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After weeks of debating the Kindle Fire and seeing the reviews, I had decided NOT to get one, due to bad reviews and no MicroSD slot. So, what next? Found this tablet, and soon saw that there are multiple versions of this Cortex Box10 Tablet available now for much less than the kindle. Was able to find some videos of it in action on Youtube, plus saw these reviews and that clinched it, especially being able to see some one using it for 10 minutes (just search youtube for “Cortex A710) Surprisingly it arrived in only three days! Worked perfectly out of the box, wifi setup was a breeze. It only had a small charge so I plugged it in and was able to work with it while charging. What a great step up from my semi-smart LG Env Touch phone!Touch screen works great! Downloaded a bunch of free apps from android market and they work great. The screen is nice and bright, and the colors are vivid. Netflix works perfectly, as does youtube. I prefer the browser it came with to the brand name browsers. I could not put this down for hours..in fact I used it for about 7 hours straight when it arrived, and it had no glitches at all. This being my first Tablet, I am impressed and very happy with this product, and would highly recommend it. It is fast, videos are smooth, easy to start using right away. I plan on using it at church with our wireless projection system, and will post an addendum to this review when that is done.
Addendum, day 3 with this tablet: the manual is in Chinglish, but if you google “Android 2.3 user manual” you will find many links to good user guides in english that apply to this tablet, since it is the generic 2.3 android system on it. I highly recommend you do this because you will get much more out of the Tablet. I grow more impressed with this each passing hour. Best $$ I have spent in ages. Again, if a particular model is out of stock, there seems to be a wave of this platform coming out of china under a slew of different names. They all seem the same.
Addendum, day 5: Added a 16gb SD card, and now have loads of videos and files on the Tablet, as well as all my epub books. Utterly, totally thrilled with this tablet. Wish I had gotten one a year ago. I cannot wait to use it with the new Church wireless projection system. As one other reviewer has said, it has been glued to my hand. I am going to buy one of those new TruConnect 3g USB devices with the cheap pay as you option so I can have internet with me as well when I am not near home or a public wifi.
Addendum: 3/2/12, over a month later, tablet continues to be great! Finally got around to trying the HDMI out and was stunned to see it in fact plays HD 720p videos out to a monitor. Got the cable for around 5 bucks here on Amazon. I was also happy to find a Kindle APP that lets me use the Tablet as a kindle reader…even gives you access to all the kindle books you have ordered, free!
Addendum 4/6/12: Tablet still rocking, and it works with my church’s wireless video presentation system! Can send videos in 720p to our projector and giant screen. Very cool! Also, in lieu of getting the kindle app if you have alot of Epub books, I recommend the Aldiko reader which is free at android market. Another tip; I am able to use an AC usb power supply/charger, from a 4 year old smartphone I used to own (larger plug than the new usb plugs). I recommend using one of these instead of the power supply that comes with it. The usb plug “holds onto” the tablet better. The one I am using is for the Motorola q phone…on Ebay really cheap.
Addendum: Battery Life. I found that by turning the brightness of the screen to its lowest, the battery life more than doubled, but the difference was really not noticeable in terms of the display. In fact the bright setting is very bright, more than needed I’d say. It looks great on the low setting and I’d say I’m getting about six or seven hours of use on one charge.
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Just what I had hoped for. I had been looking all over the web for days looking at prices and reading reviews, and I finally decided to take the chance with this one. Not dissapointing at all.
Pros:
The screen is great!Five point touch meaning it will detect up to five touches at one time, Android 2.3 which is the latest interface used by most smartphones and works great on the tablet, 4 Gigs of hard drive which is better than 2 gigs which most tablets have for this price range, it’s fairly fast specially for the price, it has the official google android market not the apps library, it comes with a nice brown case, shipping on time, user manual is in English, case is sturdy and seems well made to last a while, and browser,facebook, youtube, twitter, amazon, etc. all work smoothly.
Cons:
The camera(Only in the front) is not the best 0.3 Megapixels which is a little better than my nonsmart phone. The image is alright for skyping and some quick shots, but is definitely not a photographer’s best friend. Some apps crash sometimes when it is charging, but you just simply get back into them and they work fine.
Overall it’s a great web browser, movie watcher, ebook reader, child entertainer/ teacher, and social communicator. It is not an ipad, but I’d dare say you get more for your money buying this than buying an ipad since you can do many of the same things for a fraction of the price. Also it’s not a laptop. Speed, memory, and storage capacity are definitely limited compared to a laptop or desktop. More than worth what you pay for.
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I’ll keep this as clear and concise as possible friends.
Pros: -comes rooted with android 4.03 (ice cream sandwich) -very sleek and slim design -ergonomic on the hands -front camera is great for skype -volume is just right, no need for headphones -comes with a black leather case -hdmi port(keep in mind its c-type) -mini sd port up to 32gb -bright, clear and vivid screen -usb chargeable -stable wifi connection -super cheap -videos (from my sdcard) play blazingly fast and flawlessly
Cons: -touch is capacitive but sluggish on web browsing, with a whole swipe of the screen it’ll only move about 1/4 of the actual swipe. I’m not sure if this is a browser problem because the touch screen is perfect on snes emulators/gaming and sketchbook, i’ll update this when I tweak around with it.
-missing and incompatible apps on google play; heres the downlow on this- youtube,amazon market,chase mobile,angry birds(I don’t even play this game I just wanted to check its compatiblity), and other major apps are not compatible with this.I tried downloading the actual apk for these apps but to no avail it would just say “not compatible with this device”. Also i’ll update when I find a solution.
-web browsing is painfully slow, my htc evo is 3 times faster then this tablet which makes it a bummer.
-Internal memory is incorrectly named sdcard so all the downloaded appps use your internal memory. The external memory is named extsd so I’m just moving each item from sdcard(internal) to extsd(external) manually through a file manager.
-back, home and options buttons are not backlit which isn’t much of a con but if you like using these at night in a dark room while lurking on reddit its kind of a let down haha.
-battery life is ok I only get 4 hours of use on wifi reading manga online.
So basically the reason why I gave it only 3 stars is because of the incompatiablity of app issues with google play and the mega slow web browsing which may or may not be an ICS 4.03 issue. These are the two things that when buying an android device should usually never be a problem. I don’t mind the battery life and funny touch screen on web browsing but the former issues should not be a problem out of the box.If these things don’t bother you I highly recommend this tablet because it is absurdly cheap. I’ve only had it for a week so if any thing else comes up i’ll update my review. I hope this review helps and if you have some solutions to my qualms feel free to comment or email me back.
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Great Value, Cool device,
After weeks of debating the Kindle Fire and seeing the reviews, I had decided NOT to get one, due to bad reviews and no MicroSD slot. So, what next? Found this tablet, and soon saw that there are multiple versions of this Cortex Box10 Tablet available now for much less than the kindle. Was able to find some videos of it in action on Youtube, plus saw these reviews and that clinched it, especially being able to see some one using it for 10 minutes (just search youtube for “Cortex A710)
Surprisingly it arrived in only three days! Worked perfectly out of the box, wifi setup was a breeze. It only had a small charge so I plugged it in and was able to work with it while charging. What a great step up from my semi-smart LG Env Touch phone!Touch screen works great! Downloaded a bunch of free apps from android market and they work great.
The screen is nice and bright, and the colors are vivid. Netflix works perfectly, as does youtube. I prefer the browser it came with to the brand name browsers. I could not put this down for hours..in fact I used it
for about 7 hours straight when it arrived, and it had no glitches at all.
This being my first Tablet, I am impressed and very happy with this product, and would highly recommend it. It is fast, videos are smooth, easy to start using right away. I plan on using it at church with our wireless projection system, and will post an addendum to this review when that is done.
Addendum, day 3 with this tablet: the manual is in Chinglish, but if you google “Android 2.3 user manual” you will find many links to good user guides in english that apply to this tablet, since it is the generic 2.3 android system on it. I highly recommend you do this because you will get much more out of the Tablet. I grow more impressed with this each passing hour. Best $$ I have spent in ages. Again, if a particular model is out of stock, there seems to be a wave of this platform coming out of china under a slew of different names. They all seem the same.
Addendum, day 5: Added a 16gb SD card, and now have loads of videos and files on the Tablet, as well as all my epub books. Utterly, totally thrilled with this tablet. Wish I had gotten one a year ago. I cannot wait to use it with the new Church wireless projection system. As one other reviewer has said, it has been glued to my hand. I am going to buy one of those new TruConnect 3g USB devices with the cheap pay as you option so I can have internet with me as well when I am not near home or a public wifi.
Addendum: 3/2/12, over a month later, tablet continues to be great! Finally got around to trying the HDMI out and was stunned to see it in fact plays HD 720p videos out to a monitor. Got the cable for around 5 bucks here on Amazon. I was also happy to find a Kindle APP that lets me use the Tablet as a kindle reader…even gives you access to all the kindle books you have ordered, free!
Addendum 4/6/12: Tablet still rocking, and it works with my church’s wireless video presentation system! Can send videos in 720p to our projector and giant screen. Very cool! Also, in lieu of getting the kindle app if you have alot of Epub books, I recommend the Aldiko reader which is free at android market. Another tip; I am able to use an AC usb power supply/charger, from a 4 year old smartphone I used to own (larger plug than the new usb plugs). I recommend using one of these instead of the power supply that comes with it. The usb plug “holds onto” the tablet better. The one I am using is for the Motorola q phone…on Ebay really cheap.
Addendum: Battery Life. I found that by turning the brightness of the screen to its lowest, the battery life more than doubled, but the difference was really not noticeable in terms of the display. In fact the bright setting is very bright, more than needed I’d say. It looks great on the low setting and I’d say I’m getting about six or seven hours of use on one charge.
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|Very Good!,
Just what I had hoped for. I had been looking all over the web for days looking at prices and reading reviews, and I finally decided to take the chance with this one. Not dissapointing at all.
Pros:
The screen is great!Five point touch meaning it will detect up to five touches at one time, Android 2.3 which is the latest interface used by most smartphones and works great on the tablet, 4 Gigs of hard drive which is better than 2 gigs which most tablets have for this price range, it’s fairly fast specially for the price, it has the official google android market not the apps library, it comes with a nice brown case, shipping on time, user manual is in English, case is sturdy and seems well made to last a while, and browser,facebook, youtube, twitter, amazon, etc. all work smoothly.
Cons:
The camera(Only in the front) is not the best 0.3 Megapixels which is a little better than my nonsmart phone. The image is alright for skyping and some quick shots, but is definitely not a photographer’s best friend. Some apps crash sometimes when it is charging, but you just simply get back into them and they work fine.
Overall it’s a great web browser, movie watcher, ebook reader, child entertainer/ teacher, and social communicator. It is not an ipad, but I’d dare say you get more for your money buying this than buying an ipad since you can do many of the same things for a fraction of the price. Also it’s not a laptop. Speed, memory, and storage capacity are definitely limited compared to a laptop or desktop. More than worth what you pay for.
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|Great potential with a few flaws.,
I’ll keep this as clear and concise as possible friends.
Pros:
-comes rooted with android 4.03 (ice cream sandwich)
-very sleek and slim design
-ergonomic on the hands
-front camera is great for skype
-volume is just right, no need for headphones
-comes with a black leather case
-hdmi port(keep in mind its c-type)
-mini sd port up to 32gb
-bright, clear and vivid screen
-usb chargeable
-stable wifi connection
-super cheap
-videos (from my sdcard) play blazingly fast and flawlessly
Cons:
-touch is capacitive but sluggish on web browsing, with a whole swipe of the screen it’ll only move about 1/4 of the actual swipe. I’m not sure if this is a browser problem because the touch screen is perfect on snes emulators/gaming and sketchbook, i’ll update this when I tweak around with it.
-missing and incompatible apps on google play; heres the downlow on this- youtube,amazon market,chase mobile,angry birds(I don’t even play this game I just wanted to check its compatiblity), and other major apps are not compatible with this.I tried downloading the actual apk for these apps but to no avail it would just say “not compatible with this device”. Also i’ll update when I find a solution.
-web browsing is painfully slow, my htc evo is 3 times faster then this tablet which makes it a bummer.
-Internal memory is incorrectly named sdcard so all the downloaded appps use your internal memory. The external memory is named extsd so I’m just moving each item from sdcard(internal) to extsd(external) manually through a file manager.
-back, home and options buttons are not backlit which isn’t much of a con but if you like using these at night in a dark room while lurking on reddit its kind of a let down haha.
-battery life is ok I only get 4 hours of use on wifi reading manga online.
So basically the reason why I gave it only 3 stars is because of the incompatiablity of app issues with google play and the mega slow web browsing which may or may not be an ICS 4.03 issue. These are the two things that when buying an android device should usually never be a problem. I don’t mind the battery life and funny touch screen on web browsing but the former issues should not be a problem out of the box.If these things don’t bother you I highly recommend this tablet because it is absurdly cheap. I’ve only had it for a week so if any thing else comes up i’ll update my review. I hope this review helps and if you have some solutions to my qualms feel free to comment or email me back.
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