains quickly with active apps and of course when WiFi is on. To read for longer periods of time: turn off wifi, lower screen brightness to a lower level ( I use a battery manager that allows precise adjustment of the brightness - I lower it about 20% from the AC level - still very easy to read.) This will give several hours (measured twice at about 150 minutes, reading only). This is not an iPAD rival but it is a useful device that you can buy for 0 bucks to use as an ereader and an email device (with WiFi) - music playback is fine but the more apps you're running - the faster the battery drains and the more likely the device is to crash and restart.
Until the REAL Android tablets come out with Froyo or beyond - this is a useful stop-gap.
Ugh! - Dylan -
I would like to say for all of you that can't download from the store is because Google doesnt support their market or any of their other applications on tablets.
Do not buy this - Thomas Rinaldi -
Simply, it does everything its supposed to do...just very very poorly. Touch pad - poor. Battery life - poor. Wifi range - very very poor. I am actually trying to restore it right now to factory settings and wipe my information clean from it...and its giving me a very hard time. It wont stay on, even though it is plugged in. This device is a bad joke.
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