October 14, 2010 at 12:55 Archos 7 Home Tablet (android) experience using
You all could observe an abundance of topics about Chinese devices, and you probably want to know what a well-known tablet is like.
And so, places in the quarry!
Externally, the tablet does not look like an iPad, has small frames above and below the seven-inch screen, and the right and left ends are made for comfortable holding in hands. At the ends in front, you can see the slots for the speakers, and on the right there is also a ledge for a nonexistent camera. The screen frame and the back cover are made of black lacquered metal with an oblong textured pattern. A leg is mounted on the left end so that it can be put on the table. The reset button hole is also located at the rear.
(picture from the official site)
Someone considers the design to be excellent and beautiful, from my bell tower it seems quite ordinary.
Of the slots on the tablet, you can easily find the microSD standard (on top), as well as the right 3.5 mini-jack for headphones, a round power connector (adapters from old school poketapis could fit the current characteristics, but the plug diameter is slightly smaller here) and micro-USB through which he does not know how to charge.
Arcos was not generous with buttons, therefore, apart from the screen lock switch, which can act as a power slider, when you pull it to the left, you will not find anything. Looking ahead, I note that the android system buttons are located on its top panel with a clock and notifications.
The device is equipped with a somewhat dull RockChip RK2808 600 MHz processor and, as already mentioned, a 7-inch wide-format resistive screen with a resolution of 800x480, weighs about 350 grams by revelation of the instructions. Arkos can boast of 8 gigabytes of internal memory, a Wi-Fi module, but it will shyly look away due to the missing bluetooth. Whether or not the position sensor is not clear - but it does not work for sure.
Well and most importantly - it has Android 1.5 installed.
As far as I understand, there is an accelerator on the chip, which, however, is not particularly noticeable, because 3D games slow down, although at times they start.
But the processor helps to cope in the video. I didn’t stutter any of the videos, as well as a video of good resolution from YouTube.
The screen seems a little grainy, but you get used to it instantly and it turns out to be completely nothing for surfing and video.
In the beginning, the resistive sensor worked just disgusting, so disgusting that it was easier to type on a 3.5-inch nokia than on a relatively gigantic Arkos screen. However, the engineers fixed this after some time. Since I’m a little used to this screen, it’s now difficult to say how sensitive it really became, I still almost ceased to feel the discomfort when eating a cactus. The resolution is quite enough for surfing. Wi-Fi works so-so, it seems that it catches a router in the entire apartment, but at work, the no-go catches a better Wi-Fi. Ad-hoc can be made to work only with tambourines of picking in the configs of the firmware, and lately I have become too casual for picking also in Linux on a tablet. The forum writes that ad-hoc works. The dimensions of the tablet are excellent, or at least it is designed for hands, the degree of curvature which is similar to mine. It is convenient to hold in hands, it is lightweight, fits into the pocket of classic jeans, which is far from the largest hickey.
It's time to start the story of humanoid robots.
Android in tablet 1.5 and a point. The poor community has already lost all hope that Arkos will release at least 1.6. There are no custom firmwares - the percentage is quite rare, and from serial crafts it can be found only on, it seems, the upgrade. And the source of the android, which supports the processor accelerator with hardware video, the rockchip did not want to give up to the last, saying that the android is supposedly under the Apache license, as if completely ignoring the GPL for the Linux kernel. According to rumors, they still gave the source, but the size of the community seems to leave them interesting reading matter. There are slightly filed firmware. The fact is that currently licensing an android for tablets is difficult, and what company does not want to receive profits from its own application store. Arcos was no exception and released something that they thought was such a store. Of course, the market is much better, but in the absence of it and the Arkos cactus, in principle, you can eat. You will not see any Google applications in the standard package. There was, nevertheless, a couple of people who were able to stick in the application of a big brother. My cards never started, everything else is more or less working. That's just a YouTube application does not know how to stretch the video. But then another trouble appeared: after flashing, the device’s screen sometimes turned on for a couple of minutes. It was possible to live with this for a while until an update came that made the device turn on no longer extinguish the screen, which forced it to keep the tablet turned off. And a couple of days ago, she did not deign to boot, preferring a cyclic reboot to work. You will not see any Google applications in the standard package. There was, nevertheless, a couple of people who were able to stick in the application of a big brother. My cards never started, everything else is more or less working. That's just a YouTube application does not know how to stretch the video. But then another trouble appeared: after flashing, the device’s screen sometimes turned on for a couple of minutes. It was possible to live with this for a while until an update came that made the device turn on no longer extinguish the screen, which forced it to keep the tablet turned off. And a couple of days ago, she did not deign to boot, preferring a cyclic reboot to work. You will not see any Google applications in the standard package. There was, nevertheless, a couple of people who were able to stick in the application of a big brother. My cards never started, everything else is more or less working. That's just a YouTube application does not know how to stretch the video. But then another trouble appeared: after flashing, the device’s screen sometimes turned on for a couple of minutes. It was possible to live with this for a while until an update came that made the device turn on no longer extinguish the screen, which forced it to keep the tablet turned off. And a couple of days ago, she did not deign to boot, preferring a cyclic reboot to work. That's just a YouTube application does not know how to stretch the video. But then another trouble appeared: after flashing, the device’s screen sometimes turned on for a couple of minutes. It was possible to live with this for a while until an update came that made the device turn on no longer extinguish the screen, which forced it to keep the tablet turned off. And a couple of days ago, she did not deign to boot, preferring a cyclic reboot to work. That's just a YouTube application does not know how to stretch the video. But then another trouble appeared: after flashing, the device’s screen sometimes turned on for a couple of minutes. It was possible to live with this for a while until an update came that made the device turn on no longer extinguish the screen, which forced it to keep the tablet turned off. And a couple of days ago, she did not deign to boot, preferring a cyclic reboot to work.
The speed of Android 1.5 is such that you no longer get the pleasure of working, but you still don’t want to bang the tablet against the wall. Sometimes applications fall, but again, the frequency of falls is noticeable but quite bearable. Despite the declared host mode, I could not get anything to work this way. To end the topic with something positive, and the news about the birth of some rare animal in the zoo at the end of the issue is usually specialized by a zombie, I have no choice but to praise the excellent battery, which worked for several days and kept the video for 5 hours and maybe even longer on surfing.
As the Duchess of Alice said, “Everything has its own morality, you just need to be able to find it!” You should not think that a famous brand guarantees quality. The home tablet 70 model will also appear on the market soon, who knows, maybe it will be much better.
And so, places in the quarry!
Externally, the tablet does not look like an iPad, has small frames above and below the seven-inch screen, and the right and left ends are made for comfortable holding in hands. At the ends in front, you can see the slots for the speakers, and on the right there is also a ledge for a nonexistent camera. The screen frame and the back cover are made of black lacquered metal with an oblong textured pattern. A leg is mounted on the left end so that it can be put on the table. The reset button hole is also located at the rear.
(picture from the official site) Someone considers the design to be excellent and beautiful, from my bell tower it seems quite ordinary.
Of the slots on the tablet, you can easily find the microSD standard (on top), as well as the right 3.5 mini-jack for headphones, a round power connector (adapters from old school poketapis could fit the current characteristics, but the plug diameter is slightly smaller here) and micro-USB through which he does not know how to charge.
Arcos was not generous with buttons, therefore, apart from the screen lock switch, which can act as a power slider, when you pull it to the left, you will not find anything. Looking ahead, I note that the android system buttons are located on its top panel with a clock and notifications.
The device is equipped with a somewhat dull RockChip RK2808 600 MHz processor and, as already mentioned, a 7-inch wide-format resistive screen with a resolution of 800x480, weighs about 350 grams by revelation of the instructions. Arkos can boast of 8 gigabytes of internal memory, a Wi-Fi module, but it will shyly look away due to the missing bluetooth. Whether or not the position sensor is not clear - but it does not work for sure.
Well and most importantly - it has Android 1.5 installed.
As far as I understand, there is an accelerator on the chip, which, however, is not particularly noticeable, because 3D games slow down, although at times they start.
But the processor helps to cope in the video. I didn’t stutter any of the videos, as well as a video of good resolution from YouTube.
The screen seems a little grainy, but you get used to it instantly and it turns out to be completely nothing for surfing and video.
In the beginning, the resistive sensor worked just disgusting, so disgusting that it was easier to type on a 3.5-inch nokia than on a relatively gigantic Arkos screen. However, the engineers fixed this after some time. Since I’m a little used to this screen, it’s now difficult to say how sensitive it really became, I still almost ceased to feel the discomfort when eating a cactus. The resolution is quite enough for surfing. Wi-Fi works so-so, it seems that it catches a router in the entire apartment, but at work, the no-go catches a better Wi-Fi. Ad-hoc can be made to work only with tambourines of picking in the configs of the firmware, and lately I have become too casual for picking also in Linux on a tablet. The forum writes that ad-hoc works. The dimensions of the tablet are excellent, or at least it is designed for hands, the degree of curvature which is similar to mine. It is convenient to hold in hands, it is lightweight, fits into the pocket of classic jeans, which is far from the largest hickey.
It's time to start the story of humanoid robots.
Android in tablet 1.5 and a point. The poor community has already lost all hope that Arkos will release at least 1.6. There are no custom firmwares - the percentage is quite rare, and from serial crafts it can be found only on, it seems, the upgrade. And the source of the android, which supports the processor accelerator with hardware video, the rockchip did not want to give up to the last, saying that the android is supposedly under the Apache license, as if completely ignoring the GPL for the Linux kernel. According to rumors, they still gave the source, but the size of the community seems to leave them interesting reading matter. There are slightly filed firmware. The fact is that currently licensing an android for tablets is difficult, and what company does not want to receive profits from its own application store. Arcos was no exception and released something that they thought was such a store. Of course, the market is much better, but in the absence of it and the Arkos cactus, in principle, you can eat. You will not see any Google applications in the standard package. There was, nevertheless, a couple of people who were able to stick in the application of a big brother. My cards never started, everything else is more or less working. That's just a YouTube application does not know how to stretch the video. But then another trouble appeared: after flashing, the device’s screen sometimes turned on for a couple of minutes. It was possible to live with this for a while until an update came that made the device turn on no longer extinguish the screen, which forced it to keep the tablet turned off. And a couple of days ago, she did not deign to boot, preferring a cyclic reboot to work. You will not see any Google applications in the standard package. There was, nevertheless, a couple of people who were able to stick in the application of a big brother. My cards never started, everything else is more or less working. That's just a YouTube application does not know how to stretch the video. But then another trouble appeared: after flashing, the device’s screen sometimes turned on for a couple of minutes. It was possible to live with this for a while until an update came that made the device turn on no longer extinguish the screen, which forced it to keep the tablet turned off. And a couple of days ago, she did not deign to boot, preferring a cyclic reboot to work. You will not see any Google applications in the standard package. There was, nevertheless, a couple of people who were able to stick in the application of a big brother. My cards never started, everything else is more or less working. That's just a YouTube application does not know how to stretch the video. But then another trouble appeared: after flashing, the device’s screen sometimes turned on for a couple of minutes. It was possible to live with this for a while until an update came that made the device turn on no longer extinguish the screen, which forced it to keep the tablet turned off. And a couple of days ago, she did not deign to boot, preferring a cyclic reboot to work. That's just a YouTube application does not know how to stretch the video. But then another trouble appeared: after flashing, the device’s screen sometimes turned on for a couple of minutes. It was possible to live with this for a while until an update came that made the device turn on no longer extinguish the screen, which forced it to keep the tablet turned off. And a couple of days ago, she did not deign to boot, preferring a cyclic reboot to work. That's just a YouTube application does not know how to stretch the video. But then another trouble appeared: after flashing, the device’s screen sometimes turned on for a couple of minutes. It was possible to live with this for a while until an update came that made the device turn on no longer extinguish the screen, which forced it to keep the tablet turned off. And a couple of days ago, she did not deign to boot, preferring a cyclic reboot to work.
The speed of Android 1.5 is such that you no longer get the pleasure of working, but you still don’t want to bang the tablet against the wall. Sometimes applications fall, but again, the frequency of falls is noticeable but quite bearable. Despite the declared host mode, I could not get anything to work this way. To end the topic with something positive, and the news about the birth of some rare animal in the zoo at the end of the issue is usually specialized by a zombie, I have no choice but to praise the excellent battery, which worked for several days and kept the video for 5 hours and maybe even longer on surfing.
As the Duchess of Alice said, “Everything has its own morality, you just need to be able to find it!” You should not think that a famous brand guarantees quality. The home tablet 70 model will also appear on the market soon, who knows, maybe it will be much better.