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

[Justin Goldberg]

I found a 75$ tablet on kg deals, with HDMI output, and a capacitive
touchscreen.

http://www.kgbdeals.com/national/deals/151247/75-discount-on-7-android-40-tablet--free-shipping-from-all-4-cellular
On Nov 22, 2012 8:13 PM, "Justin Goldberg" <justgold79 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 11/21/12, Erik Mathis <erik at mathists.com> wrote:
> > I got one of these for $50
> >
> > http://www.brandsmartusa.com/ProductViewer.aspx?mid=162084
> >
> > It works pretty well except for netflix crashing and rather poor wifi
> > reception.. I was able to play movies via crackle and google app store
> > worked fine for me.
>
>
> Here's the older netflix 1.8.1 linked to from the blog above with the
> polaroid app store fix, hopefully it's more compatible with this
> tablet.
>
> It sounds like the wifi antenna or chipset is weak, though.
>
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/i8yqev7jqjp7k77/netflix-1.8.1.apk
>
>
> >
> > -Erik-
> >
> > On 11/14/2012 03:26 PM, Van Loggins wrote:
> >> 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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