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5" Android Tablet $155
- ConceptDog 17y agoCall me when this is 8" to 10".
- SamAtt 17y agoI think you're being a little unfair. It's screen is bigger than the iPod Touch and it's cheaper. If you, for example, were a developer who wanted to build an open platform iPod competitor this would be a good starting point. And let me just say I don't work for/with/or in any way with this company. I just believe in both openness and the portable market and can see how a device like this is a good thing.
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- jacquesm 17y agobefore you start sending them money, read this thread first: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1182322 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1182322
- SamAtt 17y agoI don't see anything overtly wrong in that thread. If anything I see HN readers behaving badly by taking advantage of someone whose English isn't that great. For the most part the things people were attacking him for are things that almost every manufacturer does in China (copying web sites for example). I don't see anything that indicates he's dishonest (and even if I did I'm not sure it would detract given the price)
- jacquesm 17y agoWell, you've been warned. I think there is plenty in that thread that is not above board, but of course you are entitled to your own opinion.
- SamAtt 17y agoDon't get me wrong. I'm glad you posted it. I think a big part of me is just thinking "If he's a total crook and I lose the $155 completely it's really not that big of a deal". I mean, he takes Paypal so I don't even have to give my CCard number. But yeah, if the price were higher or if I needed the money more I could see being more weary of this.
- jacquesm 17y agoThe fact that for you $155 is not a lot of money is immaterial, there are people here that might be suckered in for who $155 is a lot of dough. Until the guy comes clean and shows that he's able to ship (which means he has at least the funds to buy a number of them, most companies in the far east have a minimum order volume, typical 100 or 200 pieces for devices like these, at some fixed discount, and has a written guarantee that they will be delivered at a certain date) he has no business taking any money at all. And even then, given the history of these threads (there was at least one other one) I'd like some more proof. If you start of by fibbing about your ability to deliver then you will need to overcome that later. Selling fake watches on ebay is one thing, selling hardware like this is a completely different thing. So far, I'm not aware that he did what he said he would do, which is to ship units to blogs for review. I think that would be a major first milestone on the way to large volume shipping. Sending out a couple of review units is peanuts when you do something like this.
- djb_hackernews 17y agoNot to call you out or anything but I am constantly reminded the fact that we live like kings unheard. So many people around the world would get physically emotional over $155. It's definitely not something I, or my bank account, agree with, but I'm sure you aren't alone. Amazing.
- scott_s 17y agoThe most important thing I learned is that it's not his device. He's just re-branding a device that other people made. It's also clear he doesn't understand the technology he's selling. It also seems to be true that he was taking paid orders before he actually had a device.
- jws 17y agoAnyone find the original device? This one is close, http://szboeye.en.alibaba.com/product/255890895-209487612/5_inch_Mobile_Internet_Device.html http://szboeye.en.alibaba.com/product/255890895-209487612/5_...
- jacquesm 17y agohttp://www.smit.com.cn/English/proDetail.asp?InfoId=126&js= http://www.smit.com.cn/English/proDetail.asp?InfoId=126&...
- aristus 17y agoI've been impressed with the Smit and excited someone's selling them, rebranded or no. I'll probably give this guy a shot when my birthday rolls around and report back.
- jacquesm 17y agoThat'd be awesome.
- gridspy 17y agoIts very entertaining that 'enso' hasn't thought to visit your profile to answer his questions about who you are.
- jacquesm 17y agoAgreed, my identity is not exactly a secret. I haven't heard from his lawyers yet though, maybe it's still in the mail somewhere. It's sad though, I think he may have something there but he's going about it completely wrong. He wouldn't even have to rebrand the thing, just sell it as it is, save a bunch of $. After all it's not like smit is going to give him an exclusive deal. And I'm still not sure what the status is on importing that thing with a 3G dongle in to Europe or the US without the required 'seal of approval'. I'm pretty sure that the local variety FCC wants to know that your device has passed inspection, and that operating a device that has not passed inspection is tricky at best and illegal in most places.
- scott_s 17y agoThanks for taking the time to make clear what this is.
- SamAtt 17y agoI remember this from a while ago. Here's a good video: http://dvice.com/archives/2010/03/zenpad-the-155.php http://dvice.com/archives/2010/03/zenpad-the-155.php
- 27182818284 17y agoAndroid 1.6? Make it bigger and use current version of Android and I'll buy one.
- Nwallins 17y agoFrom http://enso-now.com/n/info.php http://enso-now.com/n/info.php > Upgrades to Android 2.x will be available within 1 month to our customer on their private section for simple downloading and upgrading. Easy instructions will be provided. Funny -- from http://enso-now.com/n/Images/Slideshow/dimensions.png http://enso-now.com/n/Images/Slideshow/dimensions.png > Designed by Enso in Hong Assembled in China
- jacquesm 17y agoThat site is full of gems like that.
- 27182818284 17y agoAye! I was looking right at that page and I missed the comment about 2.x. Thanks
- morbidkk 17y agoname as well as logo is similar to http://humanized.com/enso/ http://humanized.com/enso/
- CrazedGeek 17y agoProbably from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ens%C5%8D http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ens%C5%8D
- jaaron 17y agoThis was my first thought as well.
- andreyf 17y agoAnd this is why Steve Jobs sees Android as a direct attack against Apple: these devices (which Apple would like to sell at a high margin) can be made really cheap in a world of commoditized hardware (thanks, Microsoft!) and free software (thanks, Google!). Edit-reply: while Apple can try to split off a premium market as it did with PC's, this is going to be a lot harder (and the premium market will be lot smaller) when then OS provider isn't trying to make a profit.
- jacquesm 17y agoAbsolutely, and there will be plenty of them: http://www.androidtablets.net/ http://www.androidtablets.net/ Not a week goes by without another announcement.
- light3 17y agoThe second item is a 4.8" $100 'ipad killer': http://www.androidtablets.net/forum/android-tablet-news/65-100-android-tablet-ipad-killer.html http://www.androidtablets.net/forum/android-tablet-news/65-1...
- jacquesm 17y agoThere is a 7" screen sized one as well: http://hott.net.cn/EN/Channels/Products/showDetail.asp?objID=2809 http://hott.net.cn/EN/Channels/Products/showDetail.asp?objID... video of the device: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXmWFn2m4Rk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXmWFn2m4Rk (bad video, but it still gives a good idea of what it can do) That's $92 without flash, import duty and so on, so the price will go up considerably by the time you have one in your hands.
- light3 17y agoSo how well can you type on these things, is it possible to do some coding?
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- mikecane 17y agoA few weeks ago, this was called the ePad. The link at my post still goes to the same site. http://ipadtest.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/apple-ipad-meet-android-epad/ http://ipadtest.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/apple-ipad-meet-and...
- jacquesm 17y agoPrize quote from there: > thanks for posting about our product. I have to admit that the image mockups could be better What's wrong with simply photographing the device? (If you have them...)
- jsz0 17y agoDoes anyone know what type of issues this device will have due to the resistive touchscreen and third party apps? Especially for games or any other apps that are designed more specifically for capacitive touchscreens?
- davidedicillo 17y agoApple products are about experience, that's what they really sell. Hardware and software are perfectly tailored to works seamlessly with each other. And for sure it isn't a free OS that let other companies undercut Apple's price.
- callmeed 17y agoThe iPhone's screen is 3.5" ... where exactly do we draw the line between "phone" and "tablet"? Sorry, but I'd almost put this in "no man's land" ... too big for a phone in my pocket, too small to be useful as anything else.
- latch 17y agoarrg..when will Android support USB Host? We (and many others) are stuck in a WinCE world solely because everyone else is missing this feature.
- pi3832 17y agoNope, still nothing around that even vaguely competes with the iPod touch. 3,427 announcements of amazing freakin' devices sure to be released any day now! The only market with more vaporware is alternative-fuel vehicles.
- nagoo 17y agono camera?
- pathik 17y agoIs this company legit? Has anyone here ordered one?
- rubinelli 17y agoA pop up said they aren't currently accepting orders from the site when I clicked the shopping button.
- Lorin 17y agoGod I'm sick of all these tablets that don't provide proper reading/writing functionality. MEMS/Mirasol, Pixel Qi or the original OLPC screen. C'mon. I feel the closest thing at the moment is NotionInk's Adam... throw in a proper Wacom stylus system and I'd buy two... It really feels like most of the companies don't have a goal, just throwing random stuff at the wall and hoping something will stick... and to be all "me too". Maybe I should just design my own proper UI for these things and pull a Microsoft :|
- mattmichielsen 17y agoI like how the large clock on the desktop doesn't correlate with the system time in the upper right corner.
- va_coder 17y agoSome thoughts: * I'm in the target market for this: some cheap slab that I can carry around and surf the internet. * I know what's on the top of my x-mas list * The barrier to entry for development on a mobile device just went down