My experience with ZaReason makes it a non-starter for me, regardless of how wonderful the product might be, I won't do business with that company again.
-Cheri On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 12:13 AM, Jacob Peddicord <[email protected]>wrote: > I've been looking for a tablet for a couple of months now, and saw > this one pop up today. It looks decent, and the $350 is reasonable, > but I'm not sure how much it will be able to compete with the $250 > Galaxy Tab 2 (and somewhat the Kindle Fire). If they actually license > Google Apps (Gmail, Maps, etc) for the tablet then it could sell well, > otherwise if it's just AOSP Android it'll probably be more of a > developer toy. Not really a bad thing. Personally I'm going to keep > waiting. > > Also, it's Saturday morning already? Yikes. > > On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 12:07 AM, Stephen Michael Kellat > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Good Saturday morning team! Anybody have thoughts on the news below? > > Either sound off on-list or call 702-714-0397 to leave a voicemail I can > > play on LISTen. Text messages should go to 440-361-0947. > > > > SMK > > > > ----- Original message ----- > > From: Daniel Clem <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Ubuntu-tablet] Zareason is making a 10 inch Open Tablet called > > ZaTab!! > > Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 23:50:41 -0400 > > > > Firstly, sorry if this is a repeat message, I tried sending once, but > > was with an email that wasn't registered on Launchpad. So I don't think > > it posted properly. I hope it doesn't bother the moderators. > > > > Most likely alot of the people on this list have already seen the > > article on OMG!Ubuntu. But Just wanted to put the info about it here > > also and link to the ZaTab page. > > > > ARM A8 Cortex CPU @ 1.2Ghz (Single core) > > Mali400 GPU (Handles 1080p, 3D games etc) > > 1GB DDR3 RAM > > 16GB internal storage > > 9.7? (1024×768) capacitive touch-screen > > 14 hour* battery life > > Front and back cameras > > Metal-back casing > > Weighs 630 grams > > Wi-Fi > > Headphone, MicroSD card, 2x microUSB ports, and 1x microHDMI port > > > > Link to the ZaTab page: http://zareason.com/shop/zatab.html > > > > And its only $349. Much cheaper than the Transformer is (we are talking > > new hardware, not refurbished) And this would be entirely open. Zareason > > offers it with NO Operating System at all, or with Android 4.0.3. They > > actually state on the page, > > > > "Some manufacturers consider "root" to be a four-letter-word. We > > don't. The ZaTab is an open device. The bootloader is unlocked. Root > > access is available. We welcome the community to develop custom ROMs and > > port other Linux distros to the ZaTab." > > > > What more could we ask for?? Yes the CPU is single core, but Ubuntu is > > native code and doesn't need as much power, and with the Mali400 GPU > > being as powerful as it is. The CPU only being 1.2 single core would be > > just fine. What ya say guys?? :-D > > > > P.S. Side note for those that might be concerned about the Mali400 > > using a proprietary driver, this is the same GPU as in the Vivaldi > > Tablet. There is a reverse-engineering project to get a full driver > > stack for the different Mali GPU's (they are said be to very easy to > > write for due to their logical and simple design) and if the Ubuntu team > > got together with the reverse-engineering dev's and the (Vivaldi Tablet > > dev's to help with testing) then the Mali GPU's could be the best ones > > on the market for Open Hardware. And the Mali's are used in SOOO much > > hardware, from dirt cheap chinese tablets, up to some high-end Samsung > > smart phones (different spec's of course, but would only be tiny > > differences in the drivers) So having great open source drivers could > > really open up so many possibilities for the hackers out there that love > > finding and playing with new open hardware. Just a bit of a side note :) > > > > Link to an article about "Freedom based" Open Source Mali drivers: > > > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=arm_mali_reverse&num=2 > > < > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=arm_mali_reverse&num=2> > > > > -- > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-tablet > > Post to : [email protected] > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-tablet > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio > > Post to : [email protected] > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > -- > Jacob Peddicord > http://jacob.peddicord.net/ > https://launchpad.net/~jpeddicord > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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