Plexon™ – 7″ Touch Screen Tablet PC – Google Android Platform – WiFi – Camera – 256 Ram
Posted by touch smartphones | Posted in htc android | Posted on 02-11-2010
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- UPGRADED TO ANDROID 1.8.3
- 256MB RAM
- ANDROID MARKET
Product Description
This item comes with the most updated and most compatible for the device. It has 256MB ram to handle multiple apps. You may use the device vertically or horizontally and it is perfect for viewing movies, reading e-books, listening to music, etc. Standby times is 3-4 days and usage time is about 3-6 hours depending on type of usage…. More >>
Plexon™ – 7″ Touch Screen Tablet PC – Google Android Platform – WiFi – Camera – 256 Ram
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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.
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
I received the iRobot which is a little different from the pictures, but I have a vague suspicion that all of these tablets have pretty much the same hardware anyways.
My unit was “upgraded” to 1.9, YouTube worked but no Android Market. The Chinese market that you have access to works well, but there are not really any applications you would want to use, and the ones that you might want are outdated and don’t work (eg. Meebo).
Wifi works well and the browser works pretty well. The virtual keyboard is accurate but very slow.
The camera works but the picture isn’t great and there is a lot of lag.
The device has a G-sensor so it will automatically rotate the screen for you (you can disable this), but it takes a little while to notice that you’ve turned the device (3-4 seconds) and sometimes it seems to have a “mind of it’s own”.
After loading on a few custom apps from the Chinese market and manually by installing the APKs I got some error about “acore” crashing. I rebooted the device and found that I could not get past the Android boot screen.
I downloaded a rom from Slatedroid and installed this on the device (basically unzip the file to a SD card, turn the device on and it will install) which seems to have brought it back to life (at least for now). On the plus side, it came with the Google applications like GMail and now also Android Market works which is pretty cool.
With the new rom the device has trouble staying asleep or “hibernated” which means that it randomly wakes up and connects to the nearest wifi network which is frustrating…
The battery lasts a few hours with regular use which I guess isn’t horrible considering the price and the screen size. The device does get very warm with regular use.
The USB/ethernet adapter is a little attachment that you can plug into your device to use a flashdrive with it. I like this a lot but I wish the USB ports were directly on the device, I don’t really care about ethernet on a tablet….
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Basically this is a giant Android phone, minus the “phone”, for $100 with no contract.
If you want an ebook reader get a Kindle (it’s about $20 more, has an awesome screen and an even better battery).
This is not an iPad, but for a cheap device that I can use to check my email and go on wikipedia in class it is pretty decent.
Be warned that this is probably not a good choice if you are looking for something that “just works”. I had to do a bit of hacking to get mine in a state I was happy with…
Rating: 3 / 5
Bought, came in mail. Was broken, no sound, no wifi. Then would not charge. So i asked for a replacement. Seller would not give me one. The seller took 25% of the money I sent him after I sent the apad back. Short story. I got robbed.
Rating: 1 / 5
According to the specs I reviewed (as well as the description on the outside of the box this thing came in), it was supposed to play AVI files. I thought this would be great because I could use it as a portable entertainment center for my son while on car trips, since I have a ton of movies for him already in AVI format on an external hard drive. Not only would this thing not play AVI files, it wouldn’t even play MPEG-4 videos. After messing and messing (and finding some microscopic fine print on the distributor’s website) I learned that it will only play some outrageously compressed, stripped-down, weak version of mobile phone video files, so complete disappointment there. I could do better video myself with an Etch-A-Sketch.
Very few of the apps installed actually worked, and since I neither read nor speak Chinese, even if they had worked, I wouldn’t know what to do with them. There was also no access to Android’s app market either. Following the advice of another reviewer here, I checked out some Android forums online and figured out how to flash a new ROM to the thing, and voila! Wide open access! I’ve since downloaded some nice little time-waster apps (Othello Reversi, WordFeud and FloodIt) along with the requisite social networking tools. Amazon’s Kindle app is very awesome, I might add.
The pros: Built-in WiFi lets me check my email, surf the web or interact via social networks provided I’ve got a network available. Reading e-books is much easier with a color screen. Plays MP3s. Nice display for digital photos. Basically a fun little toy.
The cons: Won’t play video. Built-in speakers are the typical tinny mess you’d expect, but with good earbuds/headphones you’ll be alright. Much like a mobile phone it can only run one app at a time, so it’s not for multitasking. Battery life just plain sucks. I haven’t actually timed it, but I’m doing good to get an hour, maybe an hour and a half out of the thing before it needs a charge. Also gets very hot when battery’s nearly out or while charging.
Bottom line, it’s not a total waste of money as I’m having fun playing with the thing, but it’s certainly not what I thought I was getting.
Rating: 3 / 5
Two days before deployent and APad showed up in perfect condition. Upgraded firmware from 1.9,88 to 2.1 for APad. Works great!We are FULL SPEED AHEAD…Go NAVY!!!
Rating: 5 / 5