Is this android pad a good buy?

6pack

6pack

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See this ebay link: Cortex A8 iMX515 GOOGLE ANDROID 2.2 Flash 10.1 TABLET | eBay

Freescale iMX515 Cortex A8 Android v2.2 Tablet Netbook PC with 8" Display & Flash 10.1 Support

Specs:

Condition:

New: A brand-new, unused and undamaged item. See the seller's listing for full details. See all condition definitions- opens in a new window or tab

Processor Speed: 800

Screen Size: 8.0

Hard Drive Capacity: Internal 4GB ROM Memory, upto 32GB Expandable Memory Slot

Features: 10/100 LAN Card, Operating System, USB, Wireless Network Card

Memory (RAM): 512

Brand: iMX515 Cortex A8

Processor: Freescale iMX515 ARM Cortex A8

Price: 7990

Code: 
    OpenGL ES 2.0 and OpenVG 1.1 hardware accelerators/motion sensor.

    Multi-format HD 720p video decoder and D1 video encoder hardware engine

    24-bit primary display support up to WXGA resolution

    18-bit secondary display support

    Full HD 1080p support

    High quality hardware video de-interlacing

    Image and video resize, inversion, and rotation hardware

    Alpha blending and color space conversion

    Video/graphics combining: four planes plus hardware cursor

    Display quality enhancement: color correction, gamut mapping, gamma correction

Product 	Android 2.2 OS Tablet 8 Inch with Freescale iMX515 Cortex A8 Chip, support Flash Player 10, 512M RAM

OS 	Google Android 2.2 Froyo

Chipsets 	Freescale A8

CPU 	

    800 MHz ARM Cortex-A8 Freescale i.MX515

    32KB instruction and data caches

    Unified 256KB L2 cache

    NEON SIMD media accelerator

    Vector floating point co-processor

Memory 	512MB DDR2 RAM, Built-in 4GB Nand Flash

Screen 	8" inch TFT LCD (Touch Panel)

800*600 (4:3)

WIFI 	Wireless LAN 802.11b/g

Keyboard 	US Android Keyboard, USB external keyboard & Mouse support

Camera 	Yes. 1.3MP Front facing Camera

I/O Port 	30-Pin Port, 3.5mm earphone jack, Power AC

Card Port 	MicroSD Card upto 32GB

Sound effect 	

    Audio b0.5w built-in 2 stereo sperkers

    External Microphone, 3.5mm Earphone jack

    Built-in Monophonic Recording

Power Adapter 	100-220V Input, 9V DC Output, 2A

Office 	WORD, EXCEL, POWER POINT, PDF, TXT,

Internet 	MSN / SKYPE / E-mail ect,

Other Function 	Support G-sensor Games, E-book

Digital Photo Frame 	support JPG, BMP, PNG, GIF, TIFF

Audio 	support MP3, WMA, MP2, OGG, AAC, M4A, MA4, FLAC, APE, 3GP, WAV format Audio play,support song list

Video 	AVI, rm, rmvb, MKV, WMV, MOV, MP4, PMP, MPEG, MPG, FLV, 3GP, MPG, Flash etc, online Video Watch support

Weight 	0.4KG

made in china. 6months seller warranty.

Also see these links:

http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=i.MX515

http://blogs.freescale.com/2010/02/09/apple-a4-processor-vs-freescale-i-mx515-round-1/

note that the Sharp NetWalker PC-Z1 uses the i.MX515. The Sharp press release shows approximately 10 hours of battery operation using the JEITA standard.

-Steve Sperle (the author)
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The Sharp has a 5" lcd vs this 8" one, so probably this would last about 4.5 hrs? maybe more if the proccy speed is slowed down to 600MHz or so.
 
These tabs usually have a very cheap, low resolution resistive touch screen that would ruin the tablet experience!

If you need a tablet then the cheapest I would recommend is the Lenovo A1 for 15k. Spending a few bucks can get you a 1st gen Galaxy Tab 7.
 
oh ok. i need something to tide long power cuts of 8-10 hrs. i mean i wont be browsing 8 -10 hrs just 3-4 hrs in between to read some comics or log on to TE.

my max budget was 10k. can go max upto 13k. hows the MSI 135dxi netbook for around 12k. will put ubuntu on it if there's no windows starter edition installed with it.

or should i wait for the aakash pad? 3k only...
 
6pack said:
oh ok. i need something to tide long power cuts of 8-10 hrs. i mean i wont be browsing 8 -10 hrs just 3-4 hrs in between to read some comics or log on to TE.

my max budget was 10k. can go max upto 13k. hows the MSI 135dxi netbook for around 12k. will put ubuntu on it if there's no windows starter edition installed with it.

or should i wait for the aakash pad? 3k only...
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That MSI has only 3-cell battery, right. Go for something with a 6-cell battery. Should be ~13ish. For eg., Samsung N Series NP-NC108-A04IN Netbook: Flipkart.com: Compare, Review Samsung Netbook

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Branded Cortex A8 tablet with capacitive screen, running GB and with 512MB of RAM for 10.5k! Supports 3G dongles.
 
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