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Title: Yeahpad Pillbox7 tablet on Android ICS
Post by: rcjordan on January 31, 2013, 09:11:13 PM
http://www.redferret.net/?p=35262&all=1

Bought one, it just arrived.  Seems OK for $55 (I got the now-expired $10 discount)

It's going to be slow loading most pages but I really bought it for off-web stuff. If anybody sees a  bluetooth dongle compatible with cheap Chinese android tablets, let me know.
Title: Re: Yeahpad Pillbox7 tablet on Android ICS
Post by: Drastic on January 31, 2013, 09:43:10 PM
Yeah, at 55 bucks it's good enough if it just works at all.
Title: Re: Yeahpad Pillbox7 tablet on Android ICS
Post by: ergophobe on January 31, 2013, 10:41:48 PM
Sounded pretty good as an offline ebook reader, but the battery life seemed rather short. I'll be curious for a followup
Title: Re: Yeahpad Pillbox7 tablet on Android ICS
Post by: rcjordan on January 31, 2013, 10:56:28 PM
Well, it boots, Dras. And it came rooted.

It gets surprisingly decent reviews overall, even in the modder forums (http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/35314-a13-generic-tablet/) ...with weak battery, lack of an available backup disk image, and lack of bluetooth being the common complaints.

Some are putting a 4000ma battery in it, but at $55 screw that.
Title: Re: Yeahpad Pillbox7 tablet on Android ICS
Post by: rcjordan on February 01, 2013, 12:06:10 AM
I'm posting from the CheaPad. Using Opera mini the page rendering is slightly slow but not bad. I did get directly into the Play app site to download Opera, but it hung on the 2nd visit.
Title: Re: Yeahpad Pillbox7 tablet on Android ICS
Post by: rcjordan on February 02, 2013, 02:24:37 PM
Runs about 2.5 hours while heavy browsing, no video.

Android/Opera mini defaults to the damn "app look" on gmail.  I hate that.
Title: Re: Yeahpad Pillbox7 tablet on Android ICS
Post by: littleman on February 03, 2013, 02:39:11 AM
Looks like a great device for kids at that price.
Title: Re: Yeahpad Pillbox7 tablet on Android ICS
Post by: rcjordan on February 03, 2013, 12:22:30 PM
Yeah. To that end, I tested some mp3s on its media player. The speaker is crap but it works.  If my son-in-law approves, I'm going to field test this on an 8 yr old.
Title: Re: Yeahpad Pillbox7 tablet on Android ICS
Post by: littleman on February 04, 2013, 05:46:19 PM
Is there an earphone jack RC?
Title: Re: Yeahpad Pillbox7 tablet on Android ICS
Post by: rcjordan on February 04, 2013, 09:45:27 PM
>jack

Yeah, though I haven't tried it.

Better specs here:
http://www.focalprice.com/CE0105B/YEAHPAD_PILLBOX7_70_Capacitive_5point_TFT_Touch_Screen_Android.html
Title: Re: Yeahpad Pillbox7 tablet on Android ICS
Post by: littleman on March 11, 2013, 01:06:38 AM
I just got a couple of these for the kids.