7″ Touch Screen LCD Google Android 1.6 Tablet Pc w/ Wifi/camera
- Wifi & Camera
- Touchscreen LCD
- Android
- USB & ethernet
- 256MB DDR2, 2GB supports up to 16GB
Product Description
Operating System-Google Android OS 1.6
Processor-VIA WM8505 ARM926
Memory-256MB DDR2
Capacity-2GB NAND FLASH, support SDHC TF card up to 16GB
Display-7″ high-brightness TFT LCD wide screen touch display (800*480 pixel resolution)
Touch Control Full size touch operation, sliding menu, functional icon dragging
Orientation Sensors With accelerometer, automatic steering display screen
Network-802.11b/g Wi-Fi network connection
RJ45, 10/100Mbps network connection
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7″ Touch Screen LCD Google Android 1.6 Tablet Pc w/ Wifi/camera
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Ok, I bought one from amazon… at the end of the month of July. Had some trials. Got it going now… but not for the noobs.
The pic that is shown… is just like my M7003 version. I suggest that you go to [...]and familiarize yourself with what is out there.
Finally got this thing going to where it is working great!
First off…. let me give you a brief summary of my travails…
1) Bought the damn thing. Touchscreen was hosed… not very good…and scrolling was next to impossible. Dang…had such high hopes.
2) Got it at home, tried to play with it… alien OS…. not familiar… must learn it.
3) Familiar now. Hooking up a wireless USB dongle for my mouse helped to navigate it better. Google marketplace did not work… understood that from beginning…cool… and there are various fixes out there.
4) Some chinese marketplace was installed… will I use it? Not in your life brother …ever!
5) Found that you can get Android application files (.APK files) out there on the net…to download… can go ahead and move them to 8 gig memory card that I bought…and install
6) Magic Album is like welcome screen…. shows some quick menu options… and a weather forecast… would be cool if the apps it referenced work.
7) lame apps… I stomped on the “Magic Album” interface… by installing other players…. music, video, etc.
Realization… ChiPad builders had no clue… how to set-up Android… not that it could not ever work, they just screwed it all up.9) With stuff messed up …cuz the new apps I installed ruined everything…I decided to find a new ROM. Where to find them? [...] of course !!!
10) Thought my device was a M300 by the description. Problem: Eken is the main manufacturer, but…. other chinese companies cloned Eken with slightly different hardware
11) Tried the M300 ROM by Ecotox… a college guy in Australia… he did a great job (remember to donate via paypal to his beer fund LOL) … just not for my hardware… The menu button did not work…and the screen resolution was too big. No menu button and no Touchscreen. I did use my USB mouse… and was able to see that stuffed worked MUCH BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL ANDROID LOAD.
12) Realized I did not have a M300… lower screen res meant I had a M100 (600×480). Tried the M100 ROM by Ecotox… Still no menu button and no Touchscreen. I did use my USB mouse again… and saw what could be… if I could just get the menu button and the touchscreen working again.
13) Was my touchscreen broken? Could be…. No I don’t think so… think I still don’t have the correct Android load for my hardware.
14) A guy name Mogrith on the [...] said I should try the M100 slatedroid version of the ROM. I tried it…still no menu button, still no touchscreen.
15) Found the “fixed” Eken reference ROM…this must work…. Please God… let it work! Nope… it was much closer… and stuff worked much better …. no touchscreen or menu button.
16) Finally, I was looking…and found the M70003 ROM. I did not see this before. This is the only identifiable markings on the darn slate or anything… that number was on the instruction manual. I downloaded that… and bingo… I am back up and running. Guess what? It is a fixed load … does not have the “bloatware” and crap that the original load had. I would recommend this load for everybody who has the one I bought from Amazon.
17) The touchscreen works…and is much more responsive. Also the menu button works. I was giving it a bad response to people who e-mailed me about it… but now that the new ROM fixes the crap… I would do it ….this is a cheap internet device that you can get some use out of …if you refresh the ROM. Also, I have the .APK files to install flash and a working Youtube app.
18) It is not really hard to update the Android ROM. Very easy in fact.
Much better touch screen response, better scrolling. My Internet works well, and now that I know how to set it up…. because I played with it enough… this is going to be a nice little device. Now that I can find my own apps on the web…and use the marketplace… I think it will be useful. Please remember… I have an iPhone…and a 64 GB 3G iPad. It does not replace an iPad…but even the ipad is too big sometimes…and the iPhone is too small sometimes.
I am relieved… that this works. Got some great apps I found…. and the youtube functionality is great…watches them adequately in the 320 resolution.
Also, look at the bottom lip of the device… see how there are 2 speakers… 1 on each side? The sound is very adequate.
If you have any questions… you can hit me up at richard_andrade@mac.com
Now that this thing is working… I am psyched. Do yourself a favor though… before you buy… visit http://www.slatedroid.com and learn about these.
PS… gave it only 4 stars… because I could have future problems… but for what I bought it for…it is working out well.
Rating: 4 / 5
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