[ale] OT: a interesting new Android 4.04 based toy to play with

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

I just bought the 7" Uniden less than an hour ago.  Within minutes, I was watching youtube videos at McDonalds.  At first glance it looks like a pretty cool deal for $ 60.  I haven't had long to play with it so I don't know it's limits yet.  I believe this one has a 1 GHz processor, 512 MB RAM, 4 GB internal storage, and up to 32 GB external storage through a micro sd slot.  Screen is ok, I think it's 800 x 400.  They seem to have some sort of shell running on top of android, as the UI is not exactly what I'm use to on my Acer tablet.  I cannot find any evidence of Google apps, so it may not support the Google market.  I did find a page which links to the Amazon app store and a few others.  But the price is certainly right.  The clerk said the store started with 1000 units and had only 5 left this morning.

By the way, does anyone know where I can find a list of android keyboard shortcuts when you use one of these things with a Bluetooth keyboard.  Things like cut, copy, paste, home, end, etc.  This keyboard doesn't have any page up, page down, home, and end keys.

Sincerely,

Ron


Scott Plante <splante at insightsys.com> wrote:

>Thanks for this. They also have a 7" one on sale for $60. I got one for
>a family member as a gift, so I haven't opened it. I'm sure it's no
>Nexus 7 but that would have been well out of my price range. Hopefully
>this will be worth the price. 
>
>Big Lots isn't nearby and I wouldn't have thought to go there, so
>thanks again for the heads up. 
>
>
>Scott 
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>From: "Van Loggins" <vanloggins at gmail.com> 
>To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org> 
>Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 3:26:04 PM 
>Subject: [ale] OT: a interesting new Android 4.04 based toy to play
>with 
>
>Guys, 
>
>for anyone on the list who likes tinkering with Android devices, Big 
>Lots currently has a Emerson 4.3" Android 4.04 (Ice Cream Sandwich) 
>device that they are selling for $50 dollars. 
>
>I picked one up and have been having a lot of fun with it. I 
>discovered that it was already rooted (just needed to install the 
>superuser binary), and that it was super easy to install the Android 
>Market on it. 
>
>It's a nifty little device. I'm not sure how long it's gonna stay on 
>sale. The normal price for is is $60 dollars. 
>
>I'm going to use mine in place of my old Ipod Video. It works great 
>when used with doubletwist to sync my itunes playlists. :) 
>
>Anyways just wanted to share this, sorry if I went too far off topic. 
>
>Van Loggins 
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