Re: [Staffslug] Redshift & aPad
On 14 September 2010 11:20, Russ Phillips <russ(a)phillipsuk.org> wrote:
On 13 September 2010 23:43, Tig <staffslug(a)caveconnect.com>
wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 8:54 PM, Russ Phillips <russ(a)phillipsuk.org> wrote:
>>
>> At tonight's meeting, I got talking to Dave about Redshift and the
>> Android-based aPad, so mainly for Dave's benefit, here are some links:
>>
>> A website selling the aPad:
>> http://themp4.com/product_info.php/cPath/21/products_id/30
>>
> I like the idea/price point of the aPad but I am concerned about it running
> Android 1.5 as it was
> very poor when I had it on my G1, had quite a few issues with power usage
> (v.thirsty fixed in 1.6)
> and various other niggles.
That could be useful to know. I read a review of the aPad in Full
Circle Magazine [1], but it didn't mention battery life. There are
other, similar, Android-based tablets with various screen sizes (there
seem to be a lot with 7" screens) and different versions of Android,
so you should be able to get one with Android 1.6 at least, if not 2.x
Russ
That same website have a similar tablet running 2.1... Just looking at
those, they don't seem as slick as everyone makes out, the UI just
seems a little jerky, like acceleration does not quite work. But to be
fair, I haven't seen the one running 2.1, maybe it's improved. But 150
quid is certainly a tempting figure, certainly tempting.
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