Whenever it comes to android tablets people start comparing with nook color or kindle fire. Why not lenovo A1 which is almost always available for $200 or less?
On Sun, Feb 26, 2012, at 08:20 AM, Sean Dague wrote: > On 02/25/2012 08:42 PM, Ed Nisley wrote: > > I'm looking for a tablet-like slab for use as a datasheet / instruction > > manual display, limited-use USB-serial terminal, and not much else. The > > screen needs lots of dots to make it work for datasheets and I'm not > > greatly interested in lugging it around in my pants pocket. > > > > Do any of you Android whizzes have an opinion on this thing: > > > > http://www.ecrater.com/p/13480168/ainol-novo-7-elf-a10-android-40 > > > > Available for even more on eBay! > > > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ainol-Novo-7-Elf-Android-4-0-Capacitive-Tablet-PC-Novo7-Elf-/270921700700?pt=US_Tablets&hash=item3f1431155c > > > > It looks to have mostly the right hardware (verily, a 1024x600 LCD), but > > comes with a full-frontal Mandarin UI, Chinese instructions, no Android > > Market hookup, and a nearly complete lack of support. I assume one could > > switch the UI to English with, at worst, a bit of blind tapping, but > > what happens after that is up for grabs. > > > > The sellers seem remarkably up front about some issues: "Elf has a > > Bluetooth Share app, but we have not confirmed it has bluetooth." > > > > Admittedly, it's not much less expensive than subsidized eReaders (with > > smaller screens) from various sources, but it has the compelling > > advantage of being a vanilla Android box with unlocked everything (apart > > from, perhaps, the hardware drivers). > > > > Given its pedigree, I'd want to pressure-wash the OS& apps before > > typing in my first password. I'm not really up for a major software > > project, though, and can barely pronounce "Android" with a straight > > face. > > > > Suggestions? Brickbats? > > > > Thanks ... > > That screen is probably the same panel as is in the Nook Tablet, which > is pretty hackable to get it back to generic Android (or, if it's just > datasheets, should work out of the box). If I was putting down my own > money, I'd spend a little more and go that direction. > > I've only see tears and pain come from random chinese vendors here. The > thing to remember is that the silicon manufacturers are typically > delivering the android build to the device manufacturers, often without > source code for many of their devices. So you can't assume that you can > just wipe it down to something generic, because there may be no open > drivers to do that with. > > -Sean > > -- > > Sean Dague Learn about the Universe with the > sean at dague dot net Mid-Hudson Astronomical Association > http://dague.net http://midhudsonastro.org > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College > Mar 7 - Desktop Shootout - 9th Anniversary of MHVLUG > Apr 4 - An Intro to Chef > May 2 - May 2012 Meeting > Sadanand Hegde ([email protected]) -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Same, same, but different... _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College Mar 7 - Desktop Shootout - 9th Anniversary of MHVLUG Apr 4 - An Intro to Chef May 2 - May 2012 Meeting
