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Android 4.0 Tablet (7" Capacitive, Wi-Fi, 1GHz) = €92
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Looking at this a pressie for my young fella so it doesn't need all the bells & whistles and won't break the bank,any thoughts?
http://www.aliexpress.com/product-fm/511536211-FreeShipping-Ainol-Novo7-Tornados-Capacitive-Andriod-4-0-3-Ice-Cream-Sandwich-DDR3-1GB-8GB-Tablet-wholesalers.html
Shop around, you should be able to get this for about $85-$90. No point going up to $100 and beyond.
Nice tablet, not sure of the GPU, but, seemingly, it has no problems playing back HD content.
Very cleanly designed, but.. keep in mind the following:
Screen resolution: 800x480
No dedicated charger port. Charging must be done through USB. This can take a while..
Quick overview.
Reading around, this seems to be the current replacement for the Ainol Paladin. I don't know if there are any CPU issues like the Paladin though, if apps need to be specially compiled or not. I'd have to browse\read a bit more.0 -
Looking at this a pressie for my young fella so it doesn't need all the bells & whistles and won't break the bank,any thoughts?
http://www.aliexpress.com/product-fm/511536211-FreeShipping-Ainol-Novo7-Tornados-Capacitive-Andriod-4-0-3-Ice-Cream-Sandwich-DDR3-1GB-8GB-Tablet-wholesalers.html
Just got 2 delivered today for the kids so will be setting them up over the next few days, I'll let you know if there are any issues and hopefully have a good review of them!!!
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Just a quick update on the tabs, first impressions are not great. The stock ROM on it is chinese based, a lot of bloatware in chinese that is useless to us and I can't uninstall it, just delete it from the main screen so the kids don't accidently go into them. Had to switch keyboards as well as they had it defaulting to some crazy english/chinese hybrid. Also had a few phantom selections where I wasn't touching the screen but it started going into options and selecting things, I ended up looking at a French tab for about 10mins as it changed the language option and hadn't a clue where to change it!!
I have looked online for a different ROM to flash it with but no joy on a dedicated one for the Tornado just yet, but hopefully one will come out. If it does it will make this one of the best budget tabs out there because underneath the hood it is a great machine. I also have a 10" Zenithinkpad and to be honest I find the Tornados to be a bit quicker and they have a more responsive screen. Colours are bright and sharp on-screen and the whole build quality feels good (for a cheap tab!).
Games were smooth to play and movies were great too. Skype works fine on it but the webcam is fairly poor but that is to be expected. Battery life is good also, 5hrs+ of constant gaming and movies. It comes with a USB charger and to be honest it charged fairly quickly from the PC so no problems there.
Overall I would not recommend it though, simply because they need to sort out the phantom screen press issue, I have the latest firmware on it and it still happens. If they do fix this (and maybe a more European friendly ROM) then I have no problem recommending. Overall I paid €90 each including delivery and customs charges so I still think it's a bargain.
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I know this thread is going a while don't have time to read it all
B/day coming up and treating myself to a cheapish tablet had my folks Archos one (the older version) 10 inch on hols and found it great for the plane for watching films, surfing the net while away etc.
So did anyone find a good cheapish 10inch tablet with expandable memory, good for watching films, access to android market and can do some surfing etc. Don't need all the bells and whistles.0 -
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No difference except for postage as far as I can see. Don't use the china post option, always go for a brand courier. UPS Expeditaed with Eternal is $26 whilst the other crowd are charging $36 for DHL as the cheapest option.
Also bear in mind you will probably have a customs charge when it gets here, mine was €26 more payable to UPS on delivery.
Finally, make sure you get an SD card, I got mine from mymemory.co.uk - here's a similar one http://www.mymemory.co.uk/Micro-SDHC/SanDisk/SanDisk-16GB-Micro-SD-%28SDHC%29-Cards---Class-4-%2B-SDHC-Adaptor
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Holy crap if anyone wants a massive performance boost to their Ainol Novo7 Palidin you have to install this mod:
http://tabletrepublic.com/forum/paladin-firmware-rom/paladin-custom-rom-pinkflozd-600.html
The main download link in that tutorial is broken but you can use one of the links in post # 1032 in that thread on this page:
http://tabletrepublic.com/forum/paladin-firmware-rom/paladin-custom-rom-pinkflozd-600-104.html
Its actually useable now, Ive been watching Youtube on it all evening because its so slick, got a load of comics and videos on it and Im going to actually start using it, its been gathering dust since I got it, its way faster and a proper Android device now, you can install apps from the market and they just work instead of the constant errors with the way it is before you flash, apps all open and work way faster now.
I cant believe it, this modding crap never works out for me
One warning I will give because this took me an hour to figure out, follow these instructions below, specifically wipe the Dalvik Cache in Clockworkmod before you run update.zip and after the update completes before you reboot, another warning is that it will be really slow and stuttering for the first couple of times after the flash because of all the new apps that are installed, just give it a chance to finish and it'll be perfect after a while and a reboot:My version of his instructions (simplified!) are to:
a. First install ClockworkMod Recovery (you just did this in step 2, so ignore this step)
b. Make a backup of your system in ClockworkMod recovery (you just did this in step 3, so ignore this step)
c. Put the zip on sdcard (this zip: DOWNLOAD 0.7.20120214, or an updated version if this no longer works – see the link above).
d. Apply the Update in ClockworkMod Recovery AND clear your Dalvik Cache ( copy the downloaded zip file to the root of your sd-card; reboot using ClockworkMod recovery; choose “install zip from SD card; allow it to complete, then once back at the menu choose “advanced” then “Wipe Dalvik Cache”)
e. Reboot
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Note: If you follow all of the instructions above (including clearing the Dalvic cache before rebooting) everything should work fine, BUT I missed that step and still could not use YouTube from within the NineSky browser. Because of my mistake I had to use ClockworkMod to “wipe cache partition”, ”Wipe Dalvik Cache”, and “wipe data/factory reset”. This meant I had to then manually reinstall many apps, but everything works beautifully, eventually! ;-) Follow the forum thread above if you need further clarification (or confusion from contradictory posts!)0 -
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No difference except for postage as far as I can see. Don't use the china post option, always go for a brand courier. UPS Expeditaed with Eternal is $26 whilst the other crowd are charging $36 for DHL as the cheapest option.
Also bear in mind you will probably have a customs charge when it gets here, mine was €26 more payable to UPS on delivery.
Finally, make sure you get an SD card, I got mine from mymemory.co.uk - here's a similar one http://www.mymemory.co.uk/Micro-SDHC/SanDisk/SanDisk-16GB-Micro-SD-%28SDHC%29-Cards---Class-4-%2B-SDHC-Adaptor
And if you are going to stream to a TV get a miniHDMI cable.
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Just got my Elf2 yesterday, from a seller on Aliexpress.com. Got stung for 20quid customs from DHL though, so it worked out at 140e all in, including a keyboard leather case (which I'll admit I don't know if I'll have much use for, the touch keyboard is well up to the job, but it was only 15dollars extra).
The android version on it from stock was fairly rubbish, with alot of chinese apps dotted around the place, however I'm just after throwing a custom ROM on (http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/34586-elf-iirom-updated-darkelf-custom-rom-for-ainol-novo7-elf-ii/) now, which was remarkably easy to do, that has given me google play, youtube and aload of other stuff.
All in all I'm certainly happy with it, no lag at all in the tablet, I have a SGS2 also and was sort of afraid that if I got a cheap tablet it wouldn't be a patch on the galaxy and would only frustrate me, but not at all!0 -
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