First Ice Cream Sandwich Powered Tablet in the US is Only $120: Ainovo Novo7 Paladin
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EverythingAndriod
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I have seen the Paladin at bestmid and android-sale and i was wondering if they are reliable sites? I know they sell this tablet at merimobiles and pandawill, but everywhere i look people talk about how bad their shipping and customer service is... so i dont think I'll be buying from them.(plus i dont wanna wait 30 day to get it) It says that there is no 3g support out to the box, but you can purchase a dongle. What exactly is a dongle and how much would it cause?
Also at Bestmid, the specs for the paladin are VERY INCORRECT, so im questioning their reliablity as well. Lastly i was wondering if bestmid's 4-6 day shipping option is really worth the extra cash.
Also at Bestmid, the specs for the paladin are VERY INCORRECT, so im questioning their reliablity as well. Lastly i was wondering if bestmid's 4-6 day shipping option is really worth the extra cash.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND (Imho) NOT TO BUY A BASIC or PALADIN(or from ainol for that matter).
Both sport a MIPS processor, while it has better battery life -it doesn't support most applications!!!
Add this to the fact that they're plaining to release "ELF" (an ARM processor) suggest they have no intention of supporting there product at all.
And all this hype about "a ICS tablet for $100!!!" -is a fabrication the closest thing out now is a buggy 4.0 beta. This company comes out blasting "certified" Android 4.0 then release a bunch of 2.3 or 3.2's then discontinue all of them.
Only to later push Paladin w/o a cam hdmi output or even a sd slot for that matter (for the same price).
Don't take my word for it, just goto their site ainovo.com what you'll see is a discontinued product screaming ICS support with no real info just lots of pretty pictures and no support
I'm very disappointed.
Both sport a MIPS processor, while it has better battery life -it doesn't support most applications!!!
Add this to the fact that they're plaining to release "ELF" (an ARM processor) suggest they have no intention of supporting there product at all.
And all this hype about "a ICS tablet for $100!!!" -is a fabrication the closest thing out now is a buggy 4.0 beta. This company comes out blasting "certified" Android 4.0 then release a bunch of 2.3 or 3.2's then discontinue all of them.
Only to later push Paladin w/o a cam hdmi output or even a sd slot for that matter (for the same price).
Don't take my word for it, just goto their site ainovo.com what you'll see is a discontinued product screaming ICS support with no real info just lots of pretty pictures and no support
I'm very disappointed.
ResidentEvil
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That sucks
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You should not call it the cheapest, i have one cheaper
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Hayley2011
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I find one seller on ebay selling this item, That sounds like
eBay - New & used electronics, cars, apparel, collectibles, sporting goods & more at low prices
eBay - New & used electronics, cars, apparel, collectibles, sporting goods & more at low prices
renegade.DJ
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at the end of the day it is true you do get what you pay for its like the old saying,,,just couse you have a little money does not mean you are gonna get what you want but at the end of the day its the survival of the fittest meaning in a nice way when i say this but most of the time people buy a popular tablet just for that one reason cous its popular like the ipad the thing has a crappy look and all you have to do is blow at the screen and the thing will go poof lol no offence steve jobs but why must you sell every thing at a high price?
Hoverbored
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I have one in hand. Basic unit was $109, I believe. Was $140 with a screen protector installed, a keyboard case [broke in 3-5 days], and a ridiculously small pair of Capacitive gloves (size, ahem, "Large"?),. Unit itself seems very solid. No, no HDMI, no camera, no bluetooth.
Does have ICS 4.0.1 out of the box. Dozen chinese apps I can't use, have blown away. Did get Android Market loaded, as well as Amazon Market. There are a few items I *DID* get loaded OK. At first default email seemed to mess up, now seems fine [not sure what changed]. Loaded K-9, but now all seems fine there. There are NUMEROUS things for which I get "This app is incompatible with this device". Netflix and Dolphiin browser are 2 of them. Need to look for other things...
Ask me, I will try to find/load it. I'm a little new at this tablet stuff, but did own an Android phone previously. You may have to point things out, and give rudimentary instructions.
*MY* question - Does anyone see a source for updated firmware for the Ainol Novo7 Paladin? Even better, in English?? Would like a copy of basic 4.0.1, as well as any legitimate update to that level.
Does have ICS 4.0.1 out of the box. Dozen chinese apps I can't use, have blown away. Did get Android Market loaded, as well as Amazon Market. There are a few items I *DID* get loaded OK. At first default email seemed to mess up, now seems fine [not sure what changed]. Loaded K-9, but now all seems fine there. There are NUMEROUS things for which I get "This app is incompatible with this device". Netflix and Dolphiin browser are 2 of them. Need to look for other things...
Ask me, I will try to find/load it. I'm a little new at this tablet stuff, but did own an Android phone previously. You may have to point things out, and give rudimentary instructions.
*MY* question - Does anyone see a source for updated firmware for the Ainol Novo7 Paladin? Even better, in English?? Would like a copy of basic 4.0.1, as well as any legitimate update to that level.
Hoverbored
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Ah!! BTW, DID have a MicroSD slot, my 8Gb chip is being read/written to just fine.
Well I have to say I am less then impressed with this Paladin. I am having a hard time finding apps that work. Seems like everything I download - not compatible. I cannot connect it to my PC, Windows 7 does not recognize it in any of the usual places I would look (My Computer, search). I am not a computer wizard by any means but was hoping I could manage this. I am going to try to download a movie to see what happens.
Hoverbored
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Kristie -
It isn't you, it's the Paladin. I am a PC-person by trade, though I will admit to being a bit older... mid-50's, a little less 'gadget prone'. HOWEVER, I have half a dozen younger guys around who have also been curious, and together we have probed this thing at least a little. We are all rather stunned by it's inability to run about half of the most important apps - Ones that on are listed via the PC/Web on Android Market as being tested OK with Android 4.0 ICS. No Flash, No Adobe Reader, No Netflix, No Dolphin Browser - and the list of incompatible apps goes on. I saved the original Documents-To-Go, added Kindle, Real Player, Evernote, DropBox, Advanced Task Killer [at first, their included Super Task Killer seemed to bog and quit - JUST when you needed to kill some stuff to get moving again!!], IM+, and of course (!) Angry Birds et al. At first, I could not get the default email to display email right, so loaded K-9, which has worked flawlessly, though now that the default is working again [why suddenly?? dunno...], I may move back to it for consistency sake [I tend to stick with defaults if they are adequate].
I, too, cannot get the tablet to sync/mount correctly with most (all?) of my PC's. Been bypassing with DropBox.
I'm actually considering ditching this for something else. For a Kindle Fire wannabe, this maybe cuts the mustard for half the price, if you don't wanna watch movies. As a true tablet - yawn - Eh!
It isn't you, it's the Paladin. I am a PC-person by trade, though I will admit to being a bit older... mid-50's, a little less 'gadget prone'. HOWEVER, I have half a dozen younger guys around who have also been curious, and together we have probed this thing at least a little. We are all rather stunned by it's inability to run about half of the most important apps - Ones that on are listed via the PC/Web on Android Market as being tested OK with Android 4.0 ICS. No Flash, No Adobe Reader, No Netflix, No Dolphin Browser - and the list of incompatible apps goes on. I saved the original Documents-To-Go, added Kindle, Real Player, Evernote, DropBox, Advanced Task Killer [at first, their included Super Task Killer seemed to bog and quit - JUST when you needed to kill some stuff to get moving again!!], IM+, and of course (!) Angry Birds et al. At first, I could not get the default email to display email right, so loaded K-9, which has worked flawlessly, though now that the default is working again [why suddenly?? dunno...], I may move back to it for consistency sake [I tend to stick with defaults if they are adequate].
I, too, cannot get the tablet to sync/mount correctly with most (all?) of my PC's. Been bypassing with DropBox.
I'm actually considering ditching this for something else. For a Kindle Fire wannabe, this maybe cuts the mustard for half the price, if you don't wanna watch movies. As a true tablet - yawn - Eh!
Hoverbored
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OH! - Did load Juice Defender, too... Between just getting a dozen or more battery empty/fill cycles in, and Juice Defender's moderate standard setting, battery life has become far more tolerable. With judicious use of the screen, I can get a good 6+hrs in meetings & commuting, without getting below 25% charge. One really GOOD thing.
Trying real HARD not to push iPad expectations on this small tablet. That would not begin to be fair. But really folks! I have had Android phones, and I know what ought to work - and what doesn't on the Paladin. This thing shows ALL the signs of "Rushed to market" to try to get that 'First ICS Tablet' marketing leverage. Ainol needs to be getting out an easily found set of updated firmware - Soon. It doesn't have to be perfect, as what we have is SOOoo far from that now, that as long as it didn't freeze or drop the network connection [ie - easily recoverable errors], it would be a huge improvement, and a move to give us all hope. Only hope I have right now is that enough suckers like me see $100, and plunk the money down, get disappointed, and the folks over at XDA find that THEY can pretty easily improve & succeed where the manufacturer failed.
Would give my eye teeth to know what switch is turned on or off, that absolutely REFUSES to let me even TRY to load certain apps from the Market. They don't even appear on Market from the tablet. On the PC/Web, they appear, but when you indicate you want to load it, app is not compatible with this device. I'm not even allowed to TRY to load it. THAT stinks. I'd rather try, and legitimately report a failure.
Trying real HARD not to push iPad expectations on this small tablet. That would not begin to be fair. But really folks! I have had Android phones, and I know what ought to work - and what doesn't on the Paladin. This thing shows ALL the signs of "Rushed to market" to try to get that 'First ICS Tablet' marketing leverage. Ainol needs to be getting out an easily found set of updated firmware - Soon. It doesn't have to be perfect, as what we have is SOOoo far from that now, that as long as it didn't freeze or drop the network connection [ie - easily recoverable errors], it would be a huge improvement, and a move to give us all hope. Only hope I have right now is that enough suckers like me see $100, and plunk the money down, get disappointed, and the folks over at XDA find that THEY can pretty easily improve & succeed where the manufacturer failed.
Would give my eye teeth to know what switch is turned on or off, that absolutely REFUSES to let me even TRY to load certain apps from the Market. They don't even appear on Market from the tablet. On the PC/Web, they appear, but when you indicate you want to load it, app is not compatible with this device. I'm not even allowed to TRY to load it. THAT stinks. I'd rather try, and legitimately report a failure.
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