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4.3" Trio Stealth Lite Android 4.1 Tablet - $29.99

21 points by gillis 13y ago

dangrossman 13y ago
It's in-store only, on clearance, so good luck finding one, they're just clearing out stock. Even if you do, 4.3" is smaller than the screen on new phones -- that's hardly what I'd call a tablet. It has pretty terrible reviews online; bad screen, slow responses, high failure rate. I don't think this is particularly interesting for HN either way.
- adamnemecek 13y ago
  It's pretty interesting when technology that was 2-3 years ago pretty novel costs now the same amount of money as a dinner at a slightly better restaurant. Given idk how usable it really is.
  - cbhl 13y ago
    Similar to the HP Touchpad, I don't think this price is representative of how much it cost to manufacture it.
- pbreit 13y ago
  Calling it a tablet is silly but it kinda resembles an iPod touch which surprisingly remains a major gap in android lineup. Available online at Walmart for $50: http://www.walmart.com/ip/22587332 http://www.walmart.com/ip/22587332
adventured 13y ago
I think it was just six or seven years ago that 4gb of flash storage would have cost $30 by itself
jjsz 13y ago
I got this for a friend in February. I followed these instructions to root and add the google play market: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37295457&postcount=2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37295457&post... http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/65866-trio-machspeed-stealth-lite-43/page__p__749986__hl__stealth__fromsearch__1#entry749986 http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/65866-trio-machspeed-stealth...
gkoberger 13y ago
My grandmother bought these for all my younger cousins (claiming she got them an "iPad"). They were horrible. Everyone kept coming to me for "tech support", wondering why it's not working or why it's so sluggish or unresponsive or why they can't install Angry Birds on it (it doesn't come with the Play store). At $29, you're overpaying.
- samstave 13y ago
  Can it be used as a digital photo frame?
  - gkoberger 13y ago
    The resolution is really low, and you can only install apps from their own app store -- so probably not worth the trouble.
    - samspenc 13y ago
      Is it possible to root it and install CyagonMod + Google Play Store + Google Apps?
- ksec 13y ago
  That is the thing. People dont ever consider asking and help aka "tech support" values anything. I dont mind helping once or twice. But being on constant support is just like a CS working for that devices company. That is why i have always like simplify, ease of use solution.
jkldotio 13y ago
What I'd really like to see happen is for one of these very cheap tablets to be given a set of ports for interfacing with motors and instruments. It could become a sort of Raspberry Pi that's already in a case with a screen and battery. It would then function as a kind of extremely flexible Lego Mindstorms competitor that could be put into the middle of home automation, robots or garden automation.
kronholm 13y ago
Capacitive touchscreens are the devil, ugh!
- kayoone 13y ago
  Capacitive touchscreens are used in all modern tablets/smartphones i think you are confusing that with resistive touchscreens.
kayoone 13y ago
how can something like this reach HN #1 ? Its a terrible terrible product, so whats the point if its cheap? Like on low-end android smartphones, the user experience is horrible and that "tablet" is smaller than many modern smartphones.
- rhizome 13y ago
  If only my flag link hadn't been taken away.
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21 points by gillis 13y ago

It's in-store only, on clearance, so good luck finding one, they're just clearing out stock. Even if you do, 4.3" is smaller than the screen on new phones -- that's hardly what I'd call a tablet. It has pretty terrible reviews online; bad screen, slow responses, high failure rate. I don't think this is particularly interesting for HN either way.

adamnemecek 13y ago
It's pretty interesting when technology that was 2-3 years ago pretty novel costs now the same amount of money as a dinner at a slightly better restaurant. Given idk how usable it really is.
- cbhl 13y ago
  Similar to the HP Touchpad, I don't think this price is representative of how much it cost to manufacture it.
pbreit 13y ago
Calling it a tablet is silly but it kinda resembles an iPod touch which surprisingly remains a major gap in android lineup. Available online at Walmart for $50: http://www.walmart.com/ip/22587332 http://www.walmart.com/ip/22587332

adventured 13y ago

I think it was just six or seven years ago that 4gb of flash storage would have cost $30 by itself

jjsz 13y ago

I got this for a friend in February. I followed these instructions to root and add the google play market: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37295457&postcount=2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37295457&post... http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/65866-trio-machspeed-stealth-lite-43/page__p__749986__hl__stealth__fromsearch__1#entry749986 http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/65866-trio-machspeed-stealth...

gkoberger 13y ago

My grandmother bought these for all my younger cousins (claiming she got them an "iPad"). They were horrible. Everyone kept coming to me for "tech support", wondering why it's not working or why it's so sluggish or unresponsive or why they can't install Angry Birds on it (it doesn't come with the Play store). At $29, you're overpaying.

samstave 13y ago
Can it be used as a digital photo frame?
- gkoberger 13y ago
  The resolution is really low, and you can only install apps from their own app store -- so probably not worth the trouble.
  - samspenc 13y ago
    Is it possible to root it and install CyagonMod + Google Play Store + Google Apps?
ksec 13y ago
That is the thing. People dont ever consider asking and help aka "tech support" values anything. I dont mind helping once or twice. But being on constant support is just like a CS working for that devices company. That is why i have always like simplify, ease of use solution.

jkldotio 13y ago

What I'd really like to see happen is for one of these very cheap tablets to be given a set of ports for interfacing with motors and instruments. It could become a sort of Raspberry Pi that's already in a case with a screen and battery. It would then function as a kind of extremely flexible Lego Mindstorms competitor that could be put into the middle of home automation, robots or garden automation.

kronholm 13y ago

Capacitive touchscreens are the devil, ugh!

kayoone 13y ago
Capacitive touchscreens are used in all modern tablets/smartphones i think you are confusing that with resistive touchscreens.

kayoone 13y ago

how can something like this reach HN #1 ? Its a terrible terrible product, so whats the point if its cheap? Like on low-end android smartphones, the user experience is horrible and that "tablet" is smaller than many modern smartphones.

rhizome 13y ago
If only my flag link hadn't been taken away.

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