What do you think about this Android Tablet?

[Inoirokk]

I'm really considering buying the Eken M001 Android. Its really cheap and looks promising. I really couldn't find any negative feedback but if you have any please share.


http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.39169

 

[nobble]

watch vids on it, its an ok web browser but kinda slow.

 

[Inoirokk]

I want to load it with Emulators, Videos, and Music. I have an Itouch but this just looks very appealing to me.

 

[snowpenguin]

I'd be careful with cheap chinese almost-generic/generic tablets. There've been problems with them before, go look around at the engadget ones.

 

[Inoirokk]

Those are all to pricey. I just want it to keep me occupied.

 

[snowpenguin]

I was saying to go look at those cheap android tablets at engadget to see the bad reputation they've earned themselves.

If it were me I'd definitely save up a bit more and get an archos.

 

[Inoirokk]

Good advise. But I think I'm going to splurge and get it. Now. In about a month.

 

[Toonlink97]

Oh my, now I've seen and actually read about this Archos. I need one now

 

[Inoirokk]

They are too Dang expensive!!!!

 

[Toonlink97]

But they look great!

 

[desmin88]

Fine, you can get it, if you want a POS.

Its resistive touch, meaning you have to calibrate it and use a stylus. The touchscreens on these can be very unresponsive.

http://www.dealextreme.com/forums/Default.dx/sku.39169~threadid.626327 Its not 600 mhz, its 175 mhz. Its a very slow processor, means slow apps, slow browsing, slow video watching etc.

Very hard process to upgrade Android 1.6 to 2.1 .

Battery life is at best 6 hours.

People say the wifi is again a POS.

Oh, and did I say very unresponsive?

Buy it if you want waste money..

 

[snowpenguin]

desmin is right. this is why you don't buy chinese craptablets.

which archos, 7 or 5?

 

[ToastBucket]

The 5 fits in your pocket but unfortunately, the archos' don't run the android market out of the box.

 

[Atari]

And unfortunately rooting it has been an escapade of it's own. Although I hear if you update the firmware then you're golden. Rooting is still better...

 

[Inoirokk]

What about this one? I read the reviews and it has better feedback than the other one.


http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.42070

 

[machjas]

I'm still skeptical. does the chrome-lite browser support things like Flash?

Only 256MB of ram, a 1.3MP camera... It only supports of to 16gb SDHC. I dunno. I wish they hadn't axed the HP slate...

 

[XCVG]

They cancelled the Slate? Why?

 

[bassmasta]

They cancelled the Slate? Why?

http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/hp-s ... enterpris/
Why they cancelled it? The market isn't as large as they thought.

I'm still skeptical. does the chrome-lite browser support things like Flash

If it can run 2.2, it can support the new flash 10.1 plugin.
Also 256MB of ram should be fine. That's how much the 3GS had.

 

[machjas]

Windows 7 was also too power-hungry for a tablet device. I heard it was around 3-4 hours... which is perfectly fine if you ask me... Shorter battery life is a small price to pay to run win7 and all the devices that were incorporated if you ask me.

 

[XCVG]

Assholes! I want the *Can'tSayThisOnTV*ing Slate, not some piece of flax that runs an OS designed for a smartphone! I want my Windows damnit! Oh well, I'll just get a netbook then. The upcoming Eee 1215N looks awesome.