Possible best bang/buck in a "7 tablet?

[BUTCH1]

http://www.aliexpress.com/product-fm/558003452-Ramos-W17-pro-7-inch-Android-4-0-1024-600-dual-core-android-tablet-double-camera-wholesalers.html

Item Type:
Tablet PC

Tablet Data Capacity:
16GB

Screen Size:
7"

Brand Name:
Ramos

Battery Life:
3-4hours

Processor Manufacture:
AllWinner

Touch Screen Type:
Capacitive Screen

Color:
White

Processor Main Frequency:
1.5GHz

Memory Capacity:
1GB

Feature:
Wifi,3G,Webcams,Multi Touch,HDMI,G Sensor,Camera

Operating System:
Android 4.0

Display resolution:
1024x600

Weight:
980 g

Model Number:
W17pro

Processor Model:
Amlogic 8726-Mx Cortex A9 Dual Core+Mali400 GPU Dual Core

Dual-core A9's + the MALI400 will make this a VERY fast budget tablet. Hell my NOVO 7 advanced with a single cpu/MAIL400 is pretty quick, this thing should scream. Battery looks kinda on the lowish side and a 1.3 MP camera is close to useless but besides that, great bang/buck factor here IMO..

 

[wirednuts]

looks awesome. if it had gps i would have bought it immediately.

 

[KingFatty]

Lack of GPS is not a deal-killer, if you also have an Android phone with GPS/bluetooth and the tablet has bluetooth.

On my HP Touchpad tablet running Android, it lacks GPS. However, you use a free app on the tablet to receive GPS information from an external bluetooth GPS source (e.g., a bluetooth GPS puck). You could buy a cheap bluetooth GPS puck from ebay, or you could also use your phone and run a different free app on your phone to make your phone act like a NMEA standard bluetooth GPS device. Then, the tablet pairs with the phone, and the phone passes GPS information to the tablet, et voila! you have GPS on your tablet. I verified this works on my Touchpad tablet.

Unfortunately this Ramos tablet does not have bluetooth either. I don't know if there is a way to pass GPS info from your phone to the tablet via wifi (e.g., ad-hoc network), anyone know about that?

 

[nyker96]

spec looks fine, only concern is the quality.

 

[Macgyversite]

Tablet without Bluetooth?

No thanks

 

[LumbergTech]

Tablet without Bluetooth?

No thanks

Why? Isn't bluetooth slow as hell anyway?

 

[KingFatty]

Bluetooth opens some options that may or may not be deal killers. Like using an external keyboard, mouse, game controller, GPS puck, file transfer to phone/PC, etc. If you never use those features, not a deal killer and you could sync files via WiFi.

 

[BUTCH1]

Tablet without Bluetooth?

No thanks

Yup, your gonna want it, I needed it to run "Torque" which needs a bluetooth connection to the device scanning the OBD2 in your car so I wound up flashing a custom ROM to get it but it's not working very well with my N7A, I may need to try a different dongle that's more Linux friendly.

 

[mikeford]

$140 shipped, interesting price point, but build quality etc a bit question?

 

[BUTCH1]

$140 shipped, interesting price point, but build quality etc a bit question?

Yea, I'd wait a bit to see how others fare, at least they've done something about the major gripe of lower priced "7 tabs, upping the resolution from what was primarily 800X480 to 1024X600..

 

[Chapbass]

Hmmm, very tempting for Media Center remote (XBMC)....

 

[wirednuts]

Hmmm, very tempting for Media Center remote (XBMC)....

yes but with wifi only? wouldnt bluetooth be better for that?

 

[Plugers]

yes but with wifi only? wouldnt bluetooth be better for that?

Wifi works great for remote control apps.

 

[BUTCH1]

Wifi works great for remote control apps.

Great, hopefully more peripheral makers will use it instead of BT, it might be used more often if BT is a cheaper implementation than wifi capability..

 

[Plugers]

Well, for MC7 or XBMC it would be fine. Other maufacturers would need network capability on their equipment and it would require a wireless network in the house.

For most of us this would be fine, but for the general public it may not be yet. I work for a ISP and you'd be suprised on the number of people with no wireless in the house.

 

[postmortemIA]

Bluetooth is a life saver. In addition to all else mentioned, I am tethering to phone via it. Which makes tablet useful where you have no internet connection.

 

[UberNeuman]

The 3-4 hours of battery life.....? That's a killer...

 

[BUTCH1]

The 3-4 hours of battery life.....? That's a killer...

Depends on what your doing, that's about all I get with the N7A IF I'm playing games but for general surfing, email, ect it's closer to 7 hrs. If this tab can only manage 3-4 hours just web surfing, ect that would suck..

 

[wirednuts]

dont most 7" tablets have a 4 hour battery life? smaller tablet means smaller battery

 

[BUTCH1]

dont most 7" tablets have a 4 hour battery life? smaller tablet means smaller battery

On mine a lot just depends on what your doing with it, if your playing Asphalt5 for example expect to use up the batt much quicker than web browsing..

 

[JustMe21]

This isn't the real W17 Pro. The real one lists an IPS screen and a 5000 mAh battery. There are other sites advertising the W17 Pro as well, but with a 3200 mAh battery, so I guess this is at least a little better with a 4000 mAh battery. I am curious to see how the dual core Amlogic 8726-MX chip performs, but I guess we will have to wait until someone does a review on the chip, along with the dual core Rockchip 3066.

 

[yuchai]

How does this compare to the refurb Amazon Fires that go for the same price?

 

[etrin]

thanks justme I see that android sales has it listed with ips and 500mah battery.

http://android-sale.com/ramos-w17pro-dual-core-android-tablet.html
same price

it could be just miss listed on the op site since its new...unsure

ramos website says NOT IPS and has no mention of HDMI

now android-sale does not say IPS so I think there is a lot of confusion since its just been released.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Kindle Fire has ~6 hours real-world battery life, but no webcam or mic if you need those, and no SD card for using as a media player away from wifi on a trip.

 

[JustMe21]

When sites talked about it first, it did mention IPS, but I guess they must have changed the spec along the way.

http://www.ubergizmo.com/2012/04/ramos-w17-pro-the-google-nexus-tablet-killer/